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Apple unveils faster, more affordable MacBook Pros
AppleInsider — By AppleInsider Staff Published: 01:00 PM EST Apple on Monday kicked-off its 2009 Worldwide Developers Conference by refreshing its MacBook Pro line of professional desktops with faster processors, cheaper prices, better displays, and built-in batteries on the 15-inch models. New 15-inch MacBook Pros The 15-inch MacBook Pro now features a seven hour built-in battery, an SD card slot, an improved LED-backlit display with 60 percent greater color gamut and 4GB of RAM across the line at an entry price $300 less than before. It's available in three models: a 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system with a 250GB hard drive and ...

Apple's Snow Leopard Server to offer 64-bit power for $499
AppleInsider — By AppleInsider Staff Published: 01:10 PM EST Apple on Monday outlined plans for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server, a full 64-bit UNIX server operating system based on open standards that is up to twice as fast as its predecessor. It will be priced at $499 with unlimited client licensing when it ships in September 2009. "Snow Leopard Server is our best and fastest server operating system ever, and unlimited client licenses make it an incredible value for any size business," said Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. "With easy to use new features like Podcast Producer 2 and Mobile ...

Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to retail for $29 in September
AppleInsider — By AppleInsider Staff Published: 01:15 PM EST Apple on Monday offered attendees at its annual developer conference an overview of its nearly finalized Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system, which the company said will be available in September as a $29 upgrade for users of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. "We've built on the success of Leopard and created an even better experience for our users from installation to shutdown," said Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. "Apple engineers have made hundreds of improvements so with Snow Leopard your system is going to feel faster, more ...

Apple introduces 13-inch MacBook Pro, cheaper MacBook Airs
AppleInsider — By AppleInsider Staff Published: 01:45 PM EST Apple at its developers conference Monday unveiled plans to transition its 13-inch unibody MacBooks into a more premium offering by announcing plans to rebrand them as 13-inch MacBook Pros alongside more affordable pricing. MacBook Air's were also updated with cheaper pricing. Apple said it will retain the "MacBook" moniker for its white $999 MacBook which ships in a polycarbonate enclosure. The new unibody models include a 2.26GHz model for $1199 and a 2.53GHz model for $1499, down from $1299 and $1599. 13-inch MacBook Pros The new 13-inch MacBook Pro is a significant ...

Apple to release $29 10.6 Snow Leopard Upgrade in September
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... All users who purchased or will purchase a new qualifying Mac between 8 June 2009 and 26 December 2009 will receive a free upgrade package and pay $9.95 for shipping and handling. You must request your up-to-date upgrade within 90 days of your original purchase. ...

Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard to offer more reliable disk ejection
MacDailyNews — Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard to offer more reliable disk ejection Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 01:48 PM EDT One of the lesser known features of Apple's forthcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard will be more reliable ejection of discs and external drives. Sometimes when an application or process is using the files on a drive, Mac OS X prevents you from ejecting it, but you don’t always know why. With Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, you’ll get fewer of those errors and when you do get them, you’ll see exactly which application is using the drive, so you can quit it and eject the drive properly. “We’ve built on the success of Leopard and ...

Problems with the 10.6 "Snow Leopard" up-to-date ordering page.
MacFixIt — Late-Breakers Late-Breakers Tuesday, July 07 2009 @ 01:42 PM PDT Problems with the 10.6 "Snow Leopard" up-to-date ordering page. Apple has offered a upgrade to Snow Leopard for existing Leopard users for $30, and has offered the upgrade to owners of qualifying products (those purchased between June 8 and December 26 of 2009) for around $10. Some people who have recently purchased computers have tried to register their computers with the $10 up-to-date program have been running into problems. Apple discussion poster " coop0129 ...

Snow Leopard officially official: August 28th
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Snow Leopard is now officially coming August 28th, though it had been anticipated for awhile because of webpage slips and tracking information on Amazon shipments.  Apple has now posted a press release (below) and changed its homepage ...slightly.  Buy Snow Leopard here and support 9to5mac. CUPERTINO, California—August 24, 2009—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard™ will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now ...

Snow Leopard to Be Released August 28
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — In what may be an industry first, an operating system is shipping earlier than announced. Apple had previously promised Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for September, but today Apple announced that Snow Leopard will become available on 28-Aug-09. Normally, it's pretty good money to bet on the latter end of a promised ship date range. For those who have been on walkabout in the outback for the last 18 months, Snow Leopard is the next major release of Mac OS X, but one that is focused largely on enhancing performance and stability, and on improving the foundation upon which future applications will be ...