[Macpartners] Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" Update - Recommendation to Wait

[Patrick M McNeal]

Hello,

Information Services and Technology (IS&T), in collaboration with  
members of the MIT community, continues to evaluate and test Mac OS X  
10.6. Our recommendation remains unchanged: Macintosh users should  
WAIT to upgrade and continue to use Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

WHY CONTINUE TO WAIT?
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Though some initial issues with 10.6 have been resolved, there are  
still products critical to productive and safe computing at MIT that  
have not been fully certified. These include TSM 5.5, SAPgui 7.10  
Revision 1.2, and PGP Whole Disk Encryption 9. Users who rely on these  
applications are strongly advised not to upgrade until updates are  
released.

IS&T is actively working on release versions of these applications  
that support 10.6 and will update the MIT community as they become  
available. For more information, and a list of other known issues and  
workarounds, please see

   https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/x/drCEAg#MacOSX10.6-KnownIssues

LIMITED SUPPORT
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The IS&T Computing Help Desk continues to provide limited support on  
getting connected to MITnet and basic configuration issues for new  
machines arriving with Snow Leopard preinstalled. More in-depth  
support will be available as supported application issues are resolved.

LICENSING
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IS&T has made Mac OS X 10.6 available for early adopters among MIT  
faculty and staff. For more information and to obtain licenses and  
download the software, visit IS&T's Mac OS X 10.6 Distribution Site at

   http://macosx.mit.edu

If you have questions regarding licensing or the Snow Leopard Download  
Site, please direct them to vsls-help at mit.edu.

GETTING HELP
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If you are an early adopter and need help in getting connected to  
MITnet or basic configuration setup, contact the Computing Help Desk  
at 617.253.1101 or send email to <computing-help at mit.edu>.

Questions about Snow Leopard can be sent to macosx-release at mit.edu.

Thanks,

--Patrick

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Patrick McNeal
Team Lead - Software Release Team
ISDA, Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
W92-143
Cambridge, MA 02139
+1 617 253-0196
mcneal at mit.edu