I don't know what is the reason to have this bad experience. I updated from 10.6.1 to 10.6.2 and the system crashed. "Invalid node structure" is shown. I don't know how to fix it yet "so if any one can help I will appreciate it". But what I want to say make ur backup and update it with hope not to be a common problem.

We have 10.7 in 18 months time, Version 11 may never come and you may not be aware but Windows is currently version 6.1 marketed as Windows 7 as Apple market a 10.x as a big cat name.

Fed up of settling for 10.6.2.3.5.8.44...

Amen dude. But you forgot to mention the really entertaining way that he gets the Mac fanboys in such a tizzy. It makes my day to come home after a long day at work to read nick's articles and see all the faithful that have drunk the Jobs kool-aid worked up into a fervor.

Nice to see someone else actually gets it.

I have to disagree with a lot of you about this author taking over all Apple stories as opposed to Nick. This is indeed a well-written article, but one of the reasons that I appreciate the INQ so much is for the blatant anti-Apple slant and ridiculous-at-time Linux support.

A little disclaimer: I like what Apple produces--they have a solid OS, but it's good to see some Apple hate once and a while to offset all the media Apple worship that is always happening.

I just think Nick's bias is hilarious, just don't take it all as truth.

What is it about Apple updates that means they turn out so large? My rubbish old iMac G4 wants to download a safari update that's 80MB in size. The whole of IE is only 16ish MB. What's going on? What's in that 80MB that I need or want? Precious little I suspect. Frankly I can't be arsed, all the machine needs to be able to do is dish up the recipe (why does no one do an angle poise monitor anymore?) for a Singapore Sling cocktail for those rare occassions I can't remember it off the top of my head...

I might be an old git, but this is just another symptom of how the entire software ecosystem has forgotten about efficiency now that the average user has enough horsepower not to notice the wasted cycles and MBytes.

So far the wee issue with safari is sorted and FPS in games has went up quite a bit and now run smoother(there was a issue with the old nvidea drivers causing stuttering)

I'm downloading the update on two different machines (Mac Pro & MacBook Pro) and in both cases it is 499.9 MB.

@ Meagher's #1: Twist it dude, make 'em squirm.

479MB update, yeah that sounds about right.

Thanks for your comments Mike. Perhaps you should check your own grammar before complaining about others.

"First of all, I'm a ling-time reader" Nuff said

"this is an anti-trust violation at it's finest" no apostrophe required.

"Phystar's longevity" Psystar shurely?

"users who buy a legal copy of a Mac OS can put it on any computer it will install on." A split infinitive of the finest order.

Pot kettle kettle pot

I rest my case m'lud...

I second that, this guy (Stewart Meagher) actually writes a nice piece.

First of all, I'm a ling-time reader and I understand that the Inq' takes generous advantage of 'poetic license'. That being said, this article has a couple of basic grammar errors that make it less than pleasant to read. The errors are not clever, they are just plain old mistakes.

Now, on to the good stuff: this is an anti-trust violation at it's finest. Phystar's longevity seems to have established the fact that users who buy a legal copy of a Mac OS can put it on any computer it will install on. If Apple was truly pruning unneeded code, it would have taken out all the eye candy.

Please take over from Nick Farrell.
You are much better.