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By Jim DalrympleAugust 26, 2009, 6:36 pm PT
The day has arrived. Reviews of Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard are available all over the Web, including one I wrote for CNET.
My article at CNET is not focused on the specific features of the operating system, but more on the feel. It’s fast.
I had a good chat with Apple in the days leading up to the release and got quite a few things explained. It’s always very interesting to be able to ask the questions directly to the people that help make the decisions.
CNET posted a full review of Snow Leopard, which looks at all of the new features. Very interesting read.
http://www.winsupersite.com/alt/snowleopard.asp
“Snow Leopard is sort of a letdown. There’s just not much going on from an end-user perspective.”
“Bottom line: Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” is a nice refinement to an already solid OS offering. But it’s almost too evolutionary to get excited about.”
I don’t agree with that at all.
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This latest version finally takes part in the 64-bit architecture, allowing applications to have more than 4 GiB of RAM (if you possessed them of course), which was used for greedy software mostly. It appears that increased compatibility with social networking services have guided the development of this latest version. You can get the complete specifications on http://www.techarena.in/review/22152-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-review.htm. Its very useful.