I'm going to guess the answer is "no", but for those of you familiar with Boot Camp's XP SP2 requirement...does it have to be an SP2 install disc? Or can I install the earlier version XP from the disc I have and then install the SP2 update?
Yeah, I saw that too. A whopping $13 educational discount. OS X Tiger was something like $69 after the educational discount. Hopefully this is an error on Apple's part.
Yes, it's extremely disappointing. They seemed to have moved the roughly 10% education discount for hardware over to software as well.
Educational institutions can apparently still buy it for $69, so you may be able to get it through them.
Apple doesn't really check educational status. Maybe too many people were taking advantage of that? The counter then would be well why wouldn't apple just put in some safeguards, rather than just taking the good discount away.
1.6 GHz for the DVD player???? Come on, that is pretty weak of Apple. That knocks out many G4 iBooks, if not all?
That appears to be the requirement for the new andimproved software deinterlacing (which was certainly in dire need of improvement, let's hope it's quite a bit better).
I would guess that those G4 iBooks will run the DVD player just fine, except without the new deinterlacing goodness.
There are a number of features there that even knock my G5 out of the running (other than Boot Camp):
Photo Booth and backdrop effects - Core Duo or faster? Why?
Front Row - requires built-in IR? None of the Pro towers have IR. I have a USB IR receiver, will that work? Probably not.
Seriously, for a 1.8GHz computer that's still under AppleCare and much higher than the 867Mhz minimum, this is depressing. Guess I'm looking at a Mac Pro sooner than expected.
Checking Leopard's iSync page, it doesn't look like Apple add very many (if any at all) new phones to the list of supported devices. Makes me wonder if iSync (the application, not the Sync Services framework) is going to be just another in the long line of cool technologies that Apple has abandoned. Ever since contact/calendar-to-iPod syncing was taken over by iTunes, it seems that iSync has been stagnant.
Front Row requires a Mac with built-in IR and an Apple Remote.
UGH. Are you kidding me? This has been touted as a built-in feature since day one, and now it's no different from Tiger's Front Row in being limited solely to those machines that shipped with it? So after all this time and paying $130, we'll STILL have to use hacks just to run it on a pre-Oct 2005 machine, despite the fact that it works fine from the keyboard or with an alternate remote? What a load of...
I recently became an ADC Select member. Does anyone know when members receive the shipping version of Leopard? Is it included with the normal monthly mailings?
Does anyone know if you purchase Leopard through Apple and choose the standard free shipping, will you still receive Leopard by Oct 26th or do you have to choose overnight shipping?
My first generation Macbook Pro, that I bought less than 1 and a half year ago, is not even listed on the up-to-date qualifying computers page. Does it mean I can't install leopard, altough I have an Intel processor and 1,5 GB RAM? Can anyone shine a light on this?
That means you don't qualify for a discount on the new release.
What I don't get with Apple and MacMall is both say order for delivery on Oct 26th but do you have to choose the most expensive overnight shipping to actually receive it on Oct 26th? Amazon says this product ships on Oct. 26th.
I'm going to guess the answer is "no", but for those of you familiar with Boot Camp's XP SP2 requirement...does it have to be an SP2 install disc? Or can I install the earlier version XP from the disc I have and then install the SP2 update?
The answer to your question is YES. It MUST be an XP SP2 installation CD. An XP or XP SP1 CD will not understand the Boot Camp partition scheme correctly, and you might lose data.
The answer to your question is YES. It MUST be an XP SP2 installation CD. An XP or XP SP1 CD will not understand the Boot Camp partition scheme correctly, and you might lose data.
Drat! (And actually, that's what I figured...my "no" was in reference to my 2nd question.) Thanks for the info.
Are Apple going to be more strict with their licensing this time? Is there going to be any form of activation required? Can I install a single user license on my desktop AND laptop since I am just the one user of both computers? Will this be prevented or is Apple still assuming an "honesty" policy?
Comments
(I am)
Yeah, I saw that too. A whopping $13 educational discount. OS X Tiger was something like $69 after the educational discount. Hopefully this is an error on Apple's part.
Yes, it's extremely disappointing. They seemed to have moved the roughly 10% education discount for hardware over to software as well.
Educational institutions can apparently still buy it for $69, so you may be able to get it through them.
Apple doesn't really check educational status. Maybe too many people were taking advantage of that? The counter then would be well why wouldn't apple just put in some safeguards, rather than just taking the good discount away.
Which do you think would ship faster, Amazon or MacMall?
I'd say Amazon. Often the ship early so the item can be delivered the release date.
How ancient a machine should new OS versions be expected to support?
1.6 GHz for the DVD player???? Come on, that is pretty weak of Apple. That knocks out many G4 iBooks, if not all?
1.6 GHz for the DVD player???? Come on, that is pretty weak of Apple. That knocks out many G4 iBooks, if not all?
That appears to be the requirement for the new andimproved software deinterlacing (which was certainly in dire need of improvement, let's hope it's quite a bit better).
I would guess that those G4 iBooks will run the DVD player just fine, except without the new deinterlacing goodness.
Photo Booth and backdrop effects - Core Duo or faster? Why?
Front Row - requires built-in IR? None of the Pro towers have IR. I have a USB IR receiver, will that work? Probably not.
Seriously, for a 1.8GHz computer that's still under AppleCare and much higher than the 867Mhz minimum, this is depressing. Guess I'm looking at a Mac Pro sooner than expected.
Front Row requires a Mac with built-in IR and an Apple Remote.
UGH. Are you kidding me? This has been touted as a built-in feature since day one, and now it's no different from Tiger's Front Row in being limited solely to those machines that shipped with it? So after all this time and paying $130, we'll STILL have to use hacks just to run it on a pre-Oct 2005 machine, despite the fact that it works fine from the keyboard or with an alternate remote? What a load of...
My first generation Macbook Pro, that I bought less than 1 and a half year ago, is not even listed on the up-to-date qualifying computers page. Does it mean I can't install leopard, altough I have an Intel processor and 1,5 GB RAM? Can anyone shine a light on this?
That means you don't qualify for a discount on the new release.
Which do you think would ship faster, Amazon or MacMall?
They both say "Order today for delivery on Oct. 26."
I'm going to guess the answer is "no", but for those of you familiar with Boot Camp's XP SP2 requirement...does it have to be an SP2 install disc? Or can I install the earlier version XP from the disc I have and then install the SP2 update?
The answer to your question is YES. It MUST be an XP SP2 installation CD. An XP or XP SP1 CD will not understand the Boot Camp partition scheme correctly, and you might lose data.
The answer to your question is YES. It MUST be an XP SP2 installation CD. An XP or XP SP1 CD will not understand the Boot Camp partition scheme correctly, and you might lose data.
Drat!