Yesterday , Steve Jobs announced that the new Apple operating system is going to be called " Snow Leopard . “ As a Mac stalwart , I was struck by the name ’s vulnerability . There ’s no dubiety that blow leopards are gorgeous creatures , but the cats carry a lot of baggage . If the Mac brand had postulate veteran political strategist and whirl - master Karl Rove to vet the puppet a little more , I ’m certain these are a few of the facts he would have indicate out :
1 ) Snow Leopards are n’t leopards . If the new operating system was supposed to be the organic evolution of Mac ’s Leopard , then they got this wrongfulness . In trueness , snow Panthera pardus are much more nearly pertain to cheetahs . The debile C leopard / leopard connexion could get problems if brought up in Microsoft attack ads .
2 ) They ca n’t ululate . While snow leopard are mortal creatures that can jump 50 feet in one pounce ( seriously , 50 metrical foot ! ) , their inability to verbalize up shows why they never would have landed the opening skeletal frame gig in MGM motion-picture show . Like their relative the cheetah , their communicating is throttle to snarling sound .
3 ) They ’re the symbolization of the Girl Scout Association of Kyrgyzstan . The Girl Scouts are n’t the only group snow leopard are associate with . The creatures have a long history of posing for iris and patches . They ’ve also been used on emblem for the Tatars , the Kazakhs , and they even appear on an old stamp given to Soviet mountain climber who had climbed the USSR ’s high visor . The affiliation with cookies and piddling girls , however , is arguably the unassailable ( and possibly the coolest ) .
4 ) They veil behind their tails . When snow leopards curl up and take protection , they often apply their shaggy-coated tails to protect their faces and most vulnerable areas from the coldness .
That said , I ’m certain Mr. Jobs ' people know exactly what they ’re doing , and that Apple ’s new OS will do mulct . In fact , the creatures are somewhat darn cunning , and just typing the words snow leopard over and over go away me hankering for an upgrade .
