Testseek.co.uk 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
Improved performance for day-to-day tasks
Improved performance for daytoday tasks
Generally faster than Leopard
Supports Exchange
Rudimentary malware checking
Most applications run in 64-bit mode
Improvements to Exposé and Dock.
Simple install
Built-in Exchange Server 2007 support
Greater 64-bit support
Exposé 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
Exchange support across Mail
The Address Book and iCal i...
Speed improvements in core features
Price
Some neat tweaks
The editors didn't like
Only runs on Macs with Intel processors and 1GB of memory
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.
Lack of obvious GUI tweaks
But for the price it seems churlish to complain
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Some might question having to pay for it
Needs third party application updates for full benefits to come through
Abstract: Snow Leopard includes a few impressive visual changes, including QuickTime X, a completely new QuickTime player with improved performance and a sleek interface that completely disappears (even the borders) when you move the mouse pointer out of the wi...
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.
Snow Leopard is Apple’s lowest-priced OS update in eight years. Granted, it’s a collection of feature tweaks and upgrades, as well as under-the-hood modifications that might not pay off for users immediately. But the price of upgrading is so l...
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 ...
