Testseek.com have collected 56 expert reviews of the Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
August 2009
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The editors liked
Big performance improvements
Forward thinking switch to 64bit
Painless installation
64bit OS
Most included Apple applications are 64bit as well
Grand Central Dispatch easily distributes applications across multiple processor cores
Support for Microsoft Exchange
Rewritten Finder takes advantage of the 64bit OS
Faster and leaner...
Easy installation
Takes up less hard drive space than Leopard
Inexpensive to upgrade
Several interface enhancements
Optimized for future multicore and graphics-rich apps
Faster
Reclaims drive space in an era of bulk
Worthwhile Finder and Exposé tweaks
Exchange 2007 support
Lays foundation for much faster performance
Hardwareaccelerated QuickTime
$29 upgrade price
No version check.
Fast. Elegant. Superb suite of built-in basic apps. Easy to use for those familiar with previous versions. Silky-smooth upgrading for existing users.
Inexpensive upgrade
Conserves drive space
All major system apps are now 64-bit
QuickTime now offers media creation and editing
As well as playback
Easy
Breezy setup. Snappier overall performance with smarter multitasking abilities. Grand Central Dispatch prepares us for superpowerful computers with multicore processors and tons of RAM (aka the World of Tomorrow). Nearly cheaper than a case of PBR.
Interface enhancements like Expose 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. The much-anticipated Exchange s...
Simple install. Faster
Leaner
Future-proof. Exchange Server support. 64-bit goodness.
Generally faster than Leopard
Supports Exchange
Rudimentary malware checking
Most applications run in 64-bit mode
Improvements to Exposé and Dock.
The editors didn't like
Incompatibility with applications and plugins
QuickTime changes not all positive
No upgrade path for legacy users
Works with Intelbased Macs only
Not all applications will be Grand Central Dispatch aware
Some as yet unknown applications may have problems running in a 64bit OS.
Only works on Intel-based Macs
Incompatible with some older applications
No third-party apps yet take advantage of GCD or OpenCL
Some compatibility issues on launch.
A few minor interface glitches. Lacks the range of applications and compatible hardware available for Windows.
Doesnt add many new features
Launch times are nearly the same for some applications
Many apps
Even Apples iMovie and iPhoto
Are not yet written in 64bit. Annoying homogeneity to the "view all windows" view in Exposé. Quirky multitouch gesture behavior for MacBooks will make you feel like a chimpanzee trying to figure out calculus.
Snow Leopard works with Intel Macs only
PowerPC users are out of luck
Requires $29 upgrade fee.
Most of the good gubbins are invisible. Where's the new swooshy stuff?
Lackluster QuickTime Player update
Many features won’t truly be exploited until Mac hardware evolves.
Fast. Elegant. Superb suite of built-in basic apps. Easy to use for those familiar with previous versions. Silky-smooth upgrading for existing users.
A few minor interface glitches. Lacks the range of applications and compatible hardware available for Windows.
The latest version of Apples Mac operating system, OS X 10.6 (codenamed Snow Leopard), is Apples fastest, most functional, and feature-rich operating system yet....
Published: 2009-08-26, Author: Jason , review by: cnet.com
Interface enhancements like Expose 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. The much-anticipated Exchange s...
Snow Leopard works with Intel Macs only; PowerPC users are out of luck; requires $29 upgrade fee.
Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopards smartly designed interface enhancements, and 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 $29 upgrade fee.
We're glad Apple put the brakes on marketing-driven feature bloat. Going in and overhauling the foundations and frameworks is a great idea - and something Microsoft is partly doing with Windows 7 in an attempt to woo disgruntled Vista and satisfied XP...
Big performance improvements, Forward thinking switch to 64bit, Painless installation
Incompatibility with applications and plugins, QuickTime changes not all positive, No upgrade path for legacy users
Here's the thing about Snow Leopard, the single inescapable fact that hung over our heads as we ran our tests and took our screenshots and made our graphs: it's $30. $30! If you're a Leopard user you have virtually no reason to skip over 10.6, unless you'...
64bit OS; most included Apple applications are 64bit as well, Grand Central Dispatch easily distributes applications across multiple processor cores, Support for Microsoft Exchange, Rewritten Finder takes advantage of the 64bit OS, Faster and leaner...
Works with Intelbased Macs only, Not all applications will be Grand Central Dispatch aware, Some as yet unknown applications may have problems running in a 64bit OS.
Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) marks a turning point in Apple’s OS development. It chose to use Snow Leopard to clean out the dust bunnies that had accumulated in OS X over the years. By doing so, Apple created a faster, leaner OS that is less likely to h...
Abstract: Apple has spent the last decade building and improving Mac OS X, fusing the classic Mac OS and technology acquired from Steve Jobs’s Next into an impressive mainstream operating system that’s widely considered the best in its class. But after a decade ...
Abstract: Friday, August 28, 2009 is a Snow Day. It’s the day that Mac OS X 10.6——arrives in stores. But here at , we’ve been using it for weeks, and in some cases, for months.Now we’ve got the details on Apple’s new operating-system release, from a full review ...
Interface enhancements 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
Snow Leopard works with Intel Macs only , PowerPC users are out of luck , Requires AU$39 upgrade fee
Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, and 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 AU$39 upgrade f...
Interface enhancements 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
Snow Leopard works with Intel Macs only, PowerPC users are out of luck, Requires AU$39 upgrade fee
Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopards smartly designed interface enhancements, and 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 AU$39 upgrade f...
