The only Mac OS X 10.6 review that we need to read. Everything else is secondary.
Highligts:
- Developer oriented release (though there are new end-user features)
- Intel-Only
- Around 50% in disk footprint
- On demand driver download
- Chinese input using touchpad
- No Rosetta by default (by installed on demand from the net)
- No Quick Time Player 7.0 by default (but can still be installed)
- 64-bit kernel (but not the default)
- 64-bit system applications
- OpenCL
- Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) facilitates developing multi-threading applications using lightweight queues served by centrally controlled threads
- LLVM / Clang tool chain in addition to GCC
- Block construct (i.e. closure in many dynamic) for C language
- Quick Time X
- Only US$29 for existing Leopard users
- Exchange support via Mail, iCal and Address Book
- Screen recording
- Faster boot / shutdown time
Play attention to the compatibility. There are massive overhaul under the hood (it is said that 95% modules touched for refinement)
It blocked me from upgrade as my wife is using Adobe CS3 (which has known issues with 10.6)
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