Strimer Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Snow Leopard Separately, developers are reporting on the web that they've been provided with the first test releases of Snow Leopard since June's Worldwide Developers Conference. The downloadable software is said to weigh is at nearly 7GB in size and carry build number is 10A190. The release is expected to incorporate enhancements noted earlier this month, such as a Finder completely re-written in Cocoa, the beginnings of Microsoft Exchange integration, and a new ImageBoot function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackice Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Hope it leaks soon. Yes, it's under NDA, but the builds aren't signed, there's no way of knowing who it's from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I doubt it's going to leak any time soon. We haven't even seen screenshots of it yet. The WWDC build of Snow Leopard took 9 days to leak. ~Matt Hope it leaks soon. Yes, it's under NDA, but the builds aren't signed, there's no way of knowing who it's from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Breeuwer Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I doubt it's going to leak any time soon. We haven't even seen screenshots of it yet. The WWDC build of Snow Leopard took 9 days to leak. ~Matt By any time soon, you mean Days? Weeks? Months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I'm guessing we won't see it until next weekend at least. By any time soon, you mean Days? Weeks? Months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Breeuwer Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 this is so different to how things were with Leopard. I remember 1000 post threads with people speculating on features and what would be in the release and when it would leak, sexual favours being offered for Oink invites and general hysteria when the leak happened - the same was also true of 10.X.x releases with Tiger at the time. It's like the community as a whole just got bored of betas :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aduffbrew Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 this is so different to how things were with Leopard. I remember 1000 post threads with people speculating on features and what would be in the release and when it would leak, sexual favours being offered for Oink invites and general hysteria when the leak happened - the same was also true of 10.X.x releases with Tiger at the time. It's like the community as a whole just got bored of betas :S I don't think I am the only one to think Leopard seemed more like something out of Redmond than Cupertino. Well, OK. It wasn't THAT bad but still! Snow Leopard promises to be everything Leopard wasn't. Sure, it is requiring a lot of rewritten code but it's not as if it's coming with a revamped interface or a plethora of new features. Will I get it when it comes out? Sure, if it means a smoother computing experience but it's not like OS X reinvented... more like reloaded. With Windows 7 taking a similar approach, I wonder who had the idea first? *pause* Who am I kidding? Redmond did... they were far more desperate! *laugh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I just hope they improve the horrible looking traffic lights and Aqua in general that they introduced with Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 day of release + 4 and not so much as an 'About this Mac'? I'd have expected the first fakes to start appearing at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecwest Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 ........, sexual favours being offered for ........ What exactly did you/ are you offering? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Breeuwer Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I dont get why it takes so long? The just need to downloaded from Apple, then share it via torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecwest Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I dont get why it takes so long? The just need to downloaded from Apple, then share it via torrents. I think everyone who got it is too busy playing right now. Nobody wants to take the time to try and share. Also they might be checking to make sure it is not "watermarked" in some way. I know it is reported that they are not, but some may be paranoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 By the looks of it, we probably won't see it until Sunday at the earliest. ~Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 do we know how many people have it, right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I'm guessing not a lot since the demand for Snow Leopard isn't as high as for Leopard, since there aren't many end-user features, only architectural improvements. Also, there isn't a lot of discussion going on about Snow Leopard in the forums. We used to get about 30-40 new posts a day when a new build of Leopard was released. Now we get like 5 or 6... It's been almost 5 days and even screenshots haven't leaked! ~Matt do we know how many people have it, right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodcc Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 yeah, it's looking like it could be awhile before we see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capeman Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 AppleInsider says there are screenshots... Anyone know where? "Purported screenshots making the rounds from build 10A190 of the OS overhaul show that a new version of Apple's TextEdit application will offer preferences for at least three new text handling operations. " http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10...correction.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 They also said there are a few new minor features and interface enhancements. Sounds cool. Now screenshots please :-) AppleInsider says there are screenshots... Anyone know where? "Purported screenshots making the rounds from build 10A190 of the OS overhaul show that a new version of Apple's TextEdit application will offer preferences for at least three new text handling operations. " http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10...correction.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodcc Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 yeah, looking forward to those screenshots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 whats the phrase I'm after.... screenie or gtfo?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 idunno why people want screen shots of Snow Leopard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezoflip Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 its not like the UI is gonna change until later to final builds. Leopard started out looking like tiger with a few new apps such as spaces, time machine, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphius Faydal Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm guessing not a lot since the demand for Snow Leopard isn't as high as for Leopard, since there aren't many end-user features, only architectural improvements. Which means that it's mostly software developers that will be downloading this... The lack of compelling end-user features means there's not much demand for the few that would share *too* share it. If you really want a fake "About this Mac", I'm sure I can whip one up in GIMP real quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackoverfull Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 well, there is the new finder that i find quite interesting for users too… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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