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Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard in action (with video)

Monday, December 29, 2008 · 1:52 pm · 38 Comments

“Sevenmac” has posted videos of Mac OS X Snow Leopard online:

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Demon

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 5:04 pm · Reply

Release the Hounds!!!
Grab a Whale Tail!!!
Fire up the Club!!!
Spin-up the Techno beats!!!
It’s time for per Mac World Rumors and fake news.
Were anyone can get the spotlight with nothing more then a slightly warm sliver of credibility. Who needs real sources or even a real diagram or photo, even altered old images and diagrams are good. As long as it generates traffic.
rws

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 5:19 pm · Reply

@Demon,

You nailed it. MDN = click bait.

And yet, here we are.
Mac+

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 5:57 pm · Reply

It sucks… I mean the video.
Lilochris

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 6:09 pm · Reply

Mail is less than a quarter the size than it is in Leopard. Everything else is about half the size.

This is great space saving. Hope Apple Makes it PPC G4 Compatible. I have a 30GB iBook G4 1.2Ghz & it only has like 11GB left.. With Snow Leopard, I’d imagine it have an additional 3-6GB’s extra.

Have 17 Inch 2Ghz Core 2 Duo iMac with 160GB. 125GB’s for Mac OS X Leopard, 24GB for Windows XP. So with all my stuff, I only have 83GB’s left in Mac OS X. With Snow Leopard, I’d imagine having 87-90GB’s. Plus all the extra’s like grand central, it will really Snap up.

It would really suck if Apple doesn’t support G4′s, G5′s, 32 bit Core Solo’s & Core Duo’s. There’s a lot of those out there & a lot of disappointment if apple doesn’t cover them.
Are You Efing Kidding Me

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 6:24 pm · Reply

WOW, Snow Leopard allows you to get info on apps and files. Can’t wait for this feature.

You call this news?
Sarasota

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 6:43 pm · Reply

So Snow Leopard looks the same as Leopard except it’s in German?
msr

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 6:52 pm · Reply

As was dicsussed on another site, this is an OLD, OLD build. It’s basically the first developer build, if I”m not mistaken.

Also, are you people slow? It was announced that there would be no new features for the end user. If you find this to be a surprise, you are going to be hugely disappointed.
Steve

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 6:59 pm · Reply

Looks to me that his system is really snappy!
nicleT

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 9:42 pm · Reply

Yes, as in “Snappy new year”!
rickw

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:19 pm · Reply

With no new features and a “snappier” interface, perhaps this “update” won’t cost $125. Steve said that they are making it more stable, so why should I pay another $125 for stability?

On a brighter note, I really do hope that they make a media server. One that will play everything and not just Mac approved video files, (ie. I want Divx). That, if the price is reasonable with over a 1 TB drive, I would buy.
montex

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 12:45 am · Reply

I’d like Apple to make a media server that can out drobo the Drobo. But if it runs under iTunes, then forgeddaboutit.
Chris D. Flame

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 12:50 am · Reply

Am I the only one to point out that there is something wrong with the obvious? UNIVERSAL Binaries in an INTEL only environment?
Andys78

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 8:49 am · Reply

The music intro is the #1 track of the Enigma variations? Very cool for the video
MacRaven

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 10:21 am · Reply

@ clyde
“Can someone tell me what is up with the Germans and techno-pop?”

Agreed. We might have to go to war with them again if they keep playing this stuff! ; ) heeh. After The Beatles cutting edge Hamburg era, Germany’s music taste has been questionable.

BUT, having said that, what passes for USA top 40 play here has sucked in the last 10 years. Hot bods, models and shock content are valued, not talent or creativity. Neil Young’s looks or Janis Joplin’s weight would have got them kicked out the door on first sight by today’s music moguls. Talent need not apply.
Rudge

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 11:46 am · Reply

Meine Güte, Snow Leopard ist sehr bissig!
marco

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 1:38 pm · Reply

I think Apple is going to step up the plate in the hardware department…
Why?
With Windows 7 beta been reviewed as major improvement over Vista, from everyone who has tested it… Apple will always have outdated specs compared to PCs… That said.. Apple will need to bring newer and faster hardware out if it wants to rise in market share….

One OF many sites reviewed Windows 7 as…
‘Windows 7 beta tested, photo’d, deemed ‘massive improvement’ over Vista.’

Apple’s famous commercials will need a new revamp as well. I firmly believe that Apple has a lot on its plate for 2009/10.

If Windows 7 does hold true to been faster and less buggy… It will be the hardware that people will go for…. FW, Blu Ray, Faster processors, more HD space, RAM, the lastest and greatest video cards etc…

So Apple if you are out there listening… bring the lastest and greatest hardware to the Macs please!
HazMatt

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 2:10 pm · Reply

rickw says:
“Steve said that they are making it more stable, so why should I pay another $125 for stability?”

Because Apple developers don’t work for free. Besides, if what you’re using works for you now, DON’T UPGRADE!

As for me, I’m still on Tiger on my home computer but I still recognize Snow Leopard as an important update. I wish more software outfits focused on the back-end instead of putting out more and more features (leading to feature-bloat). It’s important to keep the underlying software lean and mean.
HazMatt

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 2:13 pm · Reply

Oh, and I’m one American who likes the ‘techno-pop’. Massive Attack, The Polish Ambassador, Freezepop, Royksopp, The Knife, Justice, Goldfrapp, The Crystal Method… it’s all good.