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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
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Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:21 am ]
Post subject:  Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
Quote:
Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, while its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the £25 upgrade fee... Read Full Review.

Pros

* Exposé in the Dock and better file and folder viewing in Stacks make finding apps and files much easier
* A completely overhauled QuickTime X now sports a cleaner interface and recording tools
* Exchange support across Mail, the Address Book and iCal is huge for those who take their Macs to work

Cons

* Snow Leopard works with Intel Macs only PowerPC users are out of luck
* Requires £25 upgrade fee


http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/os/ ... 276,00.htm
Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
Phenomenally comprehensive review
(note: sections only interesting to people who write OS's or serious coders)

clicky
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
jonbwfc wrote:
Phenomenally comprehensive review
(note: sections only interesting to people who write OS's or serious coders)

clicky


i read that (all 23 pages) from a link on another forum
OS X SL winging its way too me as i write …
Author:  forquare1 [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
jonbwfc wrote:
Phenomenally comprehensive review
(note: sections only interesting to people who write OS's or serious coders)

clicky


That's an amazing article, that's for the link :)
Author:  big_D [ Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
ZDNet.com wasn't as friendly, Jason Perlow was going on about its lack of hypervisor and not being able to virtualise OS X Server on HP and Dell blade servers... :? :roll:
Author:  forquare1 [ Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
big_D wrote:
ZDNet.com wasn't as friendly, Jason Perlow was going on about its lack of hypervisor and not being able to virtualise OS X Server on HP and Dell blade servers... :? :roll:


That could be an interesting market for Apple, creating virtual hardware for OS X to run on other platforms. Various restrictions would probably apply...
Author:  tombolt [ Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
big_D wrote:
ZDNet.com wasn't as friendly, Jason Perlow was going on about its lack of hypervisor and not being able to virtualise OS X Server on HP and Dell blade servers... :? :roll:


Well exactly, why on earth would they want to dent sales of their servers by making it run on a competitor's hardware?
Author:  big_D [ Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
tombolt wrote:
big_D wrote:
ZDNet.com wasn't as friendly, Jason Perlow was going on about its lack of hypervisor and not being able to virtualise OS X Server on HP and Dell blade servers... :? :roll:


Well exactly, why on earth would they want to dent sales of their servers by making it run on a competitor's hardware?

Some people just want to run OS X, without having to fork out for expensive kit... :?
Author:  HeatherKay [ Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
big_D wrote:
Some people just want to run OS X, without having to fork out for expensive kit... :?


Then they're missing the point. Apple is primarily a hardware company, so would rather you buy their hardware and run the complimentary OS on it.
Author:  big_D [ Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
HeatherKay wrote:
big_D wrote:
Some people just want to run OS X, without having to fork out for expensive kit... :?


Then they're missing the point. Apple is primarily a hardware company, so would rather you buy their hardware and run the complimentary OS on it.

Exactly, see my comments on the Pystar calling SL illegal story over on Mac User...

http://www.macuser.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopi ... 11#1898011
Author:  big_D [ Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
Now there is a huh-hah about Flash being out of date - not a surprise, considering Adobe patched it on 10.5 after 10.6 was released to manufacturing... The real question is how they deal with getting a patch out...

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4175
Author:  james016 [ Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
I don't suppose anyone has tried to use the Optional Installs part of the disc to remove un-needed components?
Author:  big_D [ Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
I didn't install X11, Rosetta or XCode. I also went through the options in the install and unchecked all languages except German and English. I think I saved around 19GB in the end.
Author:  EddArmitage [ Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
I'm debating whether I need to bother with X11 or not. Depends if uni fix how they tunnel X over SSH, I guess.
Author:  james016 [ Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
I installed the languages but I don't need them (and the printer drivers as well). Rosetta installed itself for my Canon DPP software.
There is always monolingual to remove them.
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