Sales of the new Apple Mac operating system Snow Leopard have outpaced previous iterations of the software, according to new figures.
Market research firm NPD reported that during the first two weeks of release it sold twice as many copies as the original version and four times as many as 2005’s Tiger software.
Stephen Baker, vice president of NPD, said: “Even though some considered Snow Leopard to be less feature-focused than the releases of Leopard or Tiger, the ease of upgrading to Snow Leopard and the affordable pricing made it a win-win for Apple computer owners.”
According to the firm, Snow Leopard’s sales momentum also extended beyond the initial first week burst, only seeing a 25 per cent decline in sales from week one to week two.
This compared to both Leopard and Tiger, where second week sales dropped more than 60 per cent from their first week on the market.
Apple claims that the new Snow Leopard Mac software is “better, faster and easier” to use, with refinements rather than reinventions being made on the previous version. 