Snow Leopard Announced + Safari 4 Released

ByMike Moffit

Developing… more information and photos coming as we get it!

At WWDC today, Phil introduced Bertrand Serlet to talk about the Mac OS. He announced that Snow Leopard will be available in late September for Intel Macs with either OS 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard.

FEATURES
Apple highlighted many of the features, including speed, refinements and support for other software.

  • Faster installation process: 45% faster and 6 GB smaller
  • Speed improvements for Mail, Safari 4, Spotlight and more
  • Support for Microsoft Exchange Server to Mail, iCal, and Address Book

Snow Leopard will also be available with unlimited client licenses on Mac, Windows, and Linux for $499.99.

PRICING
For Leopard Users:

  • Snow Leopard single-user license will be available for $29.99
  • Snow Leopard Family Pack (five-user license), will be available $49.99

For Tiger users:

  • As part of the Mac Box Set (which includes Snow Leopard, iLife ’09 and iWork ’09), the single-user license will be available for $169.99
  • Again, as part of the Mac Box Set the five-user license Family Pack will be available for $229.99
  • Currently, we do not see evidence that a Snow Leopard upgrade is available for Tiger users as a stand-alone piece. However, the price of the Mac Box Set is still cheap, and you get all three!

In addition, for any qualifying new Mac system without Snow Leopard, the Up-To-Date upgrade package will be available to customers between June 8, 2009 and December 26, 2009 for $9.95. Visit www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate for more information.

Safari 4 has been in beta for several weeks, and now is officially released.

FEATURES

  • HTML 5 support for offline technologies and support for advanced CSS Effects
  • First browser to pass the Web Standards Project’s Acid3 test (it examines CSS, JavaScript and XML standards designed for dynamic web apps)
  • Top Sites (I already use this and love it): puts your most-used websites right on a homepage instead of a blank new page/tab
  • Full History Search: search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages
  • Cover Flow: flip through web history/bookmarks
  • In Snow Leopard, Safari will run as a 64-bit app (performance boost of up to 50%)
  • Snow Leopard features a way to make Safari more crash-resistant because it will run plug-ins in a separate process

from Apple’s press release

For more features, click here.
To see what else is new in Safari 4, click here.
Download Safari 4 here (price: free).

Similar Posts

  • Countdown to WWDC 2012

    “*WWDC*”:https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/faq/ is here again, and we’re giddy with anticipation. We’re always excited for it, no matter how many times we’ve been through it before…I mean, really–what today means is new Apple stuff!

    So, to lead up to the event (which starts at 1PM ET, by the way), I found a history over at “*Cult of Mac*”:http://www.cultofmac.com/ that will get you in the mood. Did you know that WWDC was first held in 1983 but didn’t gain much mainstream visibility until 2002 when Apple started using it as a new product platform?

    “*Read “The History Of WWDC: Apple’s Biggest Announcements” here.*”:http://www.cultofmac.com/171879/the-history-of-wwdc-apples-biggest-announcements-feature/

    At 1PM, we’ll be following along to see what Apple has in store for us, so be sure to check back for updates, editorials and more about what’s been announced.

    Looking for somewhere to stream live coverage? Visit one of the following:

    * “*CNET Live Blog*”:http://live.cnet.com/Event/CNETs_WWDC_2012_live_blog
    * “*Ars Technica Live Blog*”:http://s3.amazonaws.com/liveblogs/wwdc-keynote-2012/index.html
    * “*Macworld Live Blog*”:http://www.macworld.com/article/1167098/live_update_wwdc_keynote.html

  • Apple Offers WiFi Music Store

    One of the new and exciting things to come out of todays event is the WiFi iTunes music store. It’s essentially an application…

  • Apple Paves the Street

    Apple sold a record 3,470,000 Macs during the three months ending in June. This helped to generate $3,250,000,000 in profits (I like seeing…

  • iPad Launch Ongoing

    We’ll give a full report about the iPad, including our analysis of the utility / projected success of the device after the keynote,…

  • New Apple Battery Charger!

    Along with all the other major product updates on Tuesday morning, Apple also introduced a new (very cool looking) AA battery charger that…