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Apple's next-generation operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, is due for release Friday.
The company on Monday issued a press release detailing the operating system's new features and improvements, which include the following:
- A more responsive Finder
- Mail that loads messages up to twice as fast
- Time Machine with an up to 80 percent faster initial backup
- a Dock with Exposé integration
- QuickTime X with a redesigned player that allows users to easily view, record, trim and share video
- a 64-bit version of Safari 4 that is up to 50 percent faster and resistant to crashes caused by plug-ins.
Also, Snow Leopard will free up to 7GB of hard drive space for upgrading Mac users once installed, according to Apple.
Available for pre-order, the Snow Leopard upgrade costs $30 for current Mac OS X Leopard users, $10 for customers who purchased a Mac after June 8, and $170 for those using older versions of Mac OS X (i.e. Tiger, OS X 10.4).
See our previous coverage of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference for more tidbits on Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
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Press Release [Apple]
