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[BootlegSnackz]

i'm sure iphone info is coming last....

 

[krypt0nian]

Good god, shut up about the iPhone.

They'll get to it when they get to it.

 

[LCfiner]

the technologies section was fairly dry. I guess because we need devs to write apps to take advantage of these things before we see speed benefits.

it would have been nice to see a stage demo with some rewritten apple apps. see the speed difference

 

[scorcho]

so they announced OpenCL, but is it being used within 10.6 at all?

 

[Pristine_Condition]

Snow Leopard will ship as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users in September 2009 for $29.

OMG

For Tiger(R) users with an Intel-based Mac, the Mac Box Set includes Mac OS X Snow Leopard, iLife(R) '09 and iWork(R) '09 and will be available for a suggested price of $169 (US) and a Family Pack is available for a suggested price of $229 (US).

OMFGWTFBBQ!!!!

Now THAT'S how you get people to upgrade...

 

[Akia]

1 hour

no iphone news today

you've gotta be kidding me

edit: I'm a PowerPC user still. So all this Snow Leopard stuff just makes me

 

[D4Danger]

I think the idea is that "pro" is out. quicktime X is standard in SL and does all that was demoed

QuickTime Pro is probably dead. Long live QuickTime.

That's good then. I just hope it saves to something other than .mov

 

[Juice]

1 hour

no iphone news today

:lol

You know, when a dozen people present, they have a lot more hot air between them. This thing will go 90 minutes if it has to.

 

[Gary Whitta]

I love how one of the big stories so far is LOW PRICES. Up is down and black is white!

 

[ckohler]

1 hour

no iphone news today

Shiller said at the beginning they were covering the iPhone last.

 

[syllogism]

It's a pretty small update, dlc really

 

[Flunkie]

Have the new iPhone/iPod Touches been revealed yet?

Oh. ^

 

[Costanza]

Have the new iPhone/iPod Touches been revealed yet?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!???!!?!??!!!!???!?!???!?!?

no

 

[LCfiner]

my company blocked external exchange access last year so I can't take advantage of this. too bad. would be handy.

 

[DuckRacer]

$29 for Snow Leopard sounds very reasonable.

 

[eznark]

I love how one of the big stories so far is LOW PRICES. Up is down and black is white!

Well the OS upgrade is cheap...the laptops are less ridiculously expensive.

 

[StrikerObi]

What the hell is wrong with GDGT? It keeps saying Live Coverage is Over...

 

[giga]

It's a pretty small update, dlc really

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Flunkie]

no

SHADDUP!

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

But does it have Facebook support.

 

[lunarworks]

no iphone news today

With all the banners they put up in the building? iPhone news is coming.

 

[Firestorm]

How much do these people need to clap. It's worse than E3.

 

[Jasoco]

If Snow Leopard is just an update, can I not do a clean install?

This is my major concern. I NEVER upgrade. I always start fresh. And the last time Apple did a real "upgrade" was OS 10.1. It required you had 10.0 already installed or you couldn't even do it. And when I did upgrade, it fucked up the OS. I had to reinstall 10.0 fresh and then upgrade that to 10.1.

Please, Apple, even if it's an "upgrade", let us do a simple fresh install. Just don't patch files. I don't trust patching. I prefer to rip it all out and start new. It's more reliable.

Also, I recall they called a lot of previous releases "upgrades". Or maybe that was "updates". Still...

 

[Juice]

Snow Leopard is going to incite so many little insurgencies in small and medium businesses.

This is my major concern. I NEVER upgrade. I always start fresh. And the last time Apple did a real "upgrade" was OS 10.1. It required you had 10.0 already installed or you couldn't even do it. And when I did upgrade, it fucked up the OS. I had to reinstall 10.0 fresh and then upgrade that to 10.1.

Please, Apple, even if it's an "upgrade", let us do a simple fresh install. Just don't patch files. I don't trust patching. I prefer to rip it all out and start new. It's more reliable.

Also, I recall they called a lot of previous releases "upgrades". Or maybe that was "updates". Still...

So do a minimal clean 10.5 install and then immediately install 10.6 over it. It'll have been how they designed the install scripts to run anyway.

 

[Sanjuro]

They haven't shown any games yet :/

 

[duderon]

software demo done...

 

[Keylime]

But does it have Facebook support.

Worst fucking conference ever, confirmed.

Microsoft does was Apple don't!

 

[krypt0nian]

With all the banners they put up in the building? iPhone news is coming.

He's fucking with you because of all of the "where's the iPhone news" posts.

 

[Akia]

software demo done...

Thank God.

rawr

 

[LCfiner]

That's Snow Leopard, which will be available for all Intel Macs past and present

bam. power PC, GTFO.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Bye bye Power PC!

 

[D4Danger]

Giz

And Exchange support? Free. “Windows PCs cost extra for Exchange support.” The crowd reacts.

wat?

 

[Pristine_Condition]

Crowd is going crazy over Snow Leopard price...

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Juice]

I love how we're getting half this news before the people in the room.

 

[Keylime]

Snow Leopard is going to incite so many little insurgencies in small and medium businesses.

I think I have all the firepower I need with the reduced prices and the Snow Leopard updates to hit my boss with some "Give me a mac at work, like nowish".

 

[Gary Whitta]

Wow the crowd went NUTS at the $29 announcement :lol

 

[Killthee]

 

[Ashhong]

wait is iLife 09 only free for Tiger updaters that pay 169? =(

 

[Epix]

$29 upgrade confirmed.

iPhone coverage started.

 

[Buckethead]

That picture of the Snow Leopard is awesome.
Please replace the space background. PLEASEEEE.

 

[cjdunn]

Bye bye Power PC!

Hugs 12" PowerBook.

 

[Dartastic]

OMG ONLY 29 DOLLARS TO UPGRADE IF YOU HAVE LEOPARD? MEGATON. BOUGHT.

 

[LCfiner]

clarification. it's 29 bucks for leopard users.

tiger users will need to shell out 130...

 

[Firestorm]

Did he just say the word iPhone and they went bananas?

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

$29 is true. Awesome they want it cheap so people will upgrade.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

$29 AM WIN!

 

[Akia]

bam. power PC, GTFO.

NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo.

Crap.



:'(

 

[jonnybryce]

OMG HERE IT COMES

 

[cvxfreak]

$29 is cheaper than a goddamn DS game. My god.

 

[Gary Whitta]

IPHONE TIME11!!#@44112!!!!