By Wren Culp
Staff Writer
In our technology based world, students must manage and organize in both real life and virtually. With the release of Apple’s new operating system “Snow Leopard”, student’s lives are being made easier.
In school students are usually required to carry binders, notebook paper, pencils and other gadgets teachers call for. Frankly, keeping up with all those in an organized manner seems pretty difficult.
On August 28th the new multi-platformed operating system dropped into the eager hands of customers. Apple’s Snow Leopard has been re-amped and re-designed, but for the most part, minor tweaks were what mattered. It is top-notch in helping students stay organized. It has programs to keep dates scheduled, organize contacts in a more efficient way and make the day a little less stressful.
“With Snow Leopard, in my position, a very improved user interface, a continued integration between applications, speed and efficiency,” sophomore at Texas A&M Michael Sobolik said. “I am honestly expecting to be amazed by it.”
The Operating system is getting a cutting-edge look to it. It has different features that make the desktop more organized.
“It has not changed what I do mostly, just how I stay organized and how fast I can do it,” sophomore at New Tech High School Ryan Whittle said
Apple has always made what seem to be big and progressive changes to anything they have previously released. This release is no different.
“I’m hoping for different designs and faster processors,”sophomore at Cambridge School of Dallas Mikaela Biavati said.
Some expected changes are speed of turning on and shutting down, higher-resolution “iChat”, Apple’s video conferencing tool and a smaller eco-footprint.
This has been the first hint out of Apple since the release of the “iPhone 3G S”, back in June at their annual World Wide Developers Conference. There is also an event in San Francisco on September 9th entitled “Let’s Rock!”
Many expected the conference to be the unveiling of iPods with cameras, new iPods in general, or the addition of “The Beatles” music to iTunes. Only the iPods were released on that day. It has not previously been on there because of agreement issues between Apple and the record company who recorded the band.
With the lives of students being changed every day by technology, Snow Leopard should have no problem staying ahead of the game.
