Snow Leopard Testing Coming Soon
I am currently in the process of preparing to install Apple’s latest OS, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Please don’t ask where I got it from; let us just say that I have it for testing purposes.
When Apple released OS X 10.5 Leopard less than a year ago, it boasted over 300 new features, some small, and some big like Time Machine. However, this latest creation does not boast any of this, nor is it being accompanied by any major fan fare like the new iPhone. Some might even wonder why this OS release is a full release and not just a version update (aside from the fact that they can make money off of it). Well, there are two major changes in this OS.
OS X 10.6 will be the first Apple OS since the introduction of the Intel chip to the Macintosh that will not work on a Power PC. So for everyone out there that was hanging onto their G5, or G4 or your PowerBook, etc, this will NOT work for you. 10.5 will be the last OS you will see from Apple. Some people are upset about this, I say that it was only a matter of time. And honestly, if you have an older computer, running a newer OS is not the smartest thing for you to do anyway.
The other major update that this brings to the table is Exchange. Well, Exchange support that is. For years Apple has been trying to break into the office market, the only problem was that everyone was in bed with Microsoft, and any who had a Mac that wanted to play with the others still had to load Microsoft Office to be able to use office e-mail that was on an Exchange server. Then Apple released the iPhone, and something weird happened. For the first time, Microsoft was forced by the demands of the market to license the coveted Exchange technology to Apple to allow Exchange e-mail to work on the iPhone. The official release of iPhone Software 2.0 isn’t out just yet, but as I mentioned a couple of months ago, I am a beta tester for the software, and it finally works well. And now that an iPhone can have Exchange support for e-mail, calendar and contacts, soon, OS X will too. No longer will Macintosh users have to install Microsoft office for the Mac to be able to use Exchange Servers. Now, a Mac user will be able to use the Mail, Contact, and Calendar apps that are part of the OS. This is a huge step for a partnership between Apple and Microsoft (since Microsoft ’stole’ their first OS from Apple), and an even bigger step for Apple breaking into the office market.
After I install the new OS, I will give a review of how it performs, how it installs, and what is wrong.
Update- Review of mail.app
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