Today apple released the new version of their flagship OS - 10.6 Snow Leopard.
This new OS has very little new features but has been rebuilt to be more relilable and secure. and includes some breakthrough new technolegy.
New Refinments include:
- A more advanced, more nimble Finder.
- New look, new features for Exposé and Stacks.
- Quicker Time Machine backup.
- Faster to wake up and shut down.
- Faster, more reliable installation.
- Another leap forward for QuickTime.
- Innovative Chinese character input.
- More reliable, higher-resolution iChat.
- The right service at the right time.
- Automatic updates for printer drivers.
- Automatic time zone setup.
New Techlolegies:
64-bit computing used to be the province of scientists and engineers, but now this generational shift in computing gives all users the tools to apply the power of 64-bit to speed up everything from everyday applications to the most demanding scientific computations. Although Mac OS X is already 64-bit capable in many ways, Snow Leopard takes the next big step by rewriting nearly all system applications in 64-bit code¹ and by enabling the Mac to address massive amounts of memory. Now Mac OS X is faster, more secure, and completely ready for the future.
More cores, not faster clock speeds, drive performance increases in today’s processors. Grand Central Dispatch takes full advantage by making all of Mac OS X multicore aware and optimizing it for allocating tasks across multiple cores and processors. Grand Central Dispatch also makes it much easier for developers to create programs that squeeze every last drop of power from multicore systems.
With graphics processors surpassing speeds of a trillion operations per second, they’re capable of considerably more than just drawing pictures. OpenCL in Snow Leopard is a technology that makes it possible for developers to tap the vast gigaflops of computing power currently in the graphics processor and use it for any application.
Snow Leopard introduces QuickTime X, a major leap forward that advances modern media and Internet standards. QuickTime X includes a brand-new player application, offers optimized support for modern codecs, and delivers more efficient media playb ack, making it ideal for any application that needs to play media content.
Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard on August 28 at Apple's retail stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers, and online pre-orders can be made through Apple's online store starting TODAY. The new operating system will be available only for Mac users on Intel-based computers.
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