Slick. Speedy. Sexy. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. You could easily replace the word “snow” in “Snow Leopard” with any other “s” adjective and still describe it accurately. Snow Leopard, by Apple’s own admission, is “The worlds most advanced operating system [Leopard]. Finely tuned.” It is, however, a truly unique experience for Mac users. And for 29 bucks, it can not be denied that this is easily the best OS upgrade the Mac has ever seen.

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.5.2 into Software Update. As of this writing, the website has not been updated with a download. The update is only 180 MB, about half the size of developer builds. Here are some of the most important features, from the release notes, linked at the bottom of the article.

As we’ve already seen, 10.5.2 has fixed some things that many users complained of, most notably in the dock. You can now completely turn off Stacks, or show Stacks in a list view, among other things. Unfortunately, the ability to change from 2D to 3D anywhere, of which a screenshot was forged, is not an more »

EDIT: MacRumors forum posts appear to contradict this. nonetheless, it is something they should add, and hopefully will, in 10.5.2. In addition to the new stacks abilities in Mac OS X Update 10.5.2, Apple is now making it easier for the end user to choose what type of dock he would like. As seen in more »

It looks like Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 might include a little more than just some simple bug fixes. Some of the complaints with Leopard have actually been addressed by the Leopard Development Team. Apple has heard our prayers. According to a “source”, who has access to the latest 10.5.2 seed that was seeded to more »