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Engadget Aug 26, 2009

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've somehow built a...

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8.2
CNET Aug 26, 2009

Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's 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.

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Ars Technica Aug 31, 2009

Not much new, but some of the features are gone or smoothed out to make this a better version of the Mac OS X you already know and love.

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9.0
Pocket-Lint Aug 28, 2009

We'd like to think that Apple was in the position with Leopard to apply an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality and that's what Snow Leopard feels like. It makes Leopard run like you think it should be running. For us, that's enough, we like the changes, but...

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SlashGear Aug 26, 2009

In all, it’s for the larger part an evolutionary upgrade, but in the best possible way. The tech industry is so used to looking for revolutionary change that we sometimes forget that shiny new paradigms bring with them hours – or longer – of learning how to do things in the new system. In...

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Gear Live Aug 31, 2009

If you are on a newer Mac that is 2 years old or yes, we say yes. If you are on a Mac that is a year old or less, we say definitely. For $29, Snow Leopard truly delivers what it promises: a refined and polished Leopard experience that brings with it some small UI improvements, tightens the bolts,...

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8.0
About Sep 10, 2009

With the introduction of Snow Leopard, Apple took a breather from adding or pumping up features to focus on cleaning up the underlying structure of OS X. The result is one of the fastest and most stable operating systems Apple has ever released. Snow Leopard offers few new features but it packs a...

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9.0
BranBrow

After installing the Snow Leopard Update the first thing I noticed was the grey/black background of context menus, which I love. I also like that I can now navigate within the folders in my Applications folder from the Dock Icon instead of opening a new window. These two things impressed me the...

9.0
ppratik96

I prefer OS X over Windows any day so yeah I like it. It does everything I need to do except run a few apps but even that I can do using Virtual Box or BootCamp. I think the Pro's far out weigh the cons!

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