The source also points out that Apple is likely not focusing on consumer-based features in Snow Leopard, but rather on speed and stability. After all, what's a keynote address aimed at launching Snow Leopard with everyone being aware of the OS' underpinnings? While not all of these findings are mind-blowing, Apple is expected to unveil a few surprises with the actual introduction of the new OS version. almost all applications are 64-bit now with the exception of iTunes. read and write support for ZFS and NTFS filesystems is not available there's still no option to install to ZFS there is no longer a MobileMe screen in the welcome wizard upon first boot The site throws these in as “more interesting bits of information:” Seemingly, the space reductions are coming from somewhere else, says the source. PPC support still on - “the applications (drastically reduced in size) still support the legacy PowerPC processor, as well as multiple languages,” according to the tester. This will save a significant amount of disk space,” the source says.
Rosetta is now optional - “In the Mac OS X installer, you are given the option to leave it out of your install.
The folks at Neowin have posted new Snow Leopard tidbits “hot on the Tails of World of Apple's screenshots of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard,” citing an anonymous source (probably a developer) that was able to confirm the new findings.
Some, however, decided to dig a little deeper in the latest Snow Leopard build, to reveal more hidden stuff. Following yesterday's Snow Leopard screenshot tour (so to speak), Mac-focused sites picked up on World of Apple's findings, discussing them with their visitors.