10.6.3 update makes Snow Leopard blood-free

Umm seriously? Get with the program guys...this is REALLY OLD NEWS. A **ahem** other site broke this back when Snow Leopard first came out. Only 6 months behind no big deal...

and WHO CARES ANYWAY! It's called marketing to consumers. It doesn't look great if your box has an animal with blood on it's mouth sitting on the shelf of your local Apple store. Marketing 101 here. welcome.

Thanks for the post. I found it interesting. Not sure why there are so many haters out there, but don't sweat it. It was quick, fun, and interesting read.

For the haters: Really? Get a life. Learning the extent to which Apple goes to perfect it's products and image should be an MBA course in and of itself.

I really don't see any blood at all in the first version. It just looks like the same spotted pattern that he has on the rest of his fur, but in a *slightly* more reddish brown color. In any case, I would go along with the theory that they just wanted to make the color more uniform.

Also, people saying this doesn't matter.... well we all know it isn't the most epic story ever told, but if you're a mac / apple fan, and you like news blurbs big and small related to the industry and updates / goings-on, this is kind of a funny little story to read. I enjoyed it. I appreciate basically any amount of work done to let me know things I otherwise have absolutely no time to track down on my own, big or small. It's kind of their job!

They also reshaped the chin. I went ahead and added the original back into my Nature folder and went back and forth between the new and old and one big hunk of the poor cat's ear is missing too! The smudge job on the mouth/teeth is pretty terrible though. Also TUAW is fine, quit yer bitchin.

Big deal! The alleged blood is barely noticeable anyway. Why does someone care enough about this to waste so much time writing about it?

Not to be too picky, but I searched and searched the original for any evidence of "fangs"; I could not find them. I found incisors, which no one I know has ever deemed to be very frightening. I would love to see a SL with fangs, both figuratively and literally.

That does it! I'm going to replace the image with this one:
http://alannahily.deviantart.com/art/Snow-Leopard-Snarl-135322930

Shame they didn't use my snow leopard photos, this one is eating a pigeon for lunch, then he gets a feather stuck on his lips!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/asheng/4414685712/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/asheng/4414686206/

Ashley

Old news. Really. Gizmodo reported on it in August 2009.

http://gizmodo.com/5344970/original-snow-leopard-was-too-blood-thirsty-for-mac-os-x-box

The teeth are blurred, just as you point out. It's not new to 10.6.3.

I bet the 10.6.3 update package doesn't even contain the image.