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The definitive Snow Leopard review: John Siracusa at Ars Technica

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ars has posted an in depth review with a lot of the under the hood internals about SL.

Good read so far, you guys may enjoy it as well
 
When I first read that article last night, I thought that the 23 pages at the bottom was an error. Not. At. All.
 
By far the best review of Apple's OS (and probably any OS) is John's review. Half the reason I look forward to new major OS X releases are his reviews. I think it's the only one that keeps me interested, and constantly tells things I don't know, and that is very refreshing in a world where every other review says mostly the same.
 
I would love to know how much research went into writing that article. No one knows all of THAT off the top of their head.
 
Roger Strummer said:
By far the best review of Apple's OS (and probably any OS) is John's review.
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Calling them "reviews" is almost a travesty when they get compared to the "should I buy this?" reviews from computer magazines and websites. These things are like white papers! :eek:

Very impressive. I just read the first eight pages or so, so far. The discussion of QTX was very illuminating as I had not been following this aspect of SL much. I think, considering how technical his coverage is, he actually makes it fairly interesting to read.
 
John Siracusa KNOWS OS X. He's ridiculously well-informed. And most of the time he calls them as he sees them. If there's a problem, Siracusa will tell you.
 
Skipped some bits but a really good review, imagine how many pages he can write about let's say OS 11, probably 100 pages :D
 
adamk77 said:
read through the entire 23 pages
worthy read
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We're not worthy!

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The best thing about this review (and the Ars Technica Leopard review before it) is they delve into the core OS advantages and changes over previous incarnations.

This review actually details the changes Apple made unlike all the others I've read why say "it's faster", "it's smoother", "it now includes lots of 64 bit apps" and all the basic stuff but doesn't tell you WHY its faster or smoother etc.

It also explains in good details GCD and OpenCL and why Apple took the path they did. Very enlightening.
 
fishmoose said:
Skipped some bits but a really good review, imagine how many pages he can write about let's say OS 11, probably 100 pages :D
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Actually reading through all of John's reviews of the different version of OS X (including de developer previews and quartz release and stuff) is like reading an excellent book about the technology and the history behind it. Really worth reading for anyone that is interested in the more technical stuff of operative systems and computers in general.

Siracusa's reviews and Jon Stokes's articles (specially older ones) are what separate Ars from most other technology sites.
 
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