Apple's efforts are, however, quite palpable to users. While Apple asserts that "at least 99 percent" of the 1,000 or so projects that make up Mac OS X saw improvement (I buy that just streamlining the PowerPC branches out of the code would touch most projects), much of that change cannot be seen as added functionality. ]Īpple uses the term "refinement" to describe Snow Leopard, downplaying the sweeping scope of change in the new OS. Discover the 7 best features of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and get the details on all the new Mac OS X features in InfoWorld's " What's new in Mac OS X Snow Leopard " slideshows. Owners of Intel Macs should consider Snow Leopard a must-have because it's optimized for their hardware to an extreme that Apple could not approach before. The price - $29 for a single machine license, $49 for a pack of five - brings overdue sanity to runaway client OS pricing. If the question on your mind is whether to buy Snow Leopard, Apple has made it a no-brainer.
Apple generally brags of hundreds of new features folded into each release, and post-upgrade exploration is an enjoyable exercise that marks cultural and design differences between the Mac and the PC.
That is, for Mac users, a new Mac OS X release is always like getting a new computer. New releases of Apple's Mac OS X operating system are highly anticipated because each one upgrades the Mac platform in the best way.