I received an email from Amazon yesterday announcing that Snow Leopard was now available for pre-order for $29. Although it doesn’t have an official release date yet, Apple is saying that will be out sometime in September.
I placed my order immediately. Snow Leopard will not contain a lot of new features that are “user facing”, but instead will contain many under the hood fixes that should improve performance and stability. Also, I understand there are a number of new features which will allow developers to write new and better software.
At $29 Apple is attempting to make this a “no brainer” type upgrade in order to move the majority of the customer base over as soon as possible. Also, you can expect to see applications this year that only run on Snow Leopard.
- Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard Upgrade $29
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard Upgrade Family Pack (5-User) $49
- Mac Box Set, Snow Leopard Edition: $169
- Mac Box Set Family Pack with Snow Leopard (5-User) $229
- Mac OS X Server version 10.6 Snow Leopard $499
