The results of the WWDC 2009: The "Snow Leopard"
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
At WWDC developers miracle happened: a new version of Mac OS X have shown, but on the shelves of Snow Leopard will be only in September. It has not been confirmed, and many rumors about the new interface "Marble". Then what is the interest of the "Snow Leopard"?
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When Snow Leopard was first announced, it was reported that the developers intend to focus on improving stability, system performance and other operational development, rather than on adding new features (and their "Leopard" there were many).
In accordance with these plans 90 percent of the components has been rewritten. As a result, the installation of the operating system requires less time (45%), and the "Snow Leopard" takes up less disk space (minus 6 GB). And quickly became a work of conventional applications such as Finder, Preview, Mail and Safari (the iTunes and here, unfortunately, did not rewrite). Snow Leopard operating system will be the first in which abandon PPC support.
In QuickTime X promised better support for modern codecs, especially H.264. Player will play high-definition video without any delays or jerks. We hope that it will be, and the need for Plex will disappear. In addition, QuickTime X will allow to publish videos to YouTube and MobileMe, as well as to organize video broadcasting over HTTP.
Although Apple did not plan to add new features in Snow Leopard, a killer-You still announced. This is about support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007Which, by the way, is not even in Windows (it required users to buy MS Office). Employees of medium and large enterprises will have access to Microsoft Exchange services (e-mail, calendar and address book) using the usual iCal, Mail, and Address Book.
Other standard Mac OS X applications have been significantly improved. For example, Exposé will be integrated with Doc: click on the program icon and retention allowed to see all the windows that were opened by it. Complete list of changes available here.
Upgrade to the "Leopard" to "Snow Leopard" will cost $ 29. By the way, Gizmodo writesThat those who are planning to buy a Mac in the summer, will pay for the transition to the new OS version for just $ 10.