The Myth and Reality of MAC OS X Snow Leopard [2023]
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The article discusses the author's nostalgia for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, specifically version 10.6.8, and their experience with it, while the discussion highlights the reasons for their fondness and their current computing setup.
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That is correct. It is specifically 10.6.8 I remember as being good. I didn't upgrade again 10.11 (el capitan), and only because some software upgrades I needed wouldn't run on snow leopard.
Now my main home system is linux, though I have a work-issued macbook.