The wait for Snow Leopard is over. Apple has announced its latest version of its Mac OS X operating system will be available on Friday, August 28th. Some online retailers – including Amazon – are taking pre-orders now at prices just slightly cheaper than you’ll find from Apple. Apple originally said it would ship in September, but this is one company that always likes to surprise. Snow Leopard is no exception.
Among Snow Leopard’s most prominent new features include a transition to 64-bit applications, Grand Central Dispatch, which lets multicore machines take better advantage of those capabilities, and OpenGL that improves overall graphic performance. There are other tweaks and enhancements including faster installation, faster waking, sleeping and shutdown.
Snow Leopard runs $25 for those upgrading from Leopard. A family pack of five licenses is available for $44. Users upgrading from earlier versions can buy the Mac Box Set which includes iLife ’09 and iWork ’09 for $150 or the five-user family pack for $200.
Buy the single-user upgrade for $25 from Amazon
Buy the 5-user Family Pack upgrade for $44 from Amazon
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