Week 2 581 MAC OS X (Snow Leopard)

For this part of the assignment I choose to look at Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) as a possible alternative OS. Currently Snow Leopard is advertised for $29. Not sure if we will upgrade on our home computer yet. My dad is a huge Mac guy and he has Snow Leopard and he really likes it (my Dad is an engineer and really does his research so I put a lot of stock in his opinion).
HISTORY:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard was preceded by Mac OS X Tiger and Mac OS X Leopard. Tiger was released in April of 2005 and advertised 150 new applications. Mac OS X Leopard was released in October of 2007 and included 300 new applications. What I found interesting about this is that when Snow Leopard was released it included no new features. This was very strange for this industry. The rational for this was that Apple improved all 300 applications and streamlined all of them. This was an interesting risk and gamble considering the competitiveness of the industry.
FEATURES
According to the write up Mac Os X Snow Leopard won't get viruses and it automatically provides updates that protect against malware. Also, I watched the tutorial on parental controls. This is another great feature and I was amazed at how user friendly that application was. Mac OS X Snow Leopard is built on the UNIX foundation. It runs off 64-bit, multi core processors and GPUs. Also, I was very impressed at how compatible Mac OS X Snow Leopard is with other systems. It is compatible with most window applications, can convert most files including PDF, JPG, ZIP, MP3, and PSD. It will also hook up to almost all Digital cameras, printers, hard drives, mice, and keyboards with USB connections. Finally, Snow Leopard uses OpenCL 1.0, a framework that allows for the use of cores inside your graphics card. This means that for "gamers" Snow Leopard would be a great choice. I was impressed with all that Snow Leopard had to offer. However, what impressed me most was that Snow Leopard included no new applications over the Leopard version. That leads me to believe that Mac OS X Snow Leopard really has worked out most of their bugs in their OS system.