Snow Leopard Overview #1 - Preview

Ok, so you've installed Snow Leopard, now what!

On the face of it, the user interface to Snow Leopard doesn't really look much different from the original Leopard OS, save for a nice new desktop wallpaper. Most of the changes to Snow Leopard are in its underlying architecture, with parts being re-written and brand new technologies introduced to act as springboards for innovative new applications.

But if you look closely, there are a host of subtle changes to the user interface in the new operating system, all designed to improve on the original Leopard and enhance your Mac experience. This show takes you through some of the changes and demonstrates how they can help you be more efficient and productive.

This week's show includes:

32-bit vs 64-bit A brief explanation of the difference and why you shouldn't worry that your MAc is not booting a 64-bit kernel just yet.

Improved Finder Completely re-written in Cocoa and to take advantage of 64-bit and Grand central dispatch, the Finder now has a new lease of life with sparkling performance. Together with a few whistles and bells to boot.

Changes to the Dock & Stacks Some nice polish applied in these areas with some subtle but necessary changes to Stacks.

Exposé Worth the price of the upgrade alone! Exposé has had a major rework turning it from a cool piece of technology to demo your Mac, to a really use productivity tool. The show demonstrates the many ways of using the new supercharged version of Exposé including:

• Standard Exposé
• Exposé in the Dock
• Exposé via the Application Switcher
• Dragging & Dropping via Exposé
• Exposé & Spaces

This is just the first of an occasional series of Snow Leopard related shows to illustrate the power of this brand new operating system.