Mac OS X Snow Leopard

This is the new version of Mac OS X, available this September now, for $29! It is the full installation DVD. You don't have to be on Mac OS X Leopard in order to install this.

At $29, I don't see why any Mac user shouldn't go for it.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/

Wow only THIS much for such an OS :shock:.
Impressive.

Wait, support for 16 Billion Gigabytes of RAM?! This makes me consider buying a mac...

It's only that much if you already have Leopard. Meaning its 29 dollars for an upgrade from 10.5 to 10.6

This. Also in before you have to have already bought a 1699USD laptop.

It's just future proof. The Mac Pro current only supports 64GB RAM, but that's still more than most PCs.



$129 + $29 = $158. It's still less than Windows 7 Ultimate which is $400 ish, not to mention you already paid for XP or Vista. Remember that OS X doesn't have so many different versions like Windows, so it's natural to compare its price to Ultimate.

EDIT: Snow Leopard isn't an upgrade DVD. It's $29 for the full installation disc.



This is designed for existing Mac users. You PC users will have to pay $400 if you want to get 7.

And not many has MSDN subscription. Quite a lot less than Mac users, let me add.

I am pretty impressed with Snow Leopard's specs. It seems very good and promising. Definitely making me consider my first laptop as a mac. Since I have been wanting a laptop for a while. The new prices of them also make it tempting.



Here's hoping that W7 will come as a special bargain for Vista users. If so I will upgrade. However I am not willing to pay $400 ($319.99 if you wanna be precise and according to Windows rumor sites for W7 Ultimate) for a whole new OS that imo isn't much better then what Vista is now. At least the price doesn't make it as good in my opinion.

I think it's rather bull that Windows won't offer a special service for windows users on a bargain upgrade to W7 like Mac has for the snow version. W7 is nothing more then another version of Vista after all (at least to me it seems that way, skip the techno babel).

It's shipped! Can't wait for its arrival! :D

And yes, I know it's a lot more than $29USD, but that's how things are in New Zealand. We make less and pay more for the same thing, from computers to food. It can't be helped. Can't wait to get out of this place.



Sorry, Mac OS X Snow Leopard comes on a full installation disk. You don't need Leopard at all.

I see what you did there, ImperialX.

I will post unboxing photos when it arrives.

That's nice.

meh, still going fine on XP

This is off topic, but in my opinion Windows 7 is a fantastic OS. I recommend switching as soon as it releases.

I already got a legit version from Uni, CBFed installing it though, maybe this week.

Also, goddamn Mac laptops are expensive o.O, makes me wonder are they are really worth that $2000 price tag.

Yeah, install it. I'm dual booting Windows 7 along with OS X on my MacBook right now. It's really good, basically Vista with all the bad bits removed like holic said.

Also, Macs are overpriced in New Zealand. In USA they're much more affordable and easily worth the money, as you can see. I got mine in the States too.

Meh, don't need all that fancy stuff. Ubuntu 9 works perfectly fine for my needs. Hell of a lot better than Windows could manage to conjure up though.

Now updated to Snow Leopard!





I agree with this.

I'm not a big fan of Apple...
I tried to use the open source ones as much as possible...
Other than Linux, I used Windows...

Seeing as how this thread is about OS X, I think it would be nice if people stopped posting about how they prefer other operating systems.

I don't mind people voicing out their opinions, but thanks for saying so. Appreciate it.

Also, here are some packaging photos.