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Post by Alan on Aug 24, 2009 15:24:08 GMT
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Post by beerbum on Aug 24, 2009 16:04:59 GMT
The Apple Store in the UK now has the Snow Leopard upgrade available for pre-order at the bargain price of £25 ! (£39 for family pack). Thanks Alan - I've ordered my Family pack! Also Excited ! - beerbum
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Post by millstonebarn on Aug 24, 2009 17:57:00 GMT
I've placed my order too. Just a quick tip - if you use quidco you get 4% cash back from the apple store. www.quidco.com/I've used quidco for bits and bobs all over the place (tesco direct, hotels, insurance, game.co.uk). I've had over £100 back so it's well worthwhile. A mate of mine has had over £1000 cash back too.
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Post by Forum Cat on Aug 24, 2009 18:01:44 GMT
I am waiting for a comment by Heather on the title of this thread. *waits*
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Post by HeatherKay on Aug 24, 2009 18:22:33 GMT
Alas, you pre-know me too well, Mr Cat.
I shall, as with all major point releases of an OS, be waiting for the pre-early adopters to find the bugs before I shell out my pre-earned money.
(Only one of the pre-prefixes actually made sense. :-P)
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Post by Alan on Aug 24, 2009 18:54:39 GMT
www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=define%3A+pre-order&btnG=Search&meta=Definitions of pre-order on the Web: * A pre-order is an order placed for an item which has not yet been released. The idea for pre-orders came when people found it hard to get popular items in stores due to their popularity. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-order * The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple Inc. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, it ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-order_(iTunes) * Alternative spelling of preorder en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pre-order
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Post by HeatherKay on Aug 24, 2009 18:58:48 GMT
I don't care (rapidly going off topic)!
Like so many Americanisms, it is a tautology and replaces a perfectly good word: reserve.
I resist the use of the terms "pre-order" and "pre-book" for the reasons outlined.
*gets coat, just after calling ahead to the restaurant to pre-book a reservation. Or was that reserve a pre-booking? D'oh!*
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Post by Forum Cat on Aug 24, 2009 22:26:50 GMT
Ah, I pre-anticipated your mini rant. I failed to pre-spot the Wiki entry. I too care little for the American pre-fix. I am however going to pre-think about pre-saving up for a pre-order of Snow Leopard. I don't want to be a pre-early adopter though. I have heard that pre-problems can pre-dominate on the systems of those that do.
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Post by Alan on Aug 26, 2009 16:52:55 GMT
I don't care (rapidly going off topic)! Like so many Americanisms, it is a tautology and replaces a perfectly good word: reserve. Believe me, I'm all for minimising the adoption of Americanisms, but in this case I do think that "pre-order" is a useful word and when used in this context it is neither tautological nor a synonym for "reserve". It's used to mean the ordering of something that in not yet available ("reserve" is used to reserve something that is currently available). So "pre-order" can be thought of as a contraction of "pre-availability order" and it conveys more information than the simple use of "order". If we want to look for a British alternative, then I suppose the phrase "advance order" might be close (but perhaps not close enough). So I think "pre-order" is a good word for the ordering of something that isn't yet available. 2p. Alan.
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Post by HeatherKay on Aug 26, 2009 18:08:11 GMT
You're welcome. I know I'm losing the battle to stop the ever-increasing use of lazy language from across the Atlantic. I will continue the struggle, in that plucky "Britain against the world" kind of way we're so good at, no matter how hopeless the cause. Now, what was the thread about again? Ah, yes, Snow Leopard. I'm biding my time, to let the eager beavers find the flaws and what gets broken by this update.
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Post by beerbum on Aug 27, 2009 8:58:28 GMT
Not only have I pre-ordered, with a release date of the 28th, I seem to have pre-shipped!
I just got my notification email telling me that Snow Leopard "has been dispatched by mail and will be delivered to your shipping address."
cool!
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Post by Alex on Aug 27, 2009 9:27:09 GMT
I want this now. I just read this review on it and it looks like a larf. www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/snow-leopard-review/But, I need to know if I upgrade to SL, will all of my apps/pictures/videos etc. be replaced on there, or will I have to back them up and then reinstall everything? I've never done an upgrade like this before, especially on a Mac. I think I remember my dad doing something from Windows 95 to 98, but I was about 7 years old then.
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Post by beerbum on Aug 27, 2009 13:49:12 GMT
But, I need to know if I upgrade to SL, will all of my apps/pictures/videos etc. be replaced on there, or will I have to back them up and then reinstall everything? I've never done an upgrade like this before, especially on a Mac. Well, yes and yes. You can go the clean but arduous route and back up and reinstall everything, or you can (usually) do an upgrade path that keeps all your files etc. I've been doing some research and Snow Leopard is different from before, but nobody seems to be exactly sure how exactly it is different. I'm getting it and then waiting a few days. More expert people than us will soon be posting their experiences. In the meantime, have a beer ;o)
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Post by Alex on Aug 28, 2009 8:46:57 GMT
In the meantime, have a beer ;o) I'll have a cider instead... I've just come back from Cornwall and have mountains of the stuff.
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Post by wierdostomps on Aug 28, 2009 11:29:42 GMT
Useful list of which apps work and which don't can be found here
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