Finally was able to upgrade all of my Macs to Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6).
You see, as a software developer I can’t always jump on the latest bandwagon. Sure I might have new OS versions running on partitions of other machines, maybe even pre-release versions. But I can’t primarily change things around because we might be in the middle of something. If I’m working on a release, to change things like the OS or the toolset could bring about big delays or other troubles. The rule is to settle on the toolset and environment, make the release, then you can upgrade stuff. And so finally I can upgrade, tho I have been using Snow Leopard in various capacities for some time.
I am enjoying the little refinements in the OS. I’m glad Apple took the approach they did with this OS and working on refining what they already have instead of having to cram a gazillion new features in. Make what you have really good.
One thing I got the most kick out of was seeing a lot of disk space reappear. My MacBook Pro was down to only a couple GB free and I was starting to look at buying a bigger replacement hard drive. After installing Snow Leopard, I regained almost 20 GB of disk space. Of course, I know exactly why this change came about, but that doesn’t make it any less wonderful. 🙂
Stuff From Hsoi 
I upgraded my macbook & mac pro but am holding off on updating my main system, a macbook pro, until the next rev. even with 10.6.1 I’m noticing alot more pinwheels of death & crashes. Also have noticed buggier networking and file sharing overall.
Thankfully I haven’t been experiencing such things. I know 10.6.1 was just a quick update to fix the most pressing issues that came out the chute with 10.6.0’s release.
Generally tho that’s is a good rule… wait. I am no longer an early adopter, I write my own bugs in a day so I don’t need to be dealing with someone else’s. 😉 I’m happy to wait. But I had to move along given the constraints I’m working under.
Overall I’m OK with the upgrade.
Pingback: Snow Leopard mini-gripes « Stuff From Hsoi