but then again that's probably how Apple got a clean install of Snow Leopard to be so lean and take up so little space by getting rid of the old stuff

I was almost going to do a clean install, but there was really no point.

I like clean installs just to clear everything out

I had a legally installed version of CS that had worked flawlessly under Leopard

so you have to manually open up the disc utility from the menu and format if you want a clean install

By doing so you have to do a clean install

Luckily, QT 7 is available as an optional install (and will take your pro license), so it's not a real issue, but it is something the be aware of

Reasonably priced software that is easily installed

the reason for taking off one star).Apple recommends upgrading (versus doing a clean install).

What made it more trouble than it's worth though is that since I've installed Snow Leopard, my Macbook is running SLOWER than it did before I installed it

I only recommend everyone does a fresh install

I took it to the Apple store and they had to do a clean install

The install on my Macbook Pro was easy.

Easy install, quick delivery, no problems

It is also the least expensive upgrade that I have ever installed.

There have been FAR less issues with fresh installs than upgrades in all my years of experience

(The way they give up is by saying, "Well the only thing left to do is a clean install of the OS, not preserving network preferences, and see if that works

On my first attempt to install 10.6, the install failed about midway and my Macbook shut down

so your going to have to upgrade to CS4 which sucks for the people who are still using CS3.Personally after installing this update I ended up doing a clean install

Install was very smooth and it completed in about 50 mins.

I did a clean install since I upgraded the HDD at the same time.

Wrote Zeros (0) to the Hard Drive for a Clean Install

To get the full benefits you should back up all your current files and do a clean install with your old Tiger start up disc

All that said, the worrying trend in operating system distros is that upgrading an in-place system can be an enormous hair-yanker, so back up your data and do a clean install

Faster performance, enhanced features, and an easy install, make this a must have!

Install went pretty quick on the two newer 24" machines but the older 20" took close to an hour - but installs were very easy and mindless - I just popped the disk in - double clicked a couple times and off we went

I did not do a clean install I only built on top of what I already have

I did a clean install of 10.6, upgraded it

It gave me the fresh install to work from

Clean Install Snow, DO NOT UPGRADE!!!3

The clean install went well

Install was very easy to install.

First of all, the clean install function is gone, which for some is a bummer

A clean install always makes a machine speed up - but the ability to upgrade to the latest iTunes and Quicktime, etc. are also a benefit.

The install was very easy and straight forward

not a great leap forward, but a solid useful upgradeclean install went flawlessly and migration of my data also was easy and completedid have a few glitches with a few applications, but were quickly fixed with a few downloads of updated versionsi'm not noticing a big performance increase in most cases, but startup and shutdown are taking less than 1/2 the time from before.one app that is noticably slower is Cyberduck -- not sure what is going on

Install was easy (note: I did not do a clean install but an upgrade

I purchased this for 29.99 and it was the easiest install on my mac

Since installing on launch day, I've had no significant problems with incompatibility--even with CS3 applications.

Annoyingly, Rosetta is an optional install as well, an obvious cause for frustration for people still running significant amounts of PowerPC code

the install is NOT intuitive.

Quicktime Player has been updated with a borderless playback window, though Quicktime 7 is still available as an optional install

I was able to complete an upgrade on one system and a fresh install on another all in one day.

A non-power user would probably have to take the machine in to an Apple store (or simply do a clean install).I recommend the software, but you'd be better off doing a full backup (preferably via built-in Time Machine), a clean install of Snow Leopard, and then a selective import from your Time Machine backup

Also have Adobe CS3.Installed update without clean install

, I had backed up my hard drive, so I decided to do a clean install

I did not do a clean install because of a large number of apps I did not want to reinstall

Install was easy

Being a Windows user, and somewhat of a geek, it is common knowledge in geekdom to ALWAYS do a clean install with Windows

The install was easy

I recommend that you wait until the bugs have been exterminated or go through the pain of a completely clean install

I might try a fresh install, still many people who just got Macs will just want to pop the disc in and go so

I didn't even do a clean install, I upgraded from Leopard, which had developed a couple of quirks.

Okay... the first take after doing a clean install of this onto a macbook pro was that it was buggy.

But doing a clean install (which, by the way, they should not have made more difficult this time around because many people find better results with that than the standard upgrade install) completely eliminated the problem, and I'm now very happy.

Did a clean install on my 8 core Mac Pro with 16 GB RAM

I can summarize by saying this is the worst software that I have ever installed on any computer in my life.

First the install was a little more difficult and harrowing that I'd like

half the plug-ins don't work, it's crashed about 17 times since i've installed snow leopard (and the upgrade).you are out of your mind if you buy this buggy POS

(newest as of this writing)!!Want to have a headache-free SL install (like I did)?!FIRST RULE OF THUMB:

I can't comment on any new features, but it works as it's supposed to.

10.5.8 was still there and everything worked as if nothing had ever happened

I bought this program from the apple store to install on my 20'' iMac, previously running os x 10.4, & after installing it and updating everything, it worked as if brand new