By Benedict WeeApple's latest OS -set to compete against Micosoft's Windows 7- is now available for purchase. OSX 10.6 (a.k.a Snow Leopard) costs NZ$59 to upgrade for Macs with an intel processor and comes with the following features:
- Exchange support built into Mail, iCal and Address Book
- Exchange support is free, requires Exchange Server 2007
- Expose built into the Dock
- 3D rendering for the Dock
- Recovers 6GB of storage space after installing
- Spell out Chinese characters using trackpad
- Safari faster than any browser on any platform (4.78x than IE8)
- Safari Full History search allows you to Cover Flow though your browser history
- Crash resistance feature
- Quicktime 10 with ColorSync, HTTP streaming and Hardware acceleration
- Edit and convert videos directly from Quicktime to export to various devices (i.e. iPod Touch, iPhone)
- New Magnifier blows up thumbnails within Finder
The Snow Leopard launch is an international event, with the US having to only pay US$29/NZ$42.30 to upgrade their macs.
Source:
Apple - Snow Leopard
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