For the last 20 years, the Mac has managed to sit on the sidelines of the business world, watching Windows and yes, even Linux attain better penetration among small, medium, and large businesses. And while we all know folks who like to pretend they prefer it that way, Apple appears to have made some strides in Snow Leopard, the latest update to Mac OS X, to support the needs of business users.
In fact, PC World recently listed 10 reasons why Snow Leopard appears to be ready for business. Here’s the skinny:
1. Exchange support. Snow Leopard even more enterprise-ready even than Windows 7? You could make that argument: It now has native support for connecting with Microsoft Exchange.
2. Annotations in Preview. Good news — you can now mark up PDF files using, including comments, links, highlighting, and more.
3. Restore deleted items to original locations. At long last, OX X mimics Windows by restoring undeleted files back to their original location.
4. Nearby printers. OS X now displays printers that are nearby, so you can configure and print to the best printer for your job.
5. Cisco VPN support. Snow Leopard has built-in support for Cisco VPN. That means that Snow Leopard users can connect securely with corporate networks without any additional software.
Check out the PC World article for all ten.
