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Another Mac-centric post here…

So I rushed out and grabbed a copy of Snow Leopard as soon as I could on Friday – I love Mac OS upgrade days.  After a very easy install, I found that the new OS version is everything it was supposed to be: The Finder is a whole lot snappier, I got a whopping 20GB or so of hard drive space back to me, Stacks has a lot more functionality, and just about everything else just works a bit better – all for only $30!  Of course I then needed to know exactly what is working better, what is not working better, and the general consensus of the new OS.  I did some research, and here is what I found:

Articles with some general thoughts on Snow Leopard:

• Here is an article from Forbes.com about why Snow Leopard and Apple’s marketing strategy for it is disruptive in the OS industry.
• Here is a great general review of the operating system from the Guardian. 
• Here is an article from Lifehacker that explains how Snow Leopard’s new Base 10 calculations of hard disk space now calculates true size of your computer’s hard drive.  This, along with the removal of code for PowerPC Macs and printer drivers is what gives your Mac higher total calculations of free hard drive space. 
• Here is an article from Macworld that explains what “64-bit mode” in Snow Leopard is.
• Here is an article from Blorge that discusses which Macs can actually utilize this new 64-bit mode. 

Articles about the great new features Snow Leopard brings to the Mac OS:

• Here is a great one from TechRadar.com.
• Here is a good one from Macworld that discusses the smaller changes that one will notice after using it for a while.
• Here is another one from Gizmodo that lists 15 little useful changes in this OS version.

Articles about software not working with the OS upgrade:
Unfortunately, not all 3rd party applications easily made the switch from Leopard to Snow Leopard…

• Here is a list of various Snow Leopard software announcements from the Unofficial Apple Weblog.  
• Here is an extremely thorough wiki that lists what software is compatible with SL, what needs to be updated, and what has recently been updated to be compatible.  

And as a general gripe in this category – I was using Parallels 3.0 with Leopard and I didn’t feel like spending the $50 for the 4.0 upgrade.  3.0 worked just fine for the little time I spend on the Windows side of my Mac.  When I upgraded and tried to start up Parallels, I got a message saying 10.6 won’t work with 3.0 – it forced me to upgrade.  Quite annoying.  But other than that, I’m loving the upgrade!

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