Well, it’s been a week since I installed Snow Leopard, the new Mac OSX, version 10.6. I think I’ve run it through all of the necessary programs, and here’s my quick review: It’s freaking awesome.
First of all, installation on my three year old MacBook Pro was a snap, as usual. Stick it in and let it grind (oy, that was a bad one). Seriously though, just insert the disc and let it do its thing. After installation the first thing i noticed was how fast Spaces was. Previously, I’d see some lag switching spaces, but now it’s lickity-split, even back and forth between design spaces. All of the Creative Suite runs smoothly, and a few of the bugs seem to have gone away. You’ll notice that after installation, you have some more hard drive space. For an older machine like mine, this is like winning the lottery (albeit a sort of lame, not that exciting lottery).
There isn’t much of an interface change, but it never was meant to be. For $29 you get a faster interface, more hard drive space, and you can go about your business as usual. You can tell I’m not techie, I’m a designer. But for me, this upgrade is a no brainer.