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  Snow Leopard versus Windows 7

• Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.8

  By Lex Friedman | 24 June, 2011 06:45

  Fire up Software Update! In what may be the last Snow Leopard-era OS update ever before Lion’s official first roar, Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.8.

• Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 May, 2011 09:48

  Amazon has launched a Mac-specific application download store that will compete with Apple's nearly five-month-old Mac App Store.

• Apple sneaks anti-malware update into Snow Leopard

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 June, 2010 02:56

  Ten months after it debuted rudimentary malware scanning in Snow Leopard, Apple this week quietly added a signature for a third piece of malware, security researchers reported today.

• Apple kills hackintosh netbooks with Snow Leopard update

  By Jacqueline Emigh | 03 November, 2009 06:11

  Apple is reportedly breaking Hackintoshes -- meaning netbooks illegimately installed with Mac OS X -- with its latest update to Leopard.

• Apple Snow Leopard Server: Faster, smoother

  By Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen | 03 November, 2009 06:46

  On the surface, Apple's Snow Leopard Server feels like a $US499 maintenance release, but underneath, there's much more - improved performance, more polish and new apps focused on collaboration and content sharing.

• Mac clone maker 'happily' agrees to OS X injunction

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 October, 2009 05:55

  Apple and Mac clone maker Psystar traded barbs last week in federal court as they simultaneously asked a judge to end the case that began more than 15 months ago.

• Snow Leopard sales roar out the gate

  By Gregg Keizer | 18 September, 2009 07:47

  First two weeks' retail sales double Leopard's, four times better than Tiger's, says NPD

• HP adds Snow Leopard printer drivers after customer complaints

  By Gregg Keizer | 12 September, 2009 06:22

  Hewlett-Packard has added support for an additional 38 printer models or printer series to Snow Leopard, delivering on a promise made shortly after the release of Apple's new operating system when angry users complained that older devices didn't work after upgrading.

• PC vs. Mac deathmatch: Snow Leopard beats Windows 7

  By Curtis Franklin Jr. | 26 October, 2009 21:05

  I have a confession: I'm a switcher. My long journey with Windows, which began even before Windows with MS-DOS, ended with Windows Vista. While so many others navigated the Vista debacle by sticking with Windows XP, I gave Vista a try -- and gave up. I leapt to the Mac OS.

• Apple slow to promise Snow Leopard fix

  By David Coursey | 14 October, 2009 07:35

  Apple says it is now working on a fix for a rare--but very serious--bug afflicting some Snow Leopard users. Apple's announcement came after the media this week ratcheted up coverage of the flaw, first noticed in early September.

• Snow Leopard upgrade barely noticeable, but OK

  By David Coursey | 01 September, 2009 00:46

  With 3/5ths of a family pack installed, Apple's Snow Leopard has not changed my family's lives. In fact, if you didn't know Snow Leopard was on-board, you might not notice.

• Snow Leopard users' 4 biggest gripes

  By Brennon Slattery | 01 September, 2009 04:55

  Apple Genius Bars will likely be standing-room only this week as numerous user complaints about Snow Leopard spread across the Web.

• OS deathmatch: Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7

  By Preston Gralla | 01 September, 2009 09:11

  It's the best of times if you're a lover of operating systems, with the nearly simultaneous release of Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" (available right now) and Microsoft's Windows 7 (available Oct. 22). This leads to the inevitable debate: Which is the better operating system, Windows 7 or Snow Leopard?

• What's the real deal with 64-bit computing in Snow Leopard?

  By Ryan Faas | 29 August, 2009 07:14

  One of the biggest points of confusion around Apple's newest version of Mac OS X is about whether it's really a 64-bit or a 32-bit operating system. Apple bills Snow Leopard as supporting 64-bit from top to bottom, while some industry watchers say it's not a true 64-bit OS. What gives?

• Snow Leopard versus Windows 7

  By Nick Mediati | 28 August, 2009 15:00

  Snow Leopard’s Finder and Windows 7’s Explorer have strikingly similar interfaces, with quick-search fields in the upper-right corner, path bars (OS X’s is optional and can be switched on in the View menu), and sidebars that provide easy access to various common locations on your computer.

• Snow Leopard early release puts pressure on Windows 7

  By Shane O'Neill | 28 August, 2009 02:18

  The release of the next version of Mac OS X, also known as Snow Leopard, is by all accounts a minor update with few new user features. Even Apple calls most of the changes in the OS UI refinements that will occur "under the hood."