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 7 GB 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 today's 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, it's 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

Out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange:

• Mac OS X Snow Leopard delivers built-in support for the latest version of Microsoft Exchange Server, something even Windows PCs don't have:

• Use your Mac at home and at work and have all your messages, meetings, and contacts in one place
• Easily set it up using the Autodiscovery feature in Exchange
• Use Mail, iCal, and Address Book to access your work email, calendars, and the Global Address List alongside your personal accounts
• Take advantage of powerful Mac OS X features such as Spotlight, Quick Look, data detectors, and more

Safari 4:

• The latest version of Apple's blazing-fast web browser delivers up to 50 percent faster JavaScript performance and is more resistant to crashes than ever:

• Use Top Sites to view your favorite websites at a glance, see which ones have been updated, and visit them in a click
• Complete search queries as you type with built-in Google Suggest
• Flip through full-page previews of your browsing history in Cover Flow the same way you flip through album art in iTunes

Universal Access:

• Every Mac comes with built-in technologies designed to help people with disabilities experience it. Innovations in Snow Leopard advance accessibility even further:

• Control your Mac using gestures on your Multi-Touch trackpad. And when you drag your finger across the trackpad, VoiceOver speaks the items you touch so you know how they're arranged on the screen
• Snow Leopard includes support for over 40 braille display models, including Bluetooth models
• New accessibility features make web browsing easier, faster, and more enjoyable

Upgrade from:

• Apple Mac OS X v.10.5 Leopard

• Mac OS X v.10.6.3 Snow Leopard
• Printed Documentation
• Installation DVD

Processor:

• Intel

Hard Disk:

• 5 GB of available space

Memory:

• 1 GB RAM

Optical Drive:

• DVD-ROM

Others:

• Some features require a compatible Internet service provider
• Some features require Apple's MobileMe service