Snow Leopard: First Impressions and Reviewer’s Guide

Posted on September 4th, 2009. Written by Rico.

I’m not an avid Mac user, like many sensible people (I kid, I kid!). So I let master creative dude Marc de Vera play around with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), on the old white Macbook I upgraded from Leopard (10.5). Here’s what he thought after a few minutes of use.

-Did not notice much aesthetic difference from leopard but the interface does seem a bit ‘snappier’. This is pretty apparent when using cover flow to browse through files.

-Did not notice any speed differences in starting firefox.

-No noticeable lag whatsoever using the brush tool in photoshop.

So far that’s all I can say for now. Didn’t get enough time with it sayang.

I’ll agree with Marc: my own experience with Snow Leopard was that it did things faster than Leopard. There were less slowdowns, which contributed to an overall impression that the upgrade made the computer a bit faster. Below is the reviewer’s guide I received, which highlights the various capabilities of the OS:

If you’ve tried out Snow Leopard for yourself, feel free to share your opinions below. For now though I can say that the P1,690 upgrade price is quite reasonable—only if you’re an avid Mac user of course.