Snow Leopard
As regular readers are no doubt aware, I am primarily a Mac user these days. I write most of the posts here on my 15″ MacBook Pro, and do all of my music production on the same machine. I switched fairly recently (in August 2008) and haven’t looked back since. For my personal server, I run Ubuntu (although I’m considering switching that machine to CentOS or Open Solaris) My Mac is just as fast and responsive as it was the day I received it, and the only headaches I’ve had with it have been on the Windows side (I use Apple’s BootCamp to dual boot into Windows)– which is interesting when you consider I spend 90% of my time on the machine in OS X.
This week, Apple is releasing the newest version of OS X, codenamed “Snow Leopard”. I’m planning on picking up a copy tomorrow afternoon and upgrading my Mac over the weekend. Today, I’ve been looking around for some articles on what’s new in Snow Leopard and what changes to expect when I finish the upgrade process. So far, these have been the most helpful:
11 Major Snow Leopard Features (Macworld): An in-depth look at the biggest visible changes to the operating system, including the new malware protection that is baked in from the start.
Snow Leopard Review from Engadget.
Walt Mossberg’s take on Snow Leopard (that includes a tasty, if possibly illegal, tip about upgrading from Tiger).
Apple’s poised to sell quite a few copies of Snow Leopard, if this analyst is to be believed. (At $30– hundreds of dollars cheaper than Windows 7– I can’t imagine this was a difficult prediction to make, especially since Apple is likely to sell a few million Macs in Q4).
The less obvious improvements in Snow Leopard are legion.
Finally, watch out for fake sites “selling” Snow Leopard. It’s a scam (unsurprisingly).
I’ll keep this post updated as I find more helpful (or at the very least entertaining) links.