Snow Leopard: Review
All eyes are on the Snow Leopard that goes on sale tomorrow. It requires an Intel-based Mac. Leopard users can upgrade to the new OS X with $29 single-license, or a $49 five-license Family Pack. Those running Mac OS X 10.4 - Tiger, need to purchase the more expensive Box Set, priced at $169 for a single license and $229 for a five-license pack.
Starting from the scratch, as you restart the 10.6 you might notice no considerable changes except a few visual tweaks. Well, there's nothing remarkable, but what lies underneath is Apple's spring of action that involves a somewhat unusual step of curbing down the feature creep in its latest OS putting more focus on speed, reliability and stability. Snow Leopard marks Mac's entry into 64-bit. For the Mac buffs, it implies the apps could address massive amounts of RAM and other tasks would go much faster. Above all, the Mac OS X seems all set to take on the corporate networks with Exchange support in Mail, iCal, and Address Book. Let's have an insight into the scenario.
For years now, Apple had been bragging about its virtually impregnable OSes. It's high-time that the Cupertino company stand up to its words. Apple has released a security update providing fixes for 18 vulnerabilities running in Mac OS X. The loop holes in Mac OS X could be exploited by hackers to hijack machines by duping users into viewing malicious image files on the Web. Apple would be distributing Security Update 2009-003 with Mac OS X 10.5.8 for Leopard users and delivered it separately for Tiger users. The Security Update has been devised to plug holes in various components like Apple's for-pay sync and storage service ranging from ColorSync and Dock to the MobileMe and kernel. 
Contrary to the usual beliefs that my Mac is fully secure, we have reported 
Well, I am sick of people eulogizing Apple's Mac OS X as the most impregnable OS that ever existed. They have all been straight over the fact that Mac OS X is virus-free. If any virus ever heard was all but a grapevine sprouting in MacRumors's News Discussion. For all those overconfident nerds, I would have to say not having virus doesn't essentially mean the system is immune to viruses. I'd of course agree to the fact that you find virus for Mac once in a blue Moon. The first ever Mac OS X virus was found in February 2006, and last night SophosLabs revealed a message sent to it claims to be the SRC CoDE of new Macintosh Worm.
A raw version of Google Chrome browser for Mac and Linux has been pre-released. Those working on Mac and Linux might have another browser to rejoice but the story is far from complete. Well, the test version of the browser is a novice that knows no printing, Flash and lack even a bookmark manager. It's not even in beta. Probably this is why the project leaders Mike Smith and Karen Grunberg have emphasized "DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM!" Well, it also bears in addition that you try them only if you like incomplete, crash-prone software. With much of it on the lee-side there's a relief that it'll have updates more frequently that no browser would opt for.
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