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Time for a Snow Leopard style "0 new features" release?

by scrlk 3y ago

Javalicious 3y ago
I wish more companies would do that. Just grind down the backlog and stabilize the code base. "Move fast and ... then go back and fix things."
argiopetech 3y ago
Still my favorite OS X release.
- SwiftyBug 3y ago
  I kind of feel like I've missed out on the Snow Leopard upgrade since it was my first ever macOS. I had nothing to compare to. It just felt much better than Windows, but I don't know how much better than Leopard it was.
  - tempoponet 3y ago
    It was kind of the sunset for PowerPC, so for many it was the end of an era, and most likely what any preserved Powerbooks are running. I have a 12 inch Powerbook G4 on my bookshelf with Snow Leopard. edit: I must have misremembered as I've been corrected below. Leopard was the last PowerPC version.
    - SpecialistK 3y ago
      That would be 10.5 Leopard. 10.6 Snow Leopard dropped PPC entirely. 10.4 Tiger - Classic (on PPC) and x86 10.5 Leopard - no Classic, PPC and x86 10.6 SL - x86 only There are some early developer previews of 10.6 on PPC that have leaked and are being played with, but 10.5.8 is the last PPC release.
    - Apocryphon 3y ago
      I have a Mac Mini running Snow Leopard as well that I boot up maybe once a year. Should use it a little bit more often just so the user agent surprises whomever is tracking my browser activity.
  - Sunspark 3y ago
    It was faster than Leopard but still Leopard. As an end-user who ran Tiger and Leopard back in the day (and System 6 and 7 before that), I didn't feel that either were bad or slow. Both were good releases that I was happy to use. Leopard was actually my last personal Mac OS because the MacBook logic board suddenly gave up the ghost while plugging in a cable. I also have a dead MacBook Pro that a former coworker gave me that has a dead logic board (due to the video chip). It's a shame because I really liked my white MacBook. It was a nice machine.
- whalesalad 3y ago
  I was working for Apple (retail) at the time Snow Leopard was released. I regret getting rid of all of my physical boxed copies... I had them all!
- xethos 3y ago
  And I say this completely unironically: That's because it's everyone's favourite Mac OSX release. If somebody has a preference for a release of Windows, it can range. Some love XP, some 7, some even might say "Screw the pushiness - I can make it shut the hell up, and 10 was better under the hood". Hell, I think I've seen comments to the effect of "95 was the best ever". But having a favourite release of Mac OSX means it's Snow Leopard. I've seen comparisons between $current and $current_minus_one, but never in regards to "That was my favourite" - likely because anyone invested enough in Mac OS releases to have a favourite, favours Snow Leopard.
- kevmarsden 3y ago
  Back then I was still excited about new OS X releases. I remember walking to Best Buy to purchase the physical copy on release day.
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Time for a Snow Leopard style "0 new features" release?

by scrlk 3y ago

Time for a Snow Leopard style "0 new features" release?

I wish more companies would do that. Just grind down the backlog and stabilize the code base. "Move fast and ... then go back and fix things."

argiopetech 3y ago

Still my favorite OS X release.

SwiftyBug 3y ago
I kind of feel like I've missed out on the Snow Leopard upgrade since it was my first ever macOS. I had nothing to compare to. It just felt much better than Windows, but I don't know how much better than Leopard it was.
- tempoponet 3y ago
  It was kind of the sunset for PowerPC, so for many it was the end of an era, and most likely what any preserved Powerbooks are running. I have a 12 inch Powerbook G4 on my bookshelf with Snow Leopard. edit: I must have misremembered as I've been corrected below. Leopard was the last PowerPC version.
  - SpecialistK 3y ago
    That would be 10.5 Leopard. 10.6 Snow Leopard dropped PPC entirely. 10.4 Tiger - Classic (on PPC) and x86 10.5 Leopard - no Classic, PPC and x86 10.6 SL - x86 only There are some early developer previews of 10.6 on PPC that have leaked and are being played with, but 10.5.8 is the last PPC release.
  - Apocryphon 3y ago
    I have a Mac Mini running Snow Leopard as well that I boot up maybe once a year. Should use it a little bit more often just so the user agent surprises whomever is tracking my browser activity.
- Sunspark 3y ago
  It was faster than Leopard but still Leopard. As an end-user who ran Tiger and Leopard back in the day (and System 6 and 7 before that), I didn't feel that either were bad or slow. Both were good releases that I was happy to use. Leopard was actually my last personal Mac OS because the MacBook logic board suddenly gave up the ghost while plugging in a cable. I also have a dead MacBook Pro that a former coworker gave me that has a dead logic board (due to the video chip). It's a shame because I really liked my white MacBook. It was a nice machine.
whalesalad 3y ago
I was working for Apple (retail) at the time Snow Leopard was released. I regret getting rid of all of my physical boxed copies... I had them all!
xethos 3y ago
And I say this completely unironically: That's because it's everyone's favourite Mac OSX release. If somebody has a preference for a release of Windows, it can range. Some love XP, some 7, some even might say "Screw the pushiness - I can make it shut the hell up, and 10 was better under the hood". Hell, I think I've seen comments to the effect of "95 was the best ever". But having a favourite release of Mac OSX means it's Snow Leopard. I've seen comparisons between $current and $current_minus_one, but never in regards to "That was my favourite" - likely because anyone invested enough in Mac OS releases to have a favourite, favours Snow Leopard.
kevmarsden 3y ago
Back then I was still excited about new OS X releases. I remember walking to Best Buy to purchase the physical copy on release day.

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