Why Its Better to Wait for Snow Leopard

September 2nd, 2009 Posted in Technology

Man, I bet just for the title, I’m going to get some Apple fanboys out there that are going to tell me that Snow Leopard is great and all, but I just don’t see it. snow Leopard to me just seems like a service pack to Leopard, and even Leo Laporte agrees with me. One of the updates in Snow Leopard was a change in the kernel that made the system more reliable. Now what I want to know is why they couldn’t have just added that as an update instead of charging $30 for it. That also brings up another point. If Snow Leopard was meant to be a full-fledged operating system, it would of cost more than just $30. Now, I’m definitely not complaining of the price, but I just don’t think it fits in to the operating system market. Finally, if it was meant to be a full-fledged operating system on it’s own, then why did they call it Snow Leopard instead of an original cat name? So far, it is the only name of an Apple OS that adds on to the name of it’s predecessor. So, all I’m really saying here is that if you have a Mac running Leopard, don’t feel obliged to go spend money to upgrade your OS. But, if you have an extra 30 bucks lying around, go ahead and be my guest.

Wishing He was a Mac Person,
Ethan Ling

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