OSX Snow Leopard  
At a glance
Publisher
Apple Inc.
Web
Status
Available, supported
Introduced
2001
Latest
10.6
Design
GUI, Multitasking
Type
Workstation
 
Summary News Requirements Compatibility Interface Installation Variants
Versions Downloads Links Publisher Support Alternatives Secrets Pricing
 
Details
Summary The Mac OS X offers networking, performance and security for the workstation and server. Its foundation is the open-source Darwin related to FreeBSD. It also offers native 64-bit support.
News 24-Aug-2009 Apple to ship Mac OS X Snow Lepard on August 28
6-Jun-2009 Apple unveils Mac OS X Snow Leopard
16-Oct-2007 Apple to Ship Mac OS X Leopard
10-Jan-2006 Apple unveils New x86 based Mac
28-Apr-2005 Apple releases Tiger (OS X 10.4)
Requirements
Product Mac OS X 10.6 Workstation
Processor Pentium 4 (32-bit and 64-bit)
RAM 1 GB
Drive space 5 GB
Drives Runs from hard disk. Requires DVD drive for installation
Video Apple video card , assumed XVGA or better
File systems UFS
Compatibility Mac programs (some are x86 only or PowerPC specific)
Interface GUI desktop
Installation Install in any primary UFS partition
Variants Workstation
Server
Versions 10.0 Mar-2001
10.1 Sep-2001
10.2 Jul-2002 (Jaguar)
10.3 Oct-2004 (Panther)
10.4 Apr-2005 (Tiger)
10.5 Oct-2007 (Leopard)
10.6 Aug-2009 (Snow Leopard)
Downloads Download (drivers, applications, tools, etc.)
Links OS X Home
Specifications
Support
Developers Connection
Books Unix Categories: All - Darwin - Mac OS-X

Top titles
Publisher Apple, Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014

Phone: 408.996.1010
Web: http://www.apple.com
Support Free web, 90 days free email/phone support
Alternatives BSD, Linux, Windows XP/Vista, Solaris
Secrets  
Pricing Single copy, $129.00; 5 copy family pack, $199.00
Upgrades from v10.5 or v10.4: $29, or 5 copy family pack, $49
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