In reply to a post by billford:

Haven't decided yet on the first sacrifice to the Lion

Probably the MacBook, if anything goes wrong it's quicker to restore than the iMac (less on it).

I intend to do the MBP first (least on it), then if all is well do the iMac.

If you don't like this forum don't read it.

Some of us like to know when the upgrade has been released and if there have been any problems.

My only problem is that I haven't got 10.6.2 installed on my PC yet

Don't worry, my pics are in my sig.

The MBP one looks far better irl, it was a crepe pic (my fault/laziness/in a hurry).

The Register wrote of experiencing problems when using the Software Update method of installing 10.6.8 but commented that using the Combo update the update installed cleanly.

I tend to always use the combo update method.

In reply to a post by DRW:

The Register wrote of experiencing problems when using the Software Update method of installing 10.6.8 but commented that using the Combo update the update installed cleanly.

And I'm writing of having no problems installing 10.6.8 via Software Update...

I tend to always use the combo update method.

You can't "tend to" always do something, but never mind

I don't think I've ever used Combo... so where does that leave us?

The problems people have are often lack of disc space.

No problems updating. It used to be the case I did the verify disk/repair permissions jig.
Now I don't bother and it's made no difference.

I've never tried the 'combo' update . Indeed, until you mentioned it in your post I don't think I'd ever heard of it. I suppose it is a way to reduce the amount you need to download if you have several machines to update.

Software Update has always worked for me.

I've certainly never had a problem updating my Mac. The only thing that surprises me is that people post here about their update experiences; it's almost as if they expect something to go wrong!

Apart from NICK's notifications, I see little or no discussion on the Windows forums about minor updates. As with the Mac I expect them to just work.