Snow Leopard set for release on Friday

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By Jennifer Scott
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Following speculation last week, Apple has confirmed that its new Mac OS will be released on 28 August.

Snow leopard

Apple has confirmed it will be launching its latest operating system this Friday.

Snow Leopard, otherwise known as the Mac OS X v10.6, was rumoured to be released on 28 August after it appeared briefly on Apple's website but the company refused to confirm it.

Now Apple has released a statement saying this is definitely the date for the eagerly anticipated OS.

It will be available as an upgrade from the Leopard OS for $29 (17.59) with pre-orders being taken from today.

Read IT PRO's Need to Know cheat sheet on Snow Leopard here.

Jennifer Scott
Jennifer Scott

Jennifer Scott is a former freelance journalist and currently political reporter for Sky News. She has a varied writing history, having started her career at Dennis Publishing, working in various roles across its business technology titles, including ITPro. Jennifer has specialised in a number of areas over the years and has produced a wealth of content for ITPro, focusing largely on data storage, networking, cloud computing, and telecommunications.

Most recently Jennifer has turned her skills to the political sphere and broadcast journalism, where she has worked for the BBC as a political reporter, before moving to Sky News.