>From what I understand this really is an under the hood update. It's not meant to be feature ridden for the end user. I've also read that this update will introduce technologies that will only be taken advantage of over time as applications are written specifically for the update. This is also true of vista and windows 7, the trouble with those two is MS wants to keep applications from the days of XP still viable.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Rich Schinnell <richnrockvi...@gmail.com>wrote: > An interesting article in Info World. > > > http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/snow-leopard-just-cheap-windows-7-knockoff-798 > > Quoted from the first para.. > > > "Where's the beef?" That's the idiom that jumps to mind as I work my way >> through Galen Gruman's "< >> http://www.infoworld.com/d/mac/7-best-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-573>The >> 7 best features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard." I knew the features list would be >> lean -- Apple has deliberately undersold Snow Leopard by pitching it as a >> relatively minor release -- but please! Gruman's article reads like a >> laundry list of borrowed features and derivative works. It's as if someone >> at Apple grabbed a copy of the Windows 7 beta and simply Xeroxed the release >> notes. >> >> For example: >> >> 64-bitness: Yippee,! Apple finally goes 64-bit -- BFD! As a Windows user, >> I've been livin' la vida 64-bit for more than three years. Vista was the >> first mainstream desktop OS to deliver a viable 64-bit experience, and >> Windows 7 has taken this migration further by making it the preferred flavor >> for business users. >> > > > Maybe I will get banned for bringing this up. > > I have my reynolds wrap hat on to deflect the AFB's barbs. > > Rich > > At 03:16 PM 8/25/2009, you wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:58:38 -0400 >> From: TPiwowar <t...@tjpa.com> >> Subject: Mac Transition to 64-Bit >> >> This explains a lot. Some things run in 32 bit, some in 64 bit. It >> all depends. >> >> http://www.ahatfullofsky.comuv.com/English/Programs/SMS/SMS.html >> >> "There is a lot of confusion about the fact that Snow Leopard starts >> by default with a 32-bit kernel even though nearly everything else is >> 64-bit (according to Apple all system applications except DVD Player, >> Front Row, Grapher, and iTunes have been rewritten in 64-bit)." >> >> "Snow Leopard is 64-bit for all users with a 64-bit CPU. The >> applications are, the memory space is. The ONLY THING that doesn't >> load into 64-bit - ON PURPOSE - is the kernel!" >> >> "The problem is compatibility with third-party drivers. Some programs >> are so deeply intertwined with the OS that they reach deeply into its >> bowels and modify its core, the kernel - these drivers are called >> kernel extensions (or kext)." >> >> BTW, the new Mac OS ships this Friday. >> >> M$'s Vista replacement is still way out there in the future. >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
