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

[Alan Maupin]

I've pre-ordered the Snow Leopard family pack to upgrade a MacPro 09,  
MacBook and MacBook Air.   I certainly hope it improves the MacBook  
Air performance.


On Aug 26, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> 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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