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Old 08-27-09   #11 (permalink)
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Got three Macs in my house. Not sure how good it really is, so I'll hold off a bit and see how the reviews are.
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Got three Macs in my house. Not sure how good it really is, so I'll hold off a bit and see how the reviews are.
At least 2X performance increase, all from software. I'd say that's pretty damn good.

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Got my copy and its running great! Im throwing it on my mini this weekend. Oh and the funny thing is Snow Leopard is the full OS X not just an upgrade so the fact that you can buy the full OS for $30 is pretty cool in itself.
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UGH. Have been out of town the last few days and I finally got around to Best Buy this evening and they sold out in "6 hours" apparently. And after checking online, every BB in my area is sold out.

I know I don't need SL by any means but it seems like such a great update....I want it nao.
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If my iMac late 2007 could only take 4gb ram on 32bit, could it potentially take more now? Is it definately a chipset limitation?
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UGH. Have been out of town the last few days and I finally got around to Best Buy this evening and they sold out in "6 hours" apparently. And after checking online, every BB in my area is sold out.

I know I don't need SL by any means but it seems like such a great update....I want it nao.
lol, Apple overnighted it to me for free so I got mine on Friday around noon. Was pretty nice of Apple.
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UGH. Have been out of town the last few days and I finally got around to Best Buy this evening and they sold out in "6 hours" apparently. And after checking online, every BB in my area is sold out.

I know I don't need SL by any means but it seems like such a great update....I want it nao.
yeah i was planning on just going out to best buy and picking it up but they didnt know if they were going to have it (and i found this out thursday) so i eventually found that macmall had a special on overnight shipping and a discount on the product. so i ordered on at 6:00pm on thursday and got the family pack for $48.98 overnight shipped. was at my door at 10:50am friday morning.

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yeah i was planning on just going out to best buy and picking it up but they didnt know if they were going to have it (and i found this out thursday) so i eventually found that macmall had a special on overnight shipping and a discount on the product. so i ordered on at 6:00pm on thursday and got the family pack for $48.98 overnight shipped. was at my door at 10:50am friday morning.
I actually had it on preorder from Amazon with overnight shipping but I wouldnt have been around to accept it. But, I did pick up a copy from the Apple Store this afternoon and I did a fresh install on the ole MacBook. It's smokin'.
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UGH. Have been out of town the last few days and I finally got around to Best Buy this evening and they sold out in "6 hours" apparently. And after checking online, every BB in my area is sold out.

I know I don't need SL by any means but it seems like such a great update....I want it nao.
Yep, out of stock everywhere here, too. I just ordered it online anyway since I had a gift card, it was $25, and shipping was free. Says it'll get here around 9/9, and that's fine since I'm pretty busy anyway.

Can't wait. Wait, I am waiting. lol.
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