Comments on: Impressions of Leopard http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/ Temporarily Torontonian Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:04:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-90174 Milan Mon, 24 May 2010 14:26:18 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-90174 Over the past few months, my iMac became woefully slow and buggy. It was my hope that upgrading to Snow Leopard might unclutter it a bit. Thankfully, it has done exactly that. Because the Snow Leopard installer wouldn't recognize my hard drive as a valid installation target, I had to back everything up using Time Machine (and a few DVDs for really critical files) and then do a low-level format on the drive. So as to still have iPhoto, I then used the system recover feature on the Mac OS boot disc to copy all my data back from the external drive. The Snow Leopard installer was then happy to run. Everything is working better and more smoothly. Programs load faster, even websites, and the system feels zippy and stable. Over the past few months, my iMac became woefully slow and buggy. It was my hope that upgrading to Snow Leopard might unclutter it a bit. Thankfully, it has done exactly that.

Because the Snow Leopard installer wouldn’t recognize my hard drive as a valid installation target, I had to back everything up using Time Machine (and a few DVDs for really critical files) and then do a low-level format on the drive.

So as to still have iPhoto, I then used the system recover feature on the Mac OS boot disc to copy all my data back from the external drive. The Snow Leopard installer was then happy to run.

Everything is working better and more smoothly. Programs load faster, even websites, and the system feels zippy and stable.

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-78594 Milan Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:33:10 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-78594 <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/snow-leopard-officially-puts-powerpc-macs-on-endangered-species/" title="Snow Leopard officially puts PowerPC Macs on endangered species list" rel="nofollow">Snow Leopard will only work with Intel Macs</a>. Boo. Snow Leopard will only work with Intel Macs. Boo.

]]> By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Technical difficulties http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-33949 a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Technical difficulties Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:39:55 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-33949 [...] of photography simply vanished. I do have a backup on an external HD (quite current, thanks to the Time Machine feature in Leopard), but I doubt it will be easy to recover them while maintaining the tags and [...] [...] of photography simply vanished. I do have a backup on an external HD (quite current, thanks to the Time Machine feature in Leopard), but I doubt it will be easy to recover them while maintaining the tags and [...]

]]> By: Anon http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-30906 Anon Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:50:17 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-30906 One nice thing about Apple OS upgrades is that you can upgrade an unlimited number of machines once you have the disc. Since only Apple makes hardware running Mac OS, they seem to worry a lot less about piracy. One nice thing about Apple OS upgrades is that you can upgrade an unlimited number of machines once you have the disc. Since only Apple makes hardware running Mac OS, they seem to worry a lot less about piracy.

]]> By: Tristan http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-30890 Tristan Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:57:41 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-30890 Macs are wonderful, but I'm intrigued by Asus' new 7 inch flash drive 350$ laptop. Even since laptops became popular, I've had the sense they are trying to do two things and suffer both in the compromise. They try to replace desktops (but are never as fast or as cheap), and they are very portable (but if you get a proper sized one, its not exactly easy to carry around, and one is always worried about it being smashed). Having a 7 by 9 inch 2lb laptop which makes no claims to desktop capabilities swings the hammer towards the "portability" rather than "desktop competition" side of the compromise. This is reflected in the price also. It certainly makes looking replacing one's laptop with a desktop like a feasible option, because for only 350$ more, you can add the portability of a tiny laptop. PS It's shipped with Linux. Macs are wonderful, but I’m intrigued by Asus’ new 7 inch flash drive 350$ laptop.

Even since laptops became popular, I’ve had the sense they are trying to do two things and suffer both in the compromise. They try to replace desktops (but are never as fast or as cheap), and they are very portable (but if you get a proper sized one, its not exactly easy to carry around, and one is always worried about it being smashed).

Having a 7 by 9 inch 2lb laptop which makes no claims to desktop capabilities swings the hammer towards the “portability” rather than “desktop competition” side of the compromise. This is reflected in the price also.

It certainly makes looking replacing one’s laptop with a desktop like a feasible option, because for only 350$ more, you can add the portability of a tiny laptop.

PS It’s shipped with Linux.

]]> By: Anon http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-30889 Anon Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:38:24 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/20/impressions-of-leopard/#comment-30889 <em>our society’s <a href="http://www.sindark.com/2007/12/19/shopping-season/" title="a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Shopping season" rel="nofollow">unfettered embrace of mass consumerism</a></em> ... <em>It will need to endure until I can justify redirecting sufficient funds from student loan repayment to buy a shiny MacBook.</em> our society’s unfettered embrace of mass consumerism

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It will need to endure until I can justify redirecting sufficient funds from student loan repayment to buy a shiny MacBook.

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