One of the unfortunate downsides to devoting the focus of the next installment of Mac OS X to speed and stability is that it's difficult to show that in a screenshot. How do you leak images of the operating system not SBBoDing.

If Snow Leopard really is going to be all about making things run better, stronger and faster, the Mac rumor sites are going to have to be content with write ups about not-so-visual concepts like multi-touch, slimmer apps, more powerful text processing, auto-activation of fonts and ZFS (Zettabyte File System) support rather than cool screenshots of cool looking apps and their cool interfaces. The write ups might not be as fun to look at, but these improved technologies do represent definite steps forward.

Apple always chides Microsoft for allegedly copying Mac OS X, but what if Redmond decided to copy Cupertino's idea of improving their operating system's speed and stability. Wouldn't that be a kick?