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The opinions expressed are those of the writer. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Apple has sent out an email to MobileMe customers offering a free upgrade to as part of its “Get your Mac ready for iCloud” program. To get your free upgrade click, log in to your MobileMe account and fill out your mailing address. You will be sent Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” on DVD for you to install. If you then want to use iCloud you will need to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion,” a purchase that will set you back $29.99. Note: You’re not committed to upgrading all the way to “Lion” if you take Apple up on this offer. Not all systems that are currently running OS X 10.5 “Leopard” or earlier can be upgraded to 10.6 or then 10.7.
Before getting too excited about this free upgrade I suggest that you take a look at the system requirements for “” and “ ” To go all the way to OS X 10.7 “ Lion” you will need the following hardware:. Mac mini (Mid 2007 Macmini2,1, or later).
iMac (Late 2006 iMac5,2, or later). Mac Pro (all models). MacBook (Late 2006 MacBook2,1, or later). MacBook Air (all models). 13-inch Macbook Pro (all models).
15-inch MacBook Pro (October 2006 MacBookPro2,2, or later). 17-inch Macbook Pro (October 2006 MacBookPro2,1 or later) The upgrade program comes to an end June 15th, 2012.
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Slimmer QuickTime Player Maybe inspired by the success of VLC Player, 'QuickTime X' features a simplified GUI with a greater focus on codec support Cocoa Based Finder Finder has a glossy new Cocoa Desktop Window and Contextual Menu Safari Beta 4 Default Browser In an unusual (and some might say slightly desperate move) Apple included a beta version of Safari 4 with Snow Leopard presumably in a bid to give it a leg-up against Firefox. Microsoft Exchange Server Support A smart business move that will surely attract more corporate users.
Mac users can now connect to Microsoft Exchange 2007 servers via Mail, Address Book, and iCal Faster Installation Time May not be of much interest to single users but network administrators installing Snow Leopard on multiple machines can expect to install it in around 15 minutes compared to around an hour for Leopard. Completed an install in an incredible 13 minutes. More Stacks Control Stacks has been improved to allow users to drill-down the contents of sub-folder If you're finding your Mac is operating increasingly slowly, then for speed alone it's worth the upgrade to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. In addition, its also fair to say that developers will find much to be happy about about in Snow Leopard.
The integration of, OpenCL and a 64 bit kernel will finally allow them to take full advantage of the dual processing power of Intel Macs and produce some stunning applications.