[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: [MacLaw] Snow Leopard

[Victoria L. Herring]

from another list
>
>Nope, Apple did it to keep its engineers busy during the recession.
>
>Seriously, though, if you have an Intel Mac, and specifically a 64-bit
>processor (Core 2 Duo or Xeon) you will see a significant increase in
>performance in basic operating system level tasks.  If you use
>processor intensive applications that understand multi-threading, you
>will see a performance increase in multi-core machines.  If you use
>Exchange for Email and Calendaring, iCal and Mail are significantly
>improved.
>
>It's primarily an internals-only release, which is why it's
>inexpensive.  Keep in mind, though, you need to already have Snow
>Leopard to make it work, plus you need an Intel machine.
>
>On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Herman
>Guetersloh<hgadvocate at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Is there a reason to upgrade to Snow Leopard?
>  > -- Herman Guetersloh
>>

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