Mac Deals: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD, $19.99

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Mac Deals: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD, $19.99

26 November 2012 1,960 views 9 Comments

Strange days, indeed. OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was new in August 2009 and Apple stopped selling it not long after OS X 10.7 Lion shipped in August 2011. However, as the MobileMe shutdown loomed earlier this year, Apple gave away free Snow Leopard DVDs in order to boost Lion and, by extension, iCloud adoption.

That promotion, however, ended months ago.

Now, believe it or not, Apple is selling OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard DVDs at the online Apple Store for the rather reasonable price of $19.99 with free shipping thrown in for good measure.

Tip: Click the above image to get a high-resolution Snow Leopard wallpaper.

The retail return of the OS X 10.6 DVD adds fuel to recently hatched notion that Snow Leopard is Apple’s Windows XP — an older version of their OS that users rationally, and otherwise, cling to. In this case, it’s support for PowerPC apps via Rosetta emulation.

Still running Snow Leopard, why? Any plans to “upgrade”?

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9 Comments »

Mario said:

I’m still running Snow Leopard at home because my computer is too old to run Lion.

At work I can run Lion, and eventually Mountain Lion.

# 26 November 2012 at 4:03 pm

Goober said:

I bought a mini that came with 10.7 and I despise it.

For one example, compare Expose/Spaces control panel in 10.6 with the method for configuring the same thing in 10.7.

1. The configuration doesnt even exist as a System Preference item as it logically should, and previously did in 10.6.

2. I challenge anyone to figure out how to make a second desktop space without having to do a google search to figure out the insanely non-intuitive and bafflingly hidden method they devised.

3. Because the System Preference for spaces no longer exists, and the new method for configuration doesnt have any actual menus or configurations to set, I challenge anyone how to figure out how to set the keyboard shortcuts that were previously accessible in System Preferences.

The whole OS is like this. Its the most disappointing OS upgrade I’ve ever used.

I will never put 10.7 on my MacBook Pro, and if I could install 10.6 on my mini I would in a heartbeat.

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