Sayonara, Snow Leopard. Time to upgrade?

1,095 registered users | 0 active users | 0 LpH | Statistics
Login | Create New User

Welcome to IWETHEY!

Post #387,121 by pwhysall 3/3/14 3:06:29 AM Reply	Sayonara, Snow Leopard. Time to upgrade? Here's your options, courtesy of Ars: http://arstechnica.c...-upgrade-options/
Post #387,126 by malraux 3/3/14 7:52:06 AM Reply	Wish I could. I've got a MacBook Pro at home that won't even run Lion. I was going to give it to my dad but now I'm not so sure. He needs the security updates for sure. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #387,137 by a6l6e6x 3/3/14 9:53:17 AM 3/3/14 10:52:56 AM Reply	Re: Can you not upgrade hardware? I have mid 2009 MacBook Pro. Now with 8 GB memory and 240 GB SSD. Runs Mavericks just fine. Of course, I was happy to see that recent Mavericks security fix. [correct SSD size] Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov Edited by a6l6e6x March 3, 2014, 10:52:56 AM EST Expand All History
Post #387,147 by malraux 3/3/14 11:11:42 AM Reply	2006 MBP 1,1 2G of RAM, maxed out, 32bit CPU. It isn't going to run anything later than Snow Leopard, unfortunately. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #387,152 by a6l6e6x 3/3/14 11:29:45 AM Reply	:( Understand. Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #387,159 by malraux 3/3/14 12:14:10 PM Reply	It was a great machine for 8 years I can't complain too much. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #387,160 by a6l6e6x 3/3/14 12:57:19 PM Reply	Yep, you got your money's worth! Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #387,135 by Another Scott 3/3/14 9:29:02 AM Reply	Thanks. I bought a copy of Lion last week for our Macs here, but I haven't installed it yet. Today might be a good day to see what's the latest OS X version our various fruit will run and finally do it... Cheers, Scott.

Sayonara, Snow Leopard. Time to upgrade? - (pwhysall) - (7) - March 3, 2014, 03:06:29 AM EST

Wish I could. - (malraux) - (5) - March 3, 2014, 07:52:06 AM EST

Re: Can you not upgrade hardware? - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - March 3, 2014, 10:52:56 AM EST

2006 MBP 1,1 - (malraux) - (3) - March 3, 2014, 11:11:42 AM EST

:( Understand. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - March 3, 2014, 11:29:45 AM EST

It was a great machine for 8 years - (malraux) - (1) - March 3, 2014, 12:14:10 PM EST

Yep, you got your money's worth! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - March 3, 2014, 12:57:19 PM EST

Thanks. - (Another Scott) - March 3, 2014, 09:29:02 AM EST

iwethey.org

Remember, rank times IQ is a constant.
59 ms