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Upgrading to Leopard?Posted by jwilliam
I'm happily running FCP Studio 2 on a Mac Pro, dual-core 2.66 intel processors (I believe), with OS X 10.4.11. I purchased the system brand new a year ago, have pushed a lot of jobs through on it, with very little trouble. Almost nothing out of the ordinary in terms of bugs, problems, etc...
This week, I'm finally in a lull where I don't have a live project going, or a deadline looming. If I wanted to upgrade to Leopard, this would be the week. Now my question is -- should I? I've done a lot of reading about how to install it, but I'm unclear of what the benefits of actually doing it would be. I love the 'time machine' function, as I'm not as meticulous as I should be about keeping my backups current. Other than that, what do I gain from Leopard? In the next month or two, I'm probably purchasing Photoshop and/or After Effects. Before I do that, I want to make a decision to either be on Leopard, or commit to running my system on OS X for another 12-18 months until I buy a new tower. Are there any Leopard compatibility issues with those to be aware of? If I'm problem-free with OS X, is there any reason I shouldn't wait for Snow Leopard? Any thoughts are appreciated - Jeff
I can only image the issues thee are going to be with Snow Leopard! Quicktime X is goinf to be interesting...
I'll be installing a completely new System HDD Clone and installing Snow Leopard on that just in case! If it aint broke don't fix it - you might find your downtime becomes extremely stressful if something goes wrong and you can't fix it before your next job! However I use Leopard on all 3 of my Macs with no issues and I prefer Leopard to Tiger as its just so much better in general. Quick Look is one thing I could NOT do without. For instant answers to more than one hundred common FCP questions, check out the LAFCPUG FAQ Wiki here : [www.lafcpug.org]
I love my Leopard on my MBP as well...Leopard kicks the tar out of "Litter Box" or whatever 10.4.11 is called - I can't believe the name escapes me right now (Panther? Cougar? Cheetah? Tabby? Russian Blue?).
Ben's right about the "scare factor" associated with a major release like Snow Leopard / Quicktime X. We won't know for quite some time after that release what the stability & functionality issues will be with our NLE / Grafix Software packages until the "guinea pigs" dive in (which will probably be Ben & I anyway ) When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
Get used to that folks. A lot of new plug-ins that will be coming out will be Intel / Leopard or newer. After Effects CS4 will be Intel only. They're leaving those of us with PPCs out in the cold. When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
For sure. And I'll write a brother of FCP which will be fully compatible and will include all feature requests and bug fixes anyone in the world knows about. Same time I'll write a QT enhancer which will fix all gamma and aperture problems. Andreas Some workflow tools for FCP [www.spherico.com] TitleExchange -- juggle titles within FCS, FCPX and many other apps. [www.spherico.com]
>And I'll write a brother of FCP
And name that subdivision of your company "Oranges". And check this out! They're on Panther. I can't wait for them to get onto Leopard... [www.knoxnews.com] www.strypesinpost.com
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