Mac OS X 10.6 code named 'Snow Leopard', may be clear cocoa. The next version of Mac OS X is code-named "Snow Leopard" and will surely be Intl-only, it seems. This hottest information is heels of TUAW's original scoop about Mac OS X 10.6 being readied for shipment as early as Macworld 2009 and again being intel-only.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard will be launching on Friday, the 26th October,2008, at 6.00 p.m.

'Snow Leopard' is currently on track and this will not contain major OS changes. Its main focus is on speed and stability. Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the next major version of the world's most advanced operating system. Snow Leopard is optimized for multi-core processors, taps into the vast computing power of GPUs, breakthrough amounts of RAM and features a new, modern platform with Quicktime X. It also includes out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange 2007.

Mac OS X version 10.6 Leopard's retail price of US$129 for a single user license and the Mac OS X Leopard Family Pack is a single-household, five-user license that will be available for a retail price of US$199. Mac OS X Server version 10.6Leopard will be available for a retail price of US$499 for a 10-client edition and US$999 for an unlimited-client edition.

The new Mac OS X Leopard has some pretty cool features

Some of the cool new features are:

* Time Machine - An automated system that regularly backs up everything on the Mac and also takes back in time to restore the system.

* Mail 3 in Leopard creates amazing invitations, travelogues,letters, complete with photos and graphics using new Stationery templates.

* It organizes windows into different groups — work, play, communicate, create— and move between them all with ease. Spaces gives a one-click bird’s eye view of every project.

* Spotlight for Leopard introduces searching across network-mounted folders, for finding what is needed on more than one Mac.

* iChat -- for chatting from virtually everywhere with video backdrops. Create a video alter-ego in iChat using fun effects from Photo Booth, built into Leopard.

* More flexible parental controls in Leopard for placing restrictions on use of the Internet.

* Xcode 3.0 for Leopard displays critical build and debug information online.