So who has ordered Snow Leopard?

[Recursion]

Ok, I'm going to order it. Do you have to upgrade or does it allow a clean install?

Apple said you need to upgrade, but people are saying that it will install to a clean HDD

[AgnesIO]

Thats actually a nice price. 25 pounds is good compared to the 60 that Microsoft want for W7.

[Recursion]

Thats actually a nice price. 25 pounds is good compared to the 60 that Microsoft want for W7.

That's because it isn't a huge difference over Leopard

[AgnesIO]

That's because it isn't a huge difference over Leopard

7 isn't exactly a huge difference over vista though is it?

[Recursion]

7 isn't exactly a huge difference over vista though is it?

Jumplists, new window management, far better resource management, XP Mode, IE8, New task bar grouping, new notification tray, etc etc, it's all good

[AgnesIO]

Jumplists, new window management, far better resource management, XP Mode, IE8, New task bar grouping, new notification tray, etc etc, it's all good

Don't get me wrong - I preordered it myself!

XP mode is only on ultimate though isn't it? I was hoping to get it, but oh well

[N!ck]

7 is vastly different to Vista. Snow Leopard is just a refinement. A bit like a service pack, which Microsoft give out for free?

[Stephen!]

Don't get me wrong - I preordered it myself!

XP mode is only on ultimate though isn't it? I was hoping to get it, but oh well

I have tried the XP mode and I can tell you it's pretty crappy. It's exactly like a virtual machine you would normally install. So not worth the extra money.

[Recursion]

I have tried the XP mode and I can tell you it's pretty crappy. It's exactly like a virtual machine you would normally install. So not worth the extra money.

Although it integrates into 7?

[Jamesy]

Hmmm, I haven't noticed a significant difference between it and leopard

in performance.