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.
Abstract: A great OS upgrade, at an affordable price. The interface improvements are slick, while under the hood improvements should see further benefits further down the line as developers get to grips with them. ...
Published: 2009-08-27, Author: Jason , review by: macworld.co.uk
Generally faster than Leopard; supports Exchange; rudimentary malware checking; most applications run in 64-bit mode; improvements to Exposé and Dock.
Lackluster QuickTime Player update; many features won’t truly be exploited until Mac hardware evolves. Min specs: Mac computer with an Intel processor; 1GB of memory; 5GB of available disk space; DVD drive for installation.
Were 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...
I like Snow Leopard, and found moving back to Leopard quite surprisingly painful. Was it really so slow? It didn't feel so a week ago. There's some controversy about how "64-bit" this upgrade really is. I have no complaints about compatibility, and 10...
Abstract: Snow Leopard is the much-awaited update over the existing Leopard version of Mac OS X. The changes are aimed at increasing the overall performance of Macs.The upgrade over a standard Leopard installation takes around 20 – 40 minutes depending on ...
Future-ready engineering, Speed improvements, Good price
Won’t work on older hardware
Snow Leopard has few evident changes but many subtle ones. It's a trimmed, optimized version of v10.5 (Leopard) which came before it — a full 7GB smaller after installation! Some minor features are indeed new, but the majority of the changes are...
Abstract: Cuando la compañía anunció el próximo lanzamiento de una nueva versión de Mac OS X ya advirtió que no se iban a ver grandísimos cambios, aunque los que se han hecho son fundamentales. La intención, claramente conseguida, ha sido la de crear un sistema...
Published: 2014-08-29, Author: Antoine , review by: macg.co
La carte mère de Quo Computer est intéressante pour les fans de Snow Leopard, même si les composants compatibles sont rares actuellement. Il est possible de se construire une machine puissante et évolutive sans débourser autant que pour un Mac Pro d'occas...
Abstract: Quand la version précédente de MacOS X (10.5, nom de code Leopard) sétait focalisée sur lajout de nouvelles fonctionnalités, Apple a clairement annoncé la couleur pour la version 10.6 : il sagira avant tout dune mise à jour des entrailles du systèm...
Cela va sans doute vous paraître un peu cliché, mais il est difficile de conclure sur Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Que dire en définitive sur cette mise à jour, sans faire confiance aveuglément au discours teinté de marketing dAppl...
