Snow Leopard expectations: Potentially worth the upgrade?

We've heard lots of people chime in with reviews of Snow Leopard, and for the most part reviewers are encouraging the $29 upgrade... but why? What's the motivator? We talk to Michael Gartenberg from Interpret and Rory Reid from CNET UK about the new OS.

Michael tends to think the upgrade is worth it. He's been using the OS for a few weeks, and says it's noticeably faster and a "no-brainer upgrade," not to mention the business shenanigans that Apple pulled against Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7, beating it to market by nearly two months.

Rory, on the other hand, isn't so convinced. Sure, it might be faster, but is it really worth spending the cash? He's not so sure... especially when there's not a dead ringer reason to do so. Sounds to us, anyway, like Rory's more inclined to take advantage of all the 64-bit advantages once his computer can do the same, which unless users have 4GB of ram or greater, the benefits aren't as stark as they will be.

What's your take? Are you going to take the plunge when the operating system hits the streets tomorrow? Are you going to upgrade to Windows 7? Sound off in the comments. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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[K2ACP]

Windows 7 is a good OS, but even Leopard easily beats it in almost all aspects

[Quoccy]

well said

[kelokush123]

i agree tht vista users should have got windows 7 should of been free to those people tht bought vista ans dam snow leapord is nice i feel a differnce and i feel tht im getting the most out of my imac and my processorrs are really being use now leapord if a must have if you have a mac and if you have a windows base computer then get windows 7 pc stand for personal computer so macs are pc

[ibpointless2]

Windows 7 is what Vista should have been. Leopard was great and Snow leopard is the cherry on top.