If you happen to be a Mac user that’s suffering from the organizational condition known as “cluttered desktop” then boy, is this the app for you. If you happen to be a Mac user that has an insatiable lust for eye-candy, then boy, is this the app for you.
I’ve seen this before on Windows, and on the Mac it’s just as mind-blowing. BumpTop is the desktop reinvented, so they say; in a nutshell, BumpTop transforms your desktop to make it more like an actual desktop, 3D et al. Aside from the “floor”, which would be the traditional “desktop” portion of BumpTop, there are four additional walls. Icons can be tossed around like real objects, pinned onto the walls, or even stacked on one another. Icons can be piled according to type, and you can enlarge (or shrink) icons based on their relative importance. BumpTop isn’t just eye-candy: it serves purpose in both uncluttering your desktop and increasing your productivity. Watch the screencast below to get the gist of what I’m talking about. Read the rest of this entry »
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The reviews have been trickling in, most of them quite positive. There’s one thing that pretty much everyone agrees on: Snow Leopard’s price point makes it an easy, obvious upgrade. Read what they have to say about Snow Leopard below:
- Ars Technica – John Siracusa “This time around, Apple goes light on the glitz in favor of some heavy work under the hood.”
- Associated Press – Peter Svensson “Snow Leopard will likely be a no-brainer upgrade, given the low price”
- Chicago Sun Times – Andy Ihnatko “A speedy no-brainer upgrade”
- CNET – Jason Parker “With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the $29 upgrade fee”
- Computerworld – Michael DeAgonia “Apple’s Snow Leopard opens door to a fab future”
- Engadget – Joshua Topolski “If you’re a Leopard user you have virtually no reason to skip over 10.6“
- Gizmodo - Brian Lam “Lightened and enlightened”
- InfoWorld – Tom Yager “Perfection, refined”
- MacFixIt – Topher Kessler “As far as my recommendation goes, I’d say go for it and install the new OS”
- Macworld – Jason Snell “Mac OS X 10.6 upgrade adds Exchange support and a host of tweaks”
- New York Times – David Pogue “Apple’s sleek upgrade”
- PC World – Randall C. Kennedy “Snow Leopard is a pale imitation of Windows 7″
- SlashGear – Vincent Nguyen “At $29 it’s frankly a no-brain decision for OS X Leopard users”
- The Apple Blog – Darrell Etherington “a nice collection of system refinements and improvements”
- USA Today – Edward C. Baig “Many of Snow Leopard’s refinements are subtle”
- Wall Street Journal – Walt Mossberg “Apple changes Leopard’s spots”
- Wired – Brian X. Chen “the $30 price is more than fair for the number of performance improvements Snow Leopard delivers”
Did I miss any? If you want your review on this list, leave a comment with the web address and I’ll add it as quickly as I can.
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