The "My Snow Leopard Is or Is Not Shipping!" Thread [Merged!]

[MTBlogBot2000]

<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2882" title="picture-13" src="http://www.mactalk.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/picture-13.png" alt="picture-13" width="316" height="310" />Fellow MacTalkers, whip out that credit card ASAP! Snow Leopard hits your Mac on August 28th. <em>Crappy box art and all. An actual Snow Leopard on the front? Really Apple? Jesus H. Christ...</em> Anyways, 10.6 comes on the 28th of August and you can pre-order it now via the <a href="http://www.s2d6.com/x/?x=c&amp;z=s&amp;v=936507">Apple Online Store</a>.

It's only AU$39 for Leopard users! Or score the Box Set, which includes iLife '09 and iWork '09, as well as Snow Leoaprd, for $229. For the low-down on Snow Leopard and what it brings to the table, visit <a href="http://www.apple.com/au/macosx/">Apple's Snow Leopard website</a>. Pre-order now and it will be delivered to your front door on the 28th of August. No lining up or sweaty, geeky, masses for you.

If there's any stores doing midnight launches or anything crazy like that, <a href="http://mactalk.com.au/iwannatalktoanthony">let us know</a>.

[half goon half god]

Credit card status: whipped.

[glitch]

Sold! to the man in the corner. *patiently waits for the 28th*

[wolfie]

i suppose those on the UTD program will have it shipped out thur/fri?

[n20nine]

i am thinking twice about pre-ordering, if any Apple store, CompNow or NextByte are planning on throwing something in, i might want to buy in-store...

[snowman]

hmmmm.......waits for boss to confirm bonus's are coming...............

(I'm still on Tiger so need to order the big pack)

[Geoff3DMN]

Just ordered a "Mac Box Set Family Pack"

[NeoRicen]

Sweet. Pre-ordered, and if my 10.5 experience repeats itself it should be on my doorstep Friday morning, and ready for me to install when I get back from work.

PS: There's nothing wrong with the box art. Jeez, some people will whinge about anything.

[Shintaro]

So, those of us not wanting to use a CC,
can we walk in to an Apple store, or resellers store & pick it up on Friday?

The way it's worded doesn't seem to indicate it will be on shelves on the 28th.

[rmac]

Snow Kitty ready to pounce! straight to the Visa.

[ziggotron]

i am thinking twice about pre-ordering, if any Apple store, CompNow or NextByte are planning on throwing something in, i might want to buy in-store...

Wonder if the Chaddy Apple Store is going to do anything? Free t-shirts?

[half goon half god]

PS: There's nothing wrong with the box art. Jeez, some people will whinge about anything.

It's too literal. It's called Snow Leopard and has a photo of a snow leopard on it. I prefer the big X design of the previous releases.

Edit: It's not really a big issue, it's just, you know, obvious. Maybe the big X could be reserved for the major updates like 10.5 was, and 10.7 will, presumably, be.

[wmyeoh]

I'm hoping Exhange support means ditching the work PC!

[wolfie]

so chances are those who pre ordered it, going by past experiences will have it received on the friday?

i pre ordered my UTD program to have it delivered to sydney cbd at work.

[Goodbye]

So, how does one install this on a Macbook Air without an optical drive?

[Lachie]

Preordered

[Geoff3DMN]

So, how does one install this on a Macbook Air without an optical drive?

Put the install disk into a disk drive on another Mac and use the remote disk utility or use an external DVD drive plugged into the USB port.

MacBook Air: Reinstalling software using Remote Install Mac OS X <-- may help

[n20nine]

Just couldnt hold my horses - whipped out my MasterCard and am "patiently" waiting for it to arrive.

[icant]

So, how does one install this on a Macbook Air without an optical drive?

Slowly

[MissionMan]

My precioussssssssssssssssssss