Though the reviews of Snow Leopard have been generally positive, it has been the “seriously guys, it’s 30 bucks, don’t be cheap” type of positive, rather than the “OMG BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD” type of positive. The main complaints have been stability and compatibility, because it seems as if Apple killed off a lot of older software with new fangled technology, especially with plugins and 64-bit.
However, some of those problems may be going away. MacNN reports that Apple has begun a closed test of the 10.6.1 update, seeding it to select developers.
What should we expect from the next update? We won’t know for sure until people who have used it leak info, but expect improved compatibility for the big name applications, like the Adobe Creative Suite and Quicken. Don’t expect anything new by ways of features, unless you consider less crashing a feature (though that seems like a marketing pitch Microsoft would use for Windows, so maybe not).
This won’t be out for a while, until it has been extensively tested, so don’t click on Software Update TOO obsessively.
