Now, I know £25 is a bargain but can I quickly gripe about the pricing! This actually goes for all gadgets and software; why is a $29 priced at £25 in the UK when, at the current exchange rate it should be £17? I didn't pay for my Snow Leopard update out of my own pocket so it makes little difference to me but it really bugs me that the UK gets stung when it comes to pricing of, pretty much every gadget. It also bugs me that I couldn't buy a family pack for the machines at work because it's not available through the education store. It would cost £125 to upgrade the 5 machines I was intending to upgrade instead of £39 for the family pack. Anyway, I'll be honest, I didn't check how much space I had on my HD before I upgraded so I'm not 100% sure if I got 7Gb (or more as others have quoted). I can confirm, however, that on my iMac (iMac5,1 for the ultra-nerd) the OS is running much faster than Leopard. When I upgraded to Leopard I noticed a marked reduction in boot speed which has increased, at least to the speed I got from Tiger. Not exactly thrilling but, given the age of my iMac, I'm pleased to be running at full speed! One of the major complaints from those upgrading to Snow Leopard is the incompatibility of a number of applications. For those planning to update, check out this wiki which contains compatibilities for thousands of applications. The only problem I've had so far is with CyberDuck but an update is currently in beta. To be honest, unless your the app is really old, it shouldn't be long before an update is available - most developers got the release candidate of Snow Leopard some time ago. I like the new services features which means I'm actually using them with applescripts I'd written in Leopard, I like the additional features in exposé and stacks which makes them function as they should have in the first place. And for me, that's it. It seems to me that Snow Leopard is like Windows 7 - an update that should never have to be. The stuff going on under the hood (which I don't really understand - I'm not a developer) is what Snow Leopard is all about - Snow Leopard is really Leopard re-written without the need to cater for PowerPC users.
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