Obscure but nice Snow Leopard goody: Mac gamma moves to 2.2
In recent years, television, video, and web standards have all settled on a default gamma of 2.2. In Mac OS X v10.6, the Macintosh moves to this common standard
Probably a good thing.
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David Pogue writes the best overview of Snow Leopard I've read
This year, though, Apple and Microsoft both realized that the pile-on-features model is unsustainable. Both are releasing new versions of their operating systems that are unapologetically billed as cleaned-up, slimmed-down versions of what came before.
Microsoft’s, called Windows 7, comes out in October. Apple’s, called Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, arrives on Friday, a month earlier than announced. (Apple to Microsoft: “Surprise!”)
Apple’s release strategy is highly unorthodox: “Leopard, a k a Mac OS X 10.5, was already a great OS-virus-free, nag-free and not copy-protected. So instead of adding features for their own sake, let’s just make what we’ve got smaller, faster and more refined.”
via nytimes.com
Pogue's review includes some hints and tidbits about features in Snow Leopard that don't make Apple's official publicilty.
It's a fair review, noting the glitches too.
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