14 DAY TRIAL // Various sections of Apple’s website, including the company’s online store, have been updated with banners bearing messages like “Mac OS X Snow Leopard – Now Available,” or “Introducing Mac OS X Snow Leopard – Now Shipping.”
While the company’s press room still isn’t featuring any official reports on the availability of Snow Leopard, the Mac maker has officially confirmed that fans of the Mac OS can immediately buy both Client and Server versions of the software. By ordering your own copy through Apple’s website, the package arrives in three-five business days, the company adds. For those who are too eager to wait this long, brick-and-mortar stores are the answer. Authorized Apple resellers are also offering the goods.
“Mac OS X is renowned for its simplicity, its reliability, and its ease of use,” Apple says on its website. “So when it came to designing Snow Leopard, Apple engineers had a single goal: to make a great thing even better. They searched for areas to refine, further simplify, and speed up — from little things like ejecting external drives to big things like installing the OS. In many cases, they elevated great to amazing,” the company points out.
“Upgrade from Mac OS X Leopard with Snow Leopard, a simpler, more powerful, and more refined version of Mac OS X,” Apple explains to potential buyers. “It delivers a wide range of enhancements, next-generation technologies, out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange Server, and new accessibility features. It's the world's most advanced operating system, finely tuned from installation to shutdown,” the description on the Apple online store reads.
On the very same page, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company again outlines that, “Snow Leopard is an upgrade for Leopard users and requires a Mac with an Intel processor.” However, going by some reports, Tiger users can upgrade just as easily, not having to go through Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to be able to install the snow cat.