Snow Leopard Installation Downgrades Flash Player to Vulnerable Version

In my view this is a minor issue as it's really up to the end user to ensure that they have the latest patched versions of third-party software.

How is snow Leopard? Is it worth the upgrade?

big deal! I just updated to the latest version, didn't take more than 15 seconds.
It's not apples responsibility to make sure everyone is running with the latest version of this and that software, people should learn to update their crap themselves.

I didn't realize that my flash player does not update itself. Kind of a hassle to remember to do that periodically

How is snow Leopard? Is it worth the upgrade?

Absolutely not. I purchased it along with a brand new Mac Pro. I was using Leopard for about a week until Snow came in. Nothing but beauty from Leopard, with Snow- nothing but problems.
-cannot access PowerPoint
-shuts down randomly and restarts
-cannot link with Network server adequately
-Illustrator does this weird graphics thing if I nudge an item

Individually nothing serious, but overall, sucks ass. DO NOT BUY SNOW LEOPARD.
At least til they figure out their issues.

big deal! I just updated to the latest version, didn't take more than 15 seconds.
It's not apples responsibility to make sure everyone is running with the latest version of this and that software, people should learn to update their crap themselves.

But it was Apple's job to DOWNGRADE your Flash player?

It's not like Apple is some stupid company that didn't know how to check if your Mac is running certain versions of Flash or any other software. Apple obviously did this for a reason.

How is snow Leopard? Is it worth the upgrade?
Yes, my MacBook Pro is significantly faster on everything (I timed stuff with Leopard too).
-Apps launch close to instantly (they allows took 4-6 bounces in Leopard).
-Faster Startup/Shutdown/Sleep/Wake
-Better response in apps

Snow Leopard was well worth $29; it's what Leopard should have been. Also, if you have Exchange- you NEED this.

big deal! I just updated to the latest version, didn't take more than 15 seconds.
It's not apples responsibility to make sure everyone is running with the latest version of this and that software, people should learn to update their crap themselves.

And what about the people who have already upgraded but have now been silently downgraded???

This is an Apple Mistake, not end users.

Absolutely not. I purchased it along with a brand new Mac Pro. I was using Leopard for about a week until Snow came in. Nothing but beauty from Leopard, with Snow- nothing but problems.
-cannot access PowerPoint
-shuts down randomly and restarts
-cannot link with Network server adequately
-Illustrator does this weird graphics thing if I nudge an item

Individually nothing serious, but overall, sucks ass. DO NOT BUY SNOW LEOPARD.
At least til they figure out their issues.

And of course, you've done exhaustive testing to discover that Snow Leopard is the cause of these problems.

Get real, kid. :rolleyes:

Flash is a nightmare, regardless of what version, on OSX. Installing ClickToFlash has probably been a better upgrade for me so far than SnowLeopard!* No more do I see Safari with about 20 tabs open hogging a ridiculous amount of CPU cycles, as all the awful Flash elements in sites I don't want anyway are now blocked. I've also set it to use h.264 for Youtube, but the beta (which is the only version that works on SL) seems to autoload videos now. I'm sure that didn't happen on the stable/10.5

Adobe need to take a leaf out of Apple's book and make CS5 a '0 new features' release at a minimum cost, and give OSX users a decent release of their software. Everything about CS4, even the installer, feels like a PC port. Apple users have been huge supporters of Adobe through the years and deserve some better treatment. Flash is only the (awful) tip of a (huge) iceberg. It's beyond me that some iPhone owners actually want this awful thing on their handsets...

* Not to put down SL in any terms, I thought it was a good update before I read the ARS Tech 23 page review, now I *know* it is! :)

And of course, you've done exhaustive testing to discover that Snow Leopard is the cause of these problems.

Get real, kid. :rolleyes:

So, Whats your take on Buying Snow Leopard?