Snow Leopard installation interface reveal

Mac Rumors reported the packaging of the new Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard a while ago; for those who want to take a look, you can view it at Mac Rumors.

As today, I will confirm this is true that because Apple released Snow Leopard’s 10A432 developer version and it was said to be the GM (Golden Master) version of Snow Leopard. When I mount up this “snowleopard_10a432_userdvd.dmg”, the first thing I found was the little cat sitting in the installation icon.

Snow Leopard Installation Interface

Snow Leopard Installation Interface

Don't have the option to do "Upgrade" nor "New Install"

Now, let’s compare it with the current Mac OS X installation interface:

Leopard Installation

Agree it or not, I found the design is not appealing at all, to a point that I am disappointed. To me, this is a drop in artistic level; I can’t help to ask, is Apple running out of resource or product designer?

Of course, the design of the packaging won’t stop me from purchasing a copy from Apple especially the new Snow Leopard has so many increased features that I would like to use on my Macbook.

It’s my experience and also the truth that Apple would like to keep EVERYTHING in a box before they decide the open the box. So there still a possibility that this is not the final design of Snow Leopard. Hope for the best.

[UPDATE] Now we all know this is real.