As for putting all your old stuff back on, just select all the contents of Documents or Music or Whatever and drop it all into the New Documents Folder, etc. Don't just knee jerk drag all your old apps back. Once again, we have a New Animal here, and screwy apps (those not written for 10.6.2) will be screwy. Case in point: my big disappointment is that Spell Catcher is not ready for 64-bit, so in every app in which you want it to act has to be switched to 32-bit in the Get Info box. A real drag, AND you have to enable it from the menu bar in every app you click on. So it's no longer global. On the bright side rainmaker is working on bringing it up to speed. On the other hand, PowerCADD, my main work tool is screaming fast, and it was already no slouch, but it is ready for this.

This is the same thing as when we went from OS9 to X: a major exodus strewn with soft bodies pulling their hair out. And hold on kiddies. The best is yet to come. 64-bit hasn't even had half a chance yet. Upgrades to your apps will start to take on a speed unimaginable, but that's what we said with every iteration of MacOS from 5 to 6 to 7 to 8 to 9 which is as far back as I go.

So what's my experience with Snow Leopard? I waited until 10.6.2, and I usually never move until the 5th or 6th major step. And up until now I have to say that the best OS ever has been Tiger 10.4.11. I still miss some aspects but I don't have time for that here. I wish Tiger could come back as 64-bit, but that's not someone else's idea of progress. This is by far the fasted OS I've ever used. Except for a slow-to-wake issue, everything is peppy, apps open with lightening speed some maybe 1000% faster. No shit. Not everything is like that, but this is Leopard that really works. And since time marches on we have to seize the good things while they may be. Don't screw around. Do a clean install, learn something about your computer, chew off a couple fingers, but it is sooooo worth it.

As for putting all your old stuff back on, just select all the contents of Documents or Music or Whatever and drop it all into the New Documents Folder, etc. Don't just knee jerk drag all your old apps back. Once again, we have a New Animal here, and screwy apps (those not written for 10.6.2) will be screwy. Case in point: my big disappointment is that Spell Catcher is not ready for 64-bit, so in every app in which you want it to act has to be switched to 32-bit in the Get Info box. A real drag, AND you have to enable it from the menu bar in every app you click on. So it's no longer global. On the bright side rainmaker is working on bringing it up to speed. On the other hand, PowerCADD, my main work tool is screaming fast, and it was already no slouch, but it is ready for this.

This is the same thing as when we went from OS9 to X: a major exodus strewn with soft bodies pulling their hair out. And hold on kiddies. The best is yet to come. 64-bit hasn't even had half a chance yet. Upgrades to your apps will start to take on a speed unimaginable, but that's what we said with every iteration of MacOS from 5 to 6 to 7 to 8 to 9 which is as far back as I go.

So what's my experience with Snow Leopard? I waited until 10.6.2, and I usually never move until the 5th or 6th major step. And up until now I have to say that the best OS ever has been Tiger 10.4.11. I still miss some aspects but I don't have time for that here. I wish Tiger could come back as 64-bit, but that's not someone else's idea of progress. This is by far the fasted OS I've ever used. Except for a slow-to-wake issue, everything is peppy, apps open with lightening speed some maybe 1000% faster. No shit. Not everything is like that, but this is Leopard that really works. And since time marches on we have to seize the good things while they may be. Don't screw around. Do a clean install, learn something about your computer, chew off a couple fingers, but it is sooooo worth it.