The Macintosh faithful are all abuzz with the debut of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple's latest and greatest operating system for Macintosh computers. However, unlike its "big cat" predecessors (like Leopard, Tiger, and Panther) Snow Leopard isn't awash in splashy new features or new ideological paradigms meant to advance the computing experience - and knock Redmond back on its heels. Instead, Apple took a breath with Snow Leopard and focused on refining its Mac OS X operating system, taking the time to get lots of details right, improve performance, and make a bunch of under-the-hood changes that will benefit Macintosh users in the long run. Improvements to the OS are highly visible in a few places, show up in a lot of little areas, and amount to an upgrade greater than the sum of its parts. The enhancements in Snow Leopard become starkly apparent when one goes back to Leopard or Tiger. After using Snow Leopard, they seem clunky and slipshod, where Snow Leopard hums along and does things right.



Link: Digitaltrends