Just because I’m already tired of the “horror” stories from those who, like me, upgraded their macs to Snow Leopard last night. Here’s my experience.
11:44 am: Fedex attempts to deliver the package from Apple, but no one is home to sign for it, so they leave a nice note saying exactly when and where I can pick it up if I’m so inclined.
1:00 pm: Fedex gives me a courtesy call to tell me I missed my package. How thoughtful!
5:00 pm: I arrive at the Fedex shipping center. The friendly worker finds my package and says, “Have a great evening!”
5:30 pm: I arrive home and begin to prepare for dinner with friends. Installation must wait.
7:00 pm: Friends arrive for dinner. Installation still on hold.
11:00 pm: Friends leave, dishes started.
11:15 pm: Installation begins. Insert DVD, click OK a few times. Walk away to take a shower and brush teeth.
12:15 am: Installation complete. Computer runs flawlessly.
12:30 am: Still no problems, all my apps run nicely, new features are fun.
12:45 am: go to bed.
That’s it. I’m happy to report things are still running fine. If something blows up I promise let everyone know! (Not that you care, and if you do… find a hobby!)
My Snow Leopard upgrade experience was equally uneventful. However, I’ve only had this mac for 3 months, and I don’t have a lot of extra 3rd party software on it.
It seems to me a lot or even most people who experience trouble with upgrades are those that have more 3rd party apps, plugins, and helper apps/tools/etc. The more you have, the more likely you are to have trouble with an OS upgrade.
Yes, I suppose that’s true, however I have a decent amount of pref panes, and 3rd party little apps here and there. Nothing that would be classified as a “haxie” I suppose, but I still have a few apps that were on my old laptop which ran Tiger.