Apple to launch Mac OS X Snow Leopard sooner than expected?

by Parm Mann on 21 August 2009, 11:33

Tags: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

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Apple detailed Mac OS X v10.6., a.k.a. Snow Leopard, back at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, but has since remained reluctant in providing a specific launch date.

The company had previously stated that Snow Leopard would become available to Mac OS X customers sometime this September at an upgrade cost of just $29 for a single user license, and $49 for a five-user family pack, but a brief listing on the UK Apple Store earlier today suggests otherwise. According to the listing, Apple's operating system refresh will land on August 28th - seven days from now.

Apple hasn't officially commented on the supposed slip, but it appears the software could become available sooner than the original September timeframe, albeit by a matter of days.

Whilst demonstrating the software at its WWDC earlier this year, Apple referred to the rival Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft as the "same old tech as Vista", whilst claiming that Snow Leopard is "the world's most advanced operating system".

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Posted by Tweaker - Fri 21 Aug 2009 14:02
Slightly over the top “the world's most advanced operating system”. Since when has OSX been able to play games natively and the same speed as even Windows Vista. Should be “the world's most advanced operating system, almost, at most stuff, except games, maybe some other stuff too :( ”.
Posted by aidanjt - Fri 21 Aug 2009 14:23
Well, OS X has native ports of some games. And attributing OS as the problem with an application not completely supporting it is a strawman. But never the less “the world's most advanced operating system” is a load of chest puffing. A bigger objection is, why can't “the world's most advanced operating system” run on generic hardware? Or why does “the world's most advanced operating system” lack a real package manager?.. etc…
Posted by Whiternoise - Sat 22 Aug 2009 01:02
£7.95? That's a far cry from $29. Presumably that's only for people who got stung by buying their laptop recently?

And lets not get into a flame war already… Do you honestly expect them to say anything less than “it's the best”? It's marketing, get used to it.
Posted by bsodmike - Sat 22 Aug 2009 05:32
I exclusively run OS X and Linux, well Ubuntu as a LAMP server at least. Visiting the Apple page for Snow Leopard, the opening tag line is “Refined, not reinvented”. Isn't Vista essentially the same thing?

Imagine where we will be today, if man spent every waking hour of the day, reinventing the wheel. Moments like these really make one wonder if PR/marketing departments have half a brain.

On a more serious note though: the line up of new technologies in SL are quite impressive. OpenCL: does this mean the possibility of having games being easily ported over to Mac? Running an 8-core Mac Pro myself, I do like the sound of GCD. However, it's interesting to note that some (or most) of the tech in SL is quite useless until developers release updates to take advantage of much of this new tech.
Posted by spraint - Sat 22 Aug 2009 10:50
bsodmike
IHowever, it's interesting to note that some (or most) of the tech in SL is quite useless until developers release updates to take advantage of much of this new tech.

This is essentially the point of SL. It is more a release for developers than for the consumer, although the latter should ultimately reap the benefits. Hence the modest upgrade price from Leopard.

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