It runs faster than Tiger and is more stable. I have not encountered a single lockup or crash due to Flash video on Snow Leopard after a month of heavy use. In Tiger, Flash would occassionaly cause Mac OS X 10.4 to interrupt me and tell me to restart the OS. When I purchased my first MacBook back in 2006, streaming video was not a daily routine where today it is a use of my Mac that happens all day long.
The Spaces (virtual desktops) and other enhancements to Mac OS X are really nice. Everything just appears to run a bit better compared to Tiger. I should have made the switch sooner but I had my reasons and they were all legitimate.
The next decision is, what is my next Mac computer?? Is it a MacBook Pro, iMac, or other? I like the portability of notebooks and the screensizes so it looks like an iPad is out of the question.
The MacMini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro are in the top three for now. My 4-year old MacBook has been reliable and I am entirely satisfied with it. It is still holding its own after 4-years of daily use and the reasons I have for upgrading is to get a more capable GPU with more Video RAM for handling the increasing streaming video and graphics demands I now use on a daily basis. Additionally, the capability to support more installed system RAM 4-8GB preferred for virtualization purposes where I run Windows XP in VMware Fusion. If possible, an 8GB MacBook Pro would be nice. The more RAM the better. I don't think there is a 16GB MacBook Pro yet, that would be a nice icing layer on the cake.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
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