Snow Leopard to Have Radically Simpler Installer

This is real, i have the snow leo CDR and when it inststalled it had that installer

 

really?

and how does it works?

Its not really simplified. Disk Utility, Terminal, etc are all still there.

 

If the partition is already prepared though, this way is a bit faster so I prefer it, esspecially with the altered default options

but this new system now works ok? or it's still developing and we should wait for an official release?

Someone have boot-up Snow?

 

This is real! -> http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry792343

Someone have boot-up Snow?This is real! -> http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry792343

Does thr client version have ZFS support ? The server edition does claim to have it.

but this new system now works ok? or it's still developing and we should wait for an official release?

I guess its better to wait coz if they release a new build,you will have to reinstall whole OS again.Not sure about the stability of this OS though as compared to Leopard.

This is real, i have the snow leo CDR and when it inststalled it had that installer

Doe it have only one new wallpaper ? or has many ones

Yup it's real. I'm running it right now. And it doesn't really have any new wallpapers

Yup it's real. I'm running it right now. And it doesn't really have any new wallpapers

 

 

 

Great!!! And what about the ZFS support,i mean ZFS write support ?

ZFS works fine! BTW, only by Terminal: "sudo zfs" - not graphical support by Disk Utility at this time.

 

:mellow:

ZFS works fine! BTW, only by Terminal: "sudo zfs" - not graphical support by Disk Utility at this time.

 

 

 

ah, Leopard 10.5 has ZFS (write) support with a few extra files ....

http://zfs.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/

ah, Leopard 10.5 has ZFS (write) support with a few extra files ....

http://zfs.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/

 

 

Thats great.I stumbled upon this website few days ago.But i guess the native ZFS support would be more stable than the third party version.

Maybe Apple will have ZFS as their default filesystem one day instead of HFS+.

HFS+ came first in the server version of OS.Maybe ZFS will follow the same tradition.

Lets see.

ZFS is not for default.

Has anyone checked if the current build of Snow Leopard can boot from a ZFS partition? That would be interesting, as the feature is currently in development.

 

Sherry Haibara

This is indeed very real.

Has anyone checked if the current build of Snow Leopard can boot from a ZFS partition? That would be interesting, as the feature is currently in development.

 

Sherry Haibara

 

Hi, I can't test boot with ZFS HDDs because I'm testing Snow on mine Laptop. When a comming home, test-up Desktop machine and post back what happened there.

 

gr8z

Hi, I can't test boot with ZFS HDDs because I'm testing Snow on mine Laptop. When a comming home, test-up Desktop machine and post back what happened there.

 

gr8z

 

 

Apple must also be busy testing ZFS for future versions of OS maybe Snow Leopard 10.6.x.

 

Also is ZFS supported for both MBR and GUID partion schemes ?

I was just wondering is it possible to run Snow Leopard on a PC by using efi.

I mean install Snow Leopard and then from a already installed Leopard/Thiger partition install efi on Snow Leopard partition.

 

Is it feasible ?

Now by most people no but later yes.

iPoco

Like the install could be any less complicated in the first place.

Like the install could be any less complicated in the first place.

 

Actually, ZFS support wouldn't exactly be a bad thing for servers (one of Apple's major targets as of late is the server market). While Solaris (which also supports ZFS) is also a *desktop* OS, the desktop is far from the major reason for ZFS' development.

But if apple buys nvidia and now with P.A. Semi, drops a new generation of integrated chipsets with new processors, could it be the end of the hackintosh era? I suspect that apple will launch this with Snow Leopard.

Its the Retail version! The choices are always simplified! I can confirm, that was the only choices available!

 

SticMAN

 

No, its not the RETAIL version. It is the WWDC preview.

 

That IS, however, the way the installer works on it.

I don't understand why that complaining about simplicity. I saw in those pics the button "customize", right? I already saw the little arrow at the left of each package. Why is this installer no configurable?

My only concern will be drivers. How long it could take and reliability. But mostly from 3rd parties, digidesign, apogee, rme and others.

I like the simplicity offered by the OS X 10.6 installer shown here.

But if apple buys nvidia and now with P.A. Semi, drops a new generation of integrated chipsets with new processors, could it be the end of the hackintosh era? I suspect that apple will launch this with Snow Leopard.

 

This would be great. It's time for real Macs. I hate these standard PEECEEs :-)