Apple’s latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 code named “Snow Leopard”, is now available for pre-order at the online Apple Store Philippines and is estimated to ship on August 28.
The price for a single-user license is P1,690 and for a five license Family Pack, it’s P2,790. Both will be shipped for free. Normally, a minimum purchase of P3,000 is required before a customer can avail of free shipping.
Snow Leopard requires an Intel Mac (end of the road for PowerPC Mac users) with at least 1GB of RAM, 5GB of hard disk space, and a DVD drive for installation.
To some degree, the August 28 date doesn’t come as a surprise in light of the bungle, flub and rumor. There was even a leak about the new packaging.
Better, faster, easier
Snow Leopard enhances your entire Mac experience. In ways big and small, it gets faster, more reliable, and easier to use.
- Activate Exposé right from the Dock.
- Wake from sleep and shut down your Mac faster than before.
- Install it more quickly and get back 7GB of disk space.
- Enjoy dozens more refinements for everything from iChat to Preview and more.
Next-generation technologies
New core technologies in Snow Leopard unleash the power of todays advanced hardware and prepare Mac OS X for future innovation.
- 64-bit support, the next big step for the Mac. All key system applications are now 64-bit so they can take advantage of all the memory in your Mac.
- Grand Central Dispatch, a revolutionary new way for software to get the most from multicore processors.
- OpenCL, a new technology that unleashes the power of graphics processors to accelerate application performance.
QuickTime X As the next generation of media players, its built on new core technologies and advances modern media and Internet standards.
- Watch your videos in a clean, uncluttered interface with the new QuickTime Player.
- Record audio or video using the built-in iSight camera and microphone in your Mac.
- Trim your media to the perfect length.
Easily publish your media to MobileMe or YouTube.
And to think, I just bought a MacBook Pro. Flargh.
My guess for the price of a single-user license was correct but I missed the price for the Family Pack by P80.
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