Well, the rep I'm dealing with at Apple stated that one can insert the DVD after one's system has booted and the DVD will then start. The user will be asked if they wish to install the upgrade, and by answering yes, the install will begin. I hope that's true, but even if it's not, it doesn't sound like it will be a problem to use the C key to start the machine. I wonder if the rep is correct, since new machines initially won't have Snow Leopard pre-installed? We'll see soon in any case.
Les -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Chesworth Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 4:42 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Installing the new cat Hey Marie, Well I guess not many people can say for sure right now what the instalation process will be like in detail, seeing as the only people who will have seen it firsthand so far are beta testers and people who grabbed it off torrent sites, and neither will talk about it publically in case Steve Jobs and his heavies turn up at their house with a big stick. But having said that, it's safe to predict that VO will work during the instalation, and that it'll be easy to do. With Tiger and Leopard, the install was as simple as putting in your OS dvd, booting up with the c key held down, waiting a few minutes until the disc spins down so you know that everything has finished loading from it, and launching VO with f/n-command-f5 on a laptop or just command-f5 on a full keyboard. You land in the language selection table, which is set to some variety of English by default, and from then on it's a pretty standard instalation wizard. There are usually a few different choices, you can repartition and format and suchlike. Archive and install is probably the safest choice if you've got the disc space for that, it'll preserve a copy of your leopard system libraries and such just in case the upgrade goes horribly wrong. VO stays functional throughout the upgrade process, you can get feedback at any point, and I've never yet encountered an error that it won't read during the process. Past that, the only reassurance I can give you is that, having seen your posts on list about other apps, you'll be fine with this. It's a peace of cake as they say. hth Scott On 8/24/09, Marie Howarth <marie.jane2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering, as I'm sure everyone's either preordered or is going > to pre-order the next big cat, how easy it will be to install with no > sighted assistance. would someone maybe be so kind to possibly write a > guide. I want to be able to do this but I'm a little apprhensive. > obviously never installed an OS before. a little daunting to say the > least. > :) > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4364 (20090824) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4364 (20090824) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4364 (20090824) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
