Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

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Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by joe.cavers » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:24 pm

Hey guys,

I did some searching but it's hard to find the answer I'm looking for hidden amongst all the threads on OS's.

Is it the general consensus that Snow Leopard 10.6.3 and Live 8.1.3 is the most stable combo for Live right now? I'm about to reinstall my OS and I have both Leopard AND Snow Leopard disks.

Cheers
Joe

P.S. Just bought an APC40, coming 2moro, pretty damn excited!
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by Pasha » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:33 pm

Still on 10.5.8. IMHO Snow Leopard is too early. :|
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by Saxer » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:03 pm

1.6.3. here, runs great!
snow leopard runs faster than leopard on my sytems (macpro 8x3GHz + macbook coreduo 2006).

wouldn´t start with an older system.

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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by squelcht » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:08 pm

Don't be scared of Snow Leopard. Upgrading to Snow was the best thing I could do for my MacBook. It runs outstanding.

BTW: Ask yourself this - Do you think Ableton developers work hard on updating Live software while using older OS's?
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by SubFunk » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:09 pm

squelcht wrote:Don't be scared of Snow Leopard. Upgrading to Snow was the best thing I could do for my MacBook. It runs outstanding.

BTW: Ask yourself this - Do you think Ableton developers work hard on updating Live software while using older OS's?
+1, HD space and speed increase since i moved to SL, 10.6.3 runs great.
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by Hidden Driveways » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:13 pm

10.4.11 here. I'll be on Tiger until I dieger.
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by udp2 » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:14 pm

+1 for snow leopard here. No problems.
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by t1mp » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:55 pm

+1 for Snow Leopard.
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by joe.cavers » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:14 pm

Hidden Driveways wrote:10.4.11 here. I'll be on Tiger until I dieger.
My nearly 4 year old Macbook that I use for daily stuff is the same :) My MBP I use as an audio machine is a different story, it'll be Snow Leopard soon!

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm also upgrading to a 7200rpm drive (from a 5400rpm), so when I buy that, I'll go all the way to Snow Leopard.

Cheers!
Joe
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by MidiMonk » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:58 pm

+! 10.6.3 works great here and I was adamant against doing it too.

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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by oblique strategies » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:16 pm

Request for folks who are reporting on Snow Leopard: can you also include your computer model & RAM? Thank ye.
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by Silverfish » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:18 pm

I'm very reluctant to upgrade to Snow Leopard for one reason: Native Instruments.

I've got older NI apps and plugs that are not 10.6 compatible. Traktor 3.4 and Elektrik piano are known to have issues, and I'm sure there are a few others from the earlier Komplete versions.

Anyone running the older Komplete suites on 10.6? Any words of wisdom?
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by Eldon Tyrell » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:36 pm

+1 for OSX 10.6.3(Snow Leopard) & Live 8.1.3. No problems yet. 8)
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by oblique strategies » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:48 pm

Request for folks who are reporting on Snow Leopard: can you also include your computer model & RAM? Thank ye.
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Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

Post by illsub1 » Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:25 am

Did they ever get the Fireface 800 issues settled with Snow Leopard? I tried to make the switch before and it was glitch city. The interface would hang up and freeze. I want to switch :)
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