FYI: 10.6

[kareila]

Mac OS X v10.6: About incompatible software

The list includes Parallels Desktop 3 and earlier, as well as several virus scanners and hardware drivers.

There is also a list of supported printers and scanners, and an overview of 10.6 printing features.

The new QT app, "QuickTime Player X", appears to be a rewrite from scratch. (This reminds me of the iMovie upgrade from a few years back.) If you miss anything that was in the previous version, you can reinstall QuickTime Player 7, or if you have a QT7 Pro key, that page says the QT7 player will be automatically installed when you upgrade.

A couple of other links you may find useful:

Wired: Six things you need to know about Snow Leopard (basic)

Macworld: Snow Leopard Complete Coverage (comprehensive)

Enjoy!



ETA: Found a Snow Leopard Compatibility Wiki for tracking third party apps.

Comments

[baggyeyes]

Not available to PowerPC users - like myself. :(

[kareila]

In my experience, Leopard didn't even run as well on PowerPC as it did Intel. I have a first gen Mac Mini that will probably be running 10.4 until the end of its days.

[baggyeyes]

I'm running Leopard on a MDD Dual Processor 2.25 GHz, with 2gig RAM. It probably needs the power.

[foxfirefey]

I should order this! But I probably won't actually upgrade until I've upgraded my harddrive to be roomie.

[kareila]

Did you see the part where 10.6 actually takes several gigs LESS of space than 10.5?

[foxfirefey]

But the space it requires while it's doing its installation thing is more than what I have left on my hard drive. Really, I want more space on my hard drive, period!

[kareila]

Doesn't everyone? :)

[turlough]

There are some features in Snowleopard that I've been looking forward to - replace items in the Trash in their original place! - so I'm definitely getting it. As soon as the first bugfix is out that is. I always wait for the first bugfix update before I get any new software :-)

PS Macworld's got a nice overview of QuickTime Player X.

[aquinasprime]

just got back from buying a family pack; will be installing later tonight.