Comments on: Weekend Project: Macbook Surgery

By: tummy tuck

tummy tuck — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:45:30 +0000

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By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:33:03 +0000

I read a list of new features at Mac Rumors or TUAW, one of those, and it definitely seemed like an emphasis on backend stuff, rather than eye candy. The O/S-processor enhancements for dual cores will rock. I may go to Snow Leopard faster than I did to Leopard.

By: Chris Spierings

Chris Spierings — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:15:00 +0000

Nothing as far as new features are concerned. I just happen to always upgrade my Apple software we a new version is out

I did hear that Snow Leopard should see improvements in performance and stability which is always nice to have.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:01:57 +0000

Nice, I'll keep my eyes peeled for more news. It'll take a lot of great new features for me to upgrade any time soon though.

By: terrywang

terrywang — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:27:24 +0000

Things I care:

1. Full ZFS support as default file system, replace HFS+.
2. Rewritten Finder.
3. More bits for computing
4. Slimmer apps.
…
And more invisible improvements will be revealed soon I guess:) It's more reliable than 7 LOL

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/12/wwdc-2…

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:03:50 +0000

What does Snow Leopard have that's interesting to you? Aside from ZFS, I haven't seen much else of interest, so I'm curious. I tend to lag behind on for-profit O/S upgrades

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:02:07 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I may get Rich to write a VM post to collect these types of how-tos. I try to stay away from the OBI VM unless I need to use Office on Win.

I've not had any issues with VBox.

By: terrywang

terrywang — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:42:39 +0000

I look forward to Snow Leopard with ZFS:) Should be a pain free upgrade again.

Regarding Shrink: OBI is ugly built VM image. The guys don't clear up the junk leftover after service pack or update. They don't shrink either. OMG...
At least u can delete:
%systemroot%ServicePackFiles
%systemroot%SoftwareDistributionDownload
%systemroot%$hf_mig$ and %windir% any $NT*$ folders
No worry about this. If Windows requires files under ServicePackFilesi386, use a XP CD or ISO image and point path to the CD. Not gonna happen often.

Online shrink (hot): Work for both Linux and Windows VM. Install vmware tools. Check Shrink tab in vmware tools.

Offline shrink: not available for Mac OS. On Linux/Windows, use command vmware-vdiskmanager -k

Shrink and check the size:)

I don't like Vbox as it does not run my all my vmdk images smoothly.

By: Chri

Chri — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:51:25 +0000

just went through the exercise on a Intel MB last weekend too. Memory and Disk upgrade couldn't be easier.

It ran Leopard before I cloned the new disk. I hope I don't hit any snags upgrading to Snow Leopard when it comes out.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:59:02 +0000

Removing the disk is as easy as replacing the memory, and if you have the right bits, you'll be in and out in no time. It was all the prep work and data movement that took so much time.

Super Duper! has a free version that does what I needed. You can upgrade to a paid license, but I'm not sure what bells/whistles you get for the 20-something bucks.

I agree that the move to Leopard was painless, after my initial shock. If I hadn't had the old drive attached, I would have missed the settings import though. Lucky.

Re. VMs, I've used VirtualBox most. I find it to be faster and better at resource management, and it's open source. How do I shrink an image in VMWare? I only use that for the OBI image so far.

By: terrywang

terrywang — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:33:01 +0000

Nice job Jake. I have been through the similar thing. Add Macbook Memory to 4G(2*2G DDR2 667), but I haven't replaced the 80G HD yet. Probably will do the same thing shortly. Your article is a great reference!

I prefer CCC as it is freeware (donation welcomed)^_^

OS X's upgrade is quite painless (although not as good as rolling update in Debian/Arch and other distros) it's really good. Import and transfer user profiles/settings is straightforward. I remember we can connect two mac using 1394 cable and transfer settings on the fly, which is more than great.

Regarding VM images, do u shrink the VM from time to time? If u copy/download big chunks into the VM, u may need to do so to reduce the size. Because VMWare Fusion/Workstation does not release the disk consumption automatically.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:21:46 +0000

You know I will. Mmm, gradients and drop shadows. Are you mad that Win 7 has so many Mac-inspired UI features?

By: Michael Krigsman

Michael Krigsman — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:04:12 +0000

Hey Jake, Enjoy those rounded corners:)