Comments on: Apple acknowledges some Leopard installation problems

The company has posted a support document on its Web site addressing some of the frustrating "blue screen" problems encountered by those upgrading to Mac OS X Leopard over the weekend.

[mhersh]

Sensationalist Title

Of course, CNet will use any opportunity to slam on Apple. I'm
willing to bet that there's a very small amount of people affected
by this issue. It's their own damn fault for installing hackware.
If you install software that screws with OS features that weren't
meant to be screwed with, you open yourself up to this crap.
Everyone should be doing a clean install anyways. Clean installs
are always best, no matter what OS you're installing.

The simple fact remains, Leopard kicks some serious arse.

[DrtyDogg]

did you read the article?

"Problems were also noted in Apple's support forums by Mac users who had never installed the APE software, however, so it doesn't appear that all the blame can be placed on third-party enhancement software."

[Sagan555]

Apologist post

As usual, the fanboys are queuing up to kiss Steve Jobs' ring, blinkers firmly in place.
It's not always feasible to do a clean install, and if it were a real issue, then Apple shouldn't offer an upgrade install at all. However, if they do offer it, then they ought to get it right. We have three Macs in our home, and so far Leopard has failed to install on two of them (the third one is currently in for repairs with Apple). On the G4 desktop the install froze up even before we were prompted to select the language option. The Powerbook managed to install Leopard (it took 3 hours), but finder isn't working at all.
Instead of kicking arse, Leopard seems a bit half-arsed. (If you really believe that such a very small amount of people are struggling with Leopard, I suggest you phone the Apple support line and stay on hold for about... an hour?...)
So thanks to CNET for giving us fair and balanced news, I say.

[sanenazok]

one would think

what would OS X be like if it had to work with more than a closed microcosm of hardware and software. One piddly manufacturer can knock out an OS update, I wonder what would happen if Apple had to deal with thousands of hardware and software makers as MS does...

Guess this is why OS X isn't released for general x86 hardware, it's too hard to support it.

[johnericanderson]

Much better.

The Emperor's new clothes are much better.

Let's see, a *nix OS with a Mac veneer running on x86 hardware. Much better.

I think I'll get two of them. After all, they're cheap.

[Novarum]

More Than Installation ...

The Apple support fora are bursting with 802.1z, Active Directory,
WiFi, Finder, Time Machine, etc ... bugs.

This is not a good release. Lots of promise. But not much meat
yet.

[scweezil]

APE

http://daringfireball.net/2007/10/blue_in_the_face

[Penguinisto]

Meh -

If I decide to get Leopard, I'll simply do a flush-n-fill... it'd be the perfect time to upgrade the HDDs anyway.

/P

[Xbalanque]

Leopard install anomalies

I attempted an update installation and received an error message
near the end of the first install attempt. The message suggested
another attempt. The next attempt was superficially successful
BUT when I logged on, the installation had converted all 3 user
accounts on the PowerBook Pro to Standard accounts: No
Administrator account at all. Fortunately, I had personal folder
backups for all accounts, so I installed with the erase option.
Everything seems to be back as it should be now, after nearly a
day of fiddling.

[jimf233]

blue screen install problem- no special sw installed

I have just completed installing Leopard and have a complete breakdown with the "blue screen" the only thing on my screen. I have not installed any unique outside software on this machine. Only Micosoft Office. Be very careful before installing Leopard. The difficulty you will experience if this problem comes up for you is not worth the gains from Leopard.

[billwolfe]

BSOF straight out of the box.

I opened a brand new iMac box,
Turned it on and ended up in Tiger,
Upgraded to Leopard, and
Entered my password, and
Entered my password, and
Entered my password, and.....

Blue Screen Of Frustration(BSOF)
(Yes, archive and install did finally fix it)

[upsideny]

BLUE SCREEN NOT NECESSARILY A PROBLEM... READ ON..

HOLD ON HERE! ....with regard to that BLUE SCREEN OF
"DEATH"... I too had seen this blank blue screen on install of
Leopard on my G4 Laptop... of course i cannot speak for anyone
els... but when the blue screen appeared and did not seem to go
away... rather than give up and assume that it crashed... i had
patients and let the computer sit for about 10 min... SURE
enough... eventually... the computer booted up... im assuming
that the upgrade just took a long time... granted... im on a G4
Laptop... not one of those fast and fancy INTEL models...
needless to say... it DID eventually start up and i have not seen
any major issues... sure there a few bugs... but most are minor
enough for me to continue to work until there is an update...
AND just for the record... im not running a simple setup... i have
tons of software that was already installed... some are major
applications like Adobe CS 3 as well as other third party software
...all working without issues.... i have to say... im IMPRESSED with
LEOPARD.

[Ms Annie]

G4 Crashing

Ever since I have loaded Leopard several of my programs will not open. Virex quits unexpectedly and my laptop crashes while surfing. I am using Safari for my browser. My G4 has only 1 added program (Final Cut Pro4) iphoto & iDVD will not open at all. All of these worked just fine for at least 3 years now. I loaded Leopard in Dec 07. Any ideas? Thanks for reading this. Annie