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Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the successor to Mac OS X Leopard. The name similarity between the two versions is significant - Leopard was a feature-release, but Snow Leopard is a developer-release. Snow Leopard lays the ground-work for better Mac applications. Snow Leopard was announced at the World Wide Developer's Conference in 2008.
At WWDC 2009, Apple announced that Snow Leopard will ship at some point during September 2009. On August 24, 2009, Apple began taking pre-orders for Snow Leopard and announced its release date: August 28, 2009.
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History
Snow Leopard was announced on June 9, 2008 at WWDC '08. Since then, it has been privately tested under an NDA by registered ADC members.The final developer build of Snow Leopard is scheduled to be seeded to developers at WWDC 2009 http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/05/13wwdc.html, and the public release was scheduled for September 2009, but was changed to August 28, 2009.
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Popular Refinements
- Exposé integrated into Dockhttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
- Faster shut down and wake up times, faster to connect to wireless networkshttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
- Faster installation - up to 45% faster than Leopardhttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
- Smaller footprint - takes up 6GB less space than Leopardhttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
- QuickTime redesigned, focuses more on the actual contenthttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
- QuickTine includes support for trimming videos, and screen recordinghttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
- Simplified Chinese input, using multi-touch trackpadshttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
- GrandCentral Dispatch allows you to get the most out of your multi-core processor.http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html
- Safari plugins, like Flash Player, run as seperate processes, causing the browser to crash less oftenhttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html
- Support for Microsoft Exchange in iCal, Mail, and Address Bookhttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html
- Key system applications are all rewritten in 64-bit, allowing you to get the most out of your RAMhttp://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html
- Want to see more? Apple has a full list of refinements on the Snow Leopard site.
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard Questions
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Is the Mac OS X Snow Leopard any good? 2 AnswersWe don't know yet. It was announced today at WWDC. It will be released in September. read more -
Is anyone measuring electric power savings (or battery life) with Mac OS X Snow Leopard? 1 AnswerI have a unibody 17" Mac Book Pro and am constantly trying to see if Snow Leopard can live up to Apples Claims of battery life. So far so good. It works as ad... read more
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