*Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard* was superseded by OS X 10.7 Lion but is
definitely worthwhile upgrading for OS X 10.5 Leopard users. The first thing
Mac users should be aware of is that there's nothing eye-popping in Snow
Leopard that's going to have you scrambling to upgrade. The focus of OS X
10.6 is simply to improve overall efficiency and reduce it's footprint.
However, there are a few interesting new features that will certainly
interest some users. Here are some of the most notable: *Slimmer QuickTime
Player* Maybe inspired by the success of VLC Player, "QuickTime X" features a
simplified GUI with a greater focus on codec support *Cocoa Based Finder*
Finder has a glossy new Cocoa Desktop Window and Contextual Menu *Safari Beta
4 Default Browser* In an unusual (and some might say slightly desperate move)
Apple included a beta version of Safari 4 with Snow Leopard presumably in a
bid to give it a leg-up against Firefox. *Microsoft Exchange Server Support*
A smart business move that will surely attract more corporate users. Mac
users can now connect to Microsoft Exchange 2007 servers via Mail, Address
Book, and iCal *Faster Installation Time* May not be of much interest to
single users but network administrators installing Snow Leopard on multiple
machines can expect to install it in around 15 minutes compared to around an
hour for Leopard. Testmac.net completed an install in an incredible 13
minutes. *More Stacks Control * Stacks has been improved to allow users to
drill-down the contents of sub-folder *If you're finding your Mac is
operating increasingly slowly, then for speed alone it's worth the upgrade to
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. In addition, its also fair to say that developers
will find much to be happy about about in Snow Leopard. The integration of
Grand Central, OpenCL and a 64 bit kernel will finally allow them to take
full advantage of the dual processing power of Intel Macs and produce some
stunning applications.*Download *Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard* in Softonic
