Fonzie et al, Are you certain it will be a full copy that ships? I mean, if the user were to choose erase and install, would it not require an actual Leopard DVD anywhere in the instalation process?
I ask because a friend of mine is still running Tiger, but has recently had to rely on VO way more than before, so she's keen to upgrade to take advantage of the new web browsing features among other things. To be blunt, I'm wondering, what's to stop her from strolling into the Apple store of her choice, purchasing for the upgrade price, and going straight from Tiger to Leopard. Cheers for any advice Scott On 8/25/09, Fonzie <sunrisings...@aim.com> wrote: > > Hey there everyone, Hi hope all is well. > > The Snow Leopard DVD shipping will be a fresh copy, allowing you to do > a clean install if you are wanting to do so. > > Hope this helps. > > I know, once I get the new OS in my hands, I will be doing a fresh > install, and wipe out hte current installation I have of Leopard. > > Take care > > Fonzie > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:17 AM, James & Nash wrote: > >> >> So will the Erase and Install not be an option? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Scott Howell" <s.how...@verizon.net> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:35 AM >> Subject: Re: New Os or not? >> >> >>> >>> Well lets clear up one item here. The erase and install option will >>> not be available in the menu as it is now. This was do to customers >>> choosing the wrong option and trashing all their data. Erase and >>> install literally means just that and whatever anyone does, backing >>> up >>> your data is absolutely critical regardless of how good the os is. >>> Anything could happen and loosing your data is not worth taking the >>> time to perform this critical step. This is where Time Machine >>> really >>> does shine and yeah, I've been there several times and I have >>> suffered >>> through significant data loss, but well that was do to a drive >>> failure >>> and the backup tape drive failing. :) >>> On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:57 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> You can choose to completely erase your drive before installing. >>>> Unlike Microsoft which insists on complicating things by having >>>> completely separate disks for upgrades or full installs, as far as I >>>> know, apple's operating system disks are all the same. >>>> On Aug 24, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Mike wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi all: >>>>> >>>>> I'm going to get Snow Leopard but I have a concern. >>>>> Is it an Upgrade which has to be installed over a previous >>>>> version of >>>>> Leopard or can it be ran as a complete fresh install. >>>>> I don't like the idea of installing another OS over another. It can >>>>> be >>>>> problematic and that sounds vary much like another companies 98 >>>>> platforms. >>>>> Also, can VO be ran from the install like OSX-10.5? When I >>>>> re_installed 10.5 a few months back to try and lick my iTunes >>>>> issue, >>>>> when the machine rebooted, just pressed command F-5 and I was off >>>>> and >>>>> listening. LOL >>>>> >>>>> Thanks: >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
