OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard could be launched in Q1 2009

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At the LISA conference last week Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard showed a slide that stated a release time frame for the next major OS X release of Q1 2009.
Apple previewed OS X 10.6 aka Snow Leopard at the WWDC08. Back then Apple stated the release date to be in one year. Since the WWDC 08 took place in June that would have meant Q2 of 2009. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone Software 2.2 beta 2 and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard hit Developers

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Apple seeded developers with the new iPhone Software 2.2 beta 2 release and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
The new iPhone 2.2 beta 2 software enables amongst other things Google Street View.

The new Snow Leopard update follows the release developers got back in June.
Not much is known about what the update includes. The next OS X release anyway is not a feature stunner, it is supposed to make Apple computers faster and more robust. Read more

Posted on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:27:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New OS X Snow Leopard Features unearthed

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Apple previewed the next major update for OS X called Snow Leopoard at the WWDC 08. Apple said that the Snow Leopard release will enhance the performance of OS X, and improve quality and not focus on new features.

Of course there are new features to expect. Apple Insider has just published a report that describes 5 features that have not been disclosed yet. Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:37:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Weekly Top 10: iPhone 3G, MobileMe, Snow Leopard

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It is almost here. The Apple iPhone 3G is going on sale on July 11th in 22 markets world-wide. It will be much cheaper ($199) and is even free in the UK.
Apple also announced a new online service dubbed MobileMe at the WWDC 08.
The new iPhone SDK is the enabler of tons of new applications for the iPhone that will be available through the new iTunes App Store. Navigation and location based services could be a major focus for iPhone OS X applications.
Apple also previewed the next update of OS X dubbed Snow Leopard.
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Posted on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

OS X Snow Leopard Preview

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Apple previewed Mac OS X Snow Leopard at the WWDC 08.

Rather than focusing primarily on new features, Snow Leopard will enhance the performance of OS X, and improve quality.
Snow Leopard is optimized for multi-core processors, taps into the computing power of graphic processing units (GPUs), enables larger amounts of RAM and features a new media platform with QuickTime X. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:26:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Snow Leopard is OS X 10.6 - WWDC 08

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The rumored animal name for the next update of OS X was correct. Apple calls OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Apple is introducing Snow Leopard to developers this afternoon at the WWDC 08. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:37:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mac OS X 10.6 is Snow Leopard?

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Yesterday we reported about a rumor that Apple would unveil a developer release of Mac OS X 10.6 at the WWDC 08 next week.

Ars Technica claims now that Apple calls Mac OS X 10.6 internally Snow Leopard. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:36:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CompAmerica Snow Leopard 2.8 Pound Laptop

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If you are in the market for a tiny, but powerful portable computer check this out. The CompAmerica Snow Leopard 6220 is a tiny laptop computer that uses an Intel Core Solo ULV U100 1.2 GHz CPU with a 533 MHz system bus.

The screen is a 12” 1024 x 768 WXGA LCD Active matrix unit with the graphics accelerated by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 128MB of shared memory. Three USB 2.0 ports, one 4-pin FireWire and one PCMCIA Type II slot are included in the system as well. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun