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The Apple Mac's OS X is a gorgeous operating system, beloved by its users, but outside the niche world of designers and musicians it is generally not the one used in business. It's an odd situation that puts pressure on system administrators to accommodate Macs into their systems, either from the aforementioned designers, or from eager home Mac users who want to enjoy it at work as well. snow-leopard-screen.jpg Last week Apple released OS X Snow Leopard, also known as OS 10.6. I was at Apple's flagship store in Regent St, London following a press briefing, and watching throngs of people line up to purchase their upgrades left me in no doubt about the Mac's continuing success. Nevertheless, because of its high price and lack of business penetration the Mac remains a minority choice. The figures are slippery, but it may be around 10% of the US market by units, 20% by value (the difference showing how expensive they are), while worldwide it is much smaller.