Snow Leopard SP1 is out

why do i always feel the writers of these articles are so negative vs apple :"its sparkling new Snow Leopard out the door before it was fully tested and ready to go." omg:p and vista wasent?:p
i am happy they patch it so quick

I've always thought that the term "Windoze" to refer to MS Windows was juvenile; now here I see an equally juvenile term for the Apple OS -- "Snow Leper." Nah-nah-nah-boo-boo.

C'mon, this site hates on everybody equally.

And some more equally than others, i.e., nvidia!

By the time Windows 7 is out, Show Leper will be on the second tweak'n'fix release. Should help SL in the comparative reviews.

See, what you clowns don't understand is that while it is almost expected that Microsoft does not release timely patches (mostly due to testing) and puts out half-baked software like Vista, it *is* expected that Apple, in its efforts to maintain the image of its "superior" OS and company, will do a better job.

Microsoft doesn't need to care that people think there are bugs and problems. They know people expect them, and live with them, and people don't find it a big deal most of the time. Apple users... well, they've been led to believe they receive a higher standard of service and quality--certainly the price tag would justify it.

So I'll laugh just as much as the other guy when such illusions are dashed.

They do hate on everyone pretty equally though. Some writers though take it to the next level and make news unreadable. For the inquirer, this was tame.

Actually, I'm a "clown" who uses both Windows and OS X, but mostly Windows. So I'm a clown with no ideological leanings. Windoze. Snow Leper. Nah-nah-nah-boo-boo.

"Given how soon after the initial release these patches have come out, one might almost conclude that Apple rushed its sparkling new Snow Leopard out the door before it was fully tested and ready to go. µ"

Perfection only ships when perfection has been achieved... and we all know St Jobs can make no error, as that would mean he ain't divinity...and we all know thats just not true. Snow Lepper (love it mate) has just had its perfection perfected.

St. Jobs . . . St. Ballmer . . . M$ . . . O$ X . . .

Does 13 days seem quick? 10.3.1 was out in 17 days, 10.4.1 in 18 days, 10.5.1 in 20 days, so it's not really out of line with previous OS X versions.

to not buy new software the minute it is released....

Early adopters always end up beta testers. Unless you're into that sort of thing, wait 3-6 months.

... that a .0 release means "This is beta code, but the Marketing department forced us to release it", and that a .1 release means "We didn't sleep for a month fixing all the known bugs Marketing didn't let us fix before release, and in our exhaustion we might have introduced a couple of new ones".

Well, maybe. But I can't wait. I already have Snow Leper, and my Windoze 7 upgrade is on order. SL is great, and I expect W7 to be the same.

Apart from the fact that Flash simply fails on everything it touches, how'd anyone expect Apple to ship 10.6.0 with the latest and greatest version of it when it's just a month old? We're talking about a simultaneous, worldwide release on both Retail and their OEM-business. They're busy enough getting their own stuff together and you expect them to run last-minute-tests on 3rd-party software?

So now the Inquirer has two Mac haters. Well the world is full of eejits and to say it is a service pack is really digging for it.

...That's the weakness to Apple's security.

I wished they improve the way they handle it.

Although, when it comes to Flash...It sucks regardless of OS!

This, and the previous .1 patches just prove that Apple work towards a release date, and will stick to it at the expense of everything.
There is no way all these new tweaks and fixes have been prepared and tested in a couple of weeks. They obviously took a decision a month or so back to freeze Snow Leopard coding, prepare for release and switched dev work onto .1 which would finally finish it (or at least get it closer)
M$ on the other hand release late after shedding features all over the highway en route, still with some nasty bugs, and don't ship an SP1 for several months after the patch Tuesday tally has got into the hundreds of megabytes!
There you go, all the hate boys will be happy, and both camps of fanboys will be after me. BTW my name is Dave and I live in Hull.

every OS will be updated during its life, this is part of the software development cycle.

Can anyone name a OS or system that has never been updated and has been released with no bugs or security issues?

For everyone out their saying this "isn't a big deal" you couldn't be more wrong. In fact, this is a HUGE deal. Here's why.

What has Apple been saying about the Snow Leopard Release since day one? "This is a minor release. There's code clean up we want to do. We're dropping Power PC, we want to streamline the code, enhance performance and improve security. Most importantly, this ISN'T a feauture release."

So, the whole point of this release was under-the-hood engineering efficacy. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, it's refreshing that Apple was willing to admit that upfront.

Unfortunately, the results aren't looking good.

RESULT: Apple releases an SP about a week after Snow Leopard availability. Couple this with the fact that Apple released Snow Leopard with a very old version of Flash that is being exploited now and this is an alarming trend.

If this were any other company, they would be getting torched. However, since Saint Steve released iPods the day before I guess that makes everything OK.

Apple quality has never been great, but it's greating dramatically worse. Security is a complete afterthought at Apple. Apple waits months (somtimes years) to fix security issues and when they do they release one big 70 MB patch and put in the release notes "fixed security issues" because heaven forbid, you find out just how many security bugs they really fixed.

Only Apple gets a free ride like this.

@Rob A.: So Microsoft lists each and every fix seperately? BRUHAHA, yeah right :D
So far, apart from the Flash update, there's no mention of anything security-related in 10.6.1.
Updates for Tiger and Leopard have also been released, see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
Most of those apply to the server-versions only.

Has it become the new "cool" for bloggers to toss themselves rabidly at Apple with sharp and apparently pointy comments, or is it just I've not noticed this and they've being doing it since last millenia?

@hss1:

OpenBSD in it's 14 year history, had only 2 major bugs found since it's initial release in 1995.

@all:

No matter what has been said or done here, people have made up their minds and will put their money where their mouths are.

The author for this article is stating the facts here (but concluding it the Inq way!)... Keep up the obscene work! Love it! :)

All of the fixes are listed individually. Generally they all have a knowledge base article associated with them.

So far as security fixes go, new ones don't tend to be introduced in service packs - they're individually released beforehand then bundled into the next service pack.

New functionality and non security bug fixes may be introduced for the first time in a servicepack.

MS' record on security is now somewhat better than Apple's. They've improved considerably over the last few years.

Rob.A probably is in bed with microsoft and being happily buggered by them. I have always found Apple products very good. I have owned enough of them and PC too for that matter. 70mb is not hugh but very small update when compared to the size of modern OS. My Vista installation is 15Gb, my two colleaues' Windows installation is inbetween 10 and 14Gb. My mac OS installation is a tad under 4Gb. Draw your own conclusions there.

"There is no such thing as a completely debugged program" a quote by the president of IBM over twenty years ago. True then, true now.

One thing you forget is the work involved in shipping a product and all the logistics involved, the time taken, the organisation etc. The shipping, burning etc is probably organised and booked weeks if not months in advance. Its no easy job.

Finally, the negative view of this site (although I enjoy the wit) is basically because...

1) They are jealous and secretly aspire to Sainthood. And...

2) They are very unhappy people and have to slag everybody to make themselves feel better.

C'est la vie.