Mac's Snow Leopard Is One Cool Cat
Upgrading the operating system of a personal computer is something most people are afraid to do. When it comes to things they don’t fully understand, they’d rather take the conservative approach and stick with what they know will work.
That’s why you see most computers running on software that’s eight years old instead of something released just two years ago, for example. New operating systems also tend to require better hardware specifications, take up more space and will generally render your old, or even not-so-old machine either obsolete or less useful than before. Businesses don’t like things that are out of their comfort zone either. Unless there is a significant incentive to upgrade, you’re not going to see companies adopt new technologies or systems, let alone rush in to embrace them. Then there’s the little matter of cost. Buying a new operating system means parting with some hard-earned cash. Paying to have possible new problems dumped on you while you haven’t even figured out how to fix the old ones, is not a terribly exciting prospect. With Mac OS X 10.6, which goes by the name Snow Leopard, Apple is attempting to address all of the above.
