Snow Leopard is not a minor update.

For those who aren't aware, Apple is due to be releasing the next version of Mac OS X in September - version 10.6, aka Snow Leopard.

Many websites seem to be describing Snow Leopard as a "minor update", hence Apple's decision to offer upgrades to existing Leopard users for just $29 rather than the usual $89. The simple truth of the matter is, Snow Leopard is not a minor update. Seriously. Sure, most end-users won't notice a difference, but that doesn't mean it's just a minor update. Plenty has changed under the hood. The coders at Apple have been hacking away converting everything to run 64-bit. There are lots of performance tweaks. Finder has been completely rewritten. Faster Time Machine. OpenCL. Grand Central Dispatch. All fantastic enhancements.

I'd say that all these changes do warrant a major release. Snow Leopard is looking like it's going to be a fantastic release (and hopefully the most stable .0 yet!), so please, all of you who keep insisting that it's "just a minor release", please stop!