Snow Leopard 10A411 Seeded To Devs, Brings Minor Cosmetic Updates
Like the last few Snow Leopard builds released unto the world, 10A411 is billed as an under-the-hood enhancement; basically it is. But there are few noticeable upgrades scattered around, if you look reaaaall close.
Macrumors forums users, the dev-build-having, detail-discerning lot that they are, found a modest bounty. Quicktime X, seen below, gets a slightly overhauled interface, while the new, blackened contextual dock menus feature a slightly different font (above). Helpfully for Spaces users, Dock Expose now displays windows from all workspaces. On top of that, there’s a new Safari build, though nobody seems to be able to find any differences from the last. 
Nothing huge, but it’s confirmation that Apple isn’t done tweaking Snow Leopard’s UI quite yet. Now, to you: Any upgraders seeing, feeling, or otherwise noticing anything new? [Macrumors]
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@ Ryan Robinson:
Glorified service pack, seriously, before you criticise the company’s business practices, how about you make an effort to know something about what you’re talking about.
Mac service packs are called ‘updates’, in addition, they are spanned out in smaller and larger quantities than most Windows SP’s I know (or Microsoft SP teams are just slow, idk).
So far this year I’ve received 7 service packs so far, and know how much they cost? $0
Snow Leopard, on the other hand, is like the jump from Windows 95 – 98. They look moderately alike, but a lot is being changed. Effectively, they’ve gutted Leopard and added in more efficient internals. The speed increase will allow people to be more satisfied with their existing machine for longer, space increase means less money spent on removable media, native OpenCL means software can tap into the GPU’s power, heck the list goes on. Already that’s heaps of value, stack on that what someone said about QuickTime X and you’ve got a nice deal.
The reason there is so much hype for something that doesn’t LOOK different is because many of us have been following this since the get-go and know well enough what we can expect to get. We’re not dumb consumers, we want to know whether its worth our pounds/dollars or not.