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Apr 29, 08 - 05:57 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

Totally Snaptastic!

Apr 29, 08 - 05:57 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

oh yeah, firstgasm and all that.

Apr 29, 08 - 06:07 pm Comment from: Macintosh

OMG, I am soooooo excited! I am, like, totally going to install it right now! Yay! Wooooo Hoooooooo!

Apr 29, 08 - 06:08 pm Comment from: Macintosh

It's downloading!!! 3 more minutes!!!!

Oh yeah. When the diddie comes to your iMac... yay Java! But when Sun wants to port Java to the iPhone you're all like "no way!".

You guys are like women. Nuts.

(i'm downloading it right now too ... eeeee!)

Apr 29, 08 - 06:17 pm Comment from: Macintosh

I was being sarcastic by the way... What the hell does this even do for my computer? Anyone?

I'm not. I really went "eeeee!"

Apr 29, 08 - 06:22 pm Comment from: Ampar

"You guys are like women. Nuts."

Someone's played a mean joke on you if that's what you think women are dangling. (j/k)

Ampar, "wha" is probably Ronaldo...

My Mac is not only snappier, its zippier too! Beat that!

Wha's not Ronaldo. Wha is Wha. I need be here as reality check for all of the minions that appear on MDN. I have no false slant for I am always right. Everything I say is plain simple fact... and my wife has nuts so I don't understand what you people are getting at.

Apr 29, 08 - 07:32 pm Comment from: Jim

64 bit only? Why?

"This release does not change the default version of Java" ??
It installs itself but doesn't replace the previous version??

Apr 29, 08 - 11:55 pm Comment from: Cubert

Uhhhhh.......What?

Apr 30, 08 - 02:22 am Comment from: Reality Check

>It installs itself but doesn't replace the previous version??

Because there's a risk that the new virtual machine could break existing Java applications built for 5.0. It shouldn't happen, but given this is the first release, then there may be bugs. You can change the default machine and preferred machine to 6.0 by going to Applications/Utilities and then into the Java directory and running Java Preferences. If you get problems, you can always switch back to 5.0 and then wait for the next update.

Apr 30, 08 - 02:23 am Comment from: Boyarsky

Ummm I find it interesting it is Intel only.

Is this the start of the end for PPC Support from Apple? My G5 works great and handles everything I throw at it..

They've gotta keep updating things in the PPC end of OS X..

Makes me wonder...

Good, helpful advice there Reality Check - thanks.

"They've gotta keep updating things in the PPC end of OS X.."

Did Steve Jobs, in the keynote where he talked about the switch to Intel, say anything on how long they were planning on supporting the PPC platform? You oughta find that keynote.

I just broke my neck and set fire rushing to download an update yet again to the unused ball and chain.

The update is for Intel Core2Duo's only. Not Power PC's, and not Intel Core Duo's. The default is still Java 5, but will run Java 6. I've read a report saying Safari presently doesn't support Java 6 (because it's 32-bit).

Apr 30, 08 - 11:44 am Comment from: Ampar

"I've read a report saying Safari presently doesn't support Java 6 (because it's 32-bit)."

There's a warning note in Leopard's Java Preferences utility. If you select Java 6 in Java Preferences (after installing), a note next to the selection tells you that apps in Safari will default back to Java 5 because it is only 32-bit compatible.