Snow leopard (idiot question.)

ewinz · Post by **ewinz** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:22 am

Hi guys, what do you think about the update for mac osx, Im actually on 1.5.8 and I dont really know what can be better in snow leopard. thanks

Audio Dependent · Post by **Audio Dependent** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:10 am

i see no real benefit. i'm still on 10.5.8 on my laptop but the mac pro we have at work came pre-installed with snow leopard. apparently its slightly faster, but my laptop is working fine, and until i want to install something that requires the upgrade, i'll leave it as it is...

PsyTox · Post by **PsyTox** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:52 am

I did the upgrade and I absolutely don't see any difference whatsoever

At least with Windows you noticed when you went from XP to Vista: your pc looked different, and turned to a nagging piece of crap. When you went from Vista to 7, it miraculously got cured and it looked a bit different again, but easy to work with.

I know Mac has a lot of fanboys (and for good reason) but Win7 is really good and simply opens more possibilities so the next time I need to upgrade I'll go back to Windows.

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:15 am

better performance is the main thing. somethings look a bit different too. i think apple were a bit quick getting this update out. i would have expected leopard to be around for about another year before an upgrade.

Audio Dependent · Post by **Audio Dependent** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:17 am

tone-def wrote:better performance is the main thing. somethings look a bit different too. i think apple were a bit quick getting this update out. i would have expected leopard to be around for about another year before an upgrade.

have you noticed an increase in performance then?

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:26 am

on my girlfriends laptop. you need to reboot the system to get the best out of it though.

her photoshop seems to be much more stable.

Daemonix · Post by **Daemonix** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:44 am

I have one MPB 2.4/4g ram with 10.5.8 and a unib MB 2.4/4g ram with 10.6.
I dont think that the speed is so better in order to make you upgrade at the moment. Even I always used beta and alpha software (when I was younger) I think now "if it works for you" dont change it. Only if you need some critical new feature.

I think you should wait until this summer.

tasos

PS: I can do ableton 8 tests if you really want it but the feeling is that the change is around 5% in Live under Hi load. (is also the 6month newer CPU)

blizt · Post by **blizt** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:48 am

I have the same issue. I did not upgrade my system because i don't want to screw anything. At the moment logic runs fine and that's all i need.