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The development cycles for the next installments of both Apple and Microsoft's newest operating systems are starting to wind down. Apple is set to release version 10.6—or Snow Leopard—this fall for $29 and Microsoft is only weeks away from releasing the final version of their landmark operating system, Windows 7, to manufacturers (prices will range from $119 to 319). At Ars we've been covering both of these new OSs for months, and in some cases years, and the news about the final revisions of both are starting to trickle out. Here's our picks for required reading on each of the new operating systems:
Apple OS 10.6 “Snow Leopard” Microsoft Windows 7 Where's the iPod? Bricks in boxes are more common than you might think!
Rocks in iPod boxes. Bricks in MacBook boxes. Hell, we've even seen meat in iPod boxes. We hear the stories every few months about some poor sap who thinks he's buying a new gadget from the store, only to discover a next-gen set of cement chips once he gets home and peels the plastic off. But how (and why) does this kind of thing happen? We spoke to three former retail employees to find out. The thing we learned right off the bat is that this phenomenon has been going on for many, many years, though it received more coverage lately because of the blogosphere's popularity explosion. Read the rest of this article.
Top stories: Jul 9 - 16, 2009
 Gear & Gadgets
Bricks in iPod boxes: the retail employee perspective
by Jacqui Cheng
The tech world is full of mysteries. We try to answer one of the least pressing: why do rocks, bricks, and even meat end up in product boxes on a semiregular basis? Read More
|  One Microsoft Way
Inside Gazelle, Microsoft Research's "browser OS"
by Ryan Paul
Microsoft has published a research paper on Gazelle, an experimental "multi-principal OS" for the Web. But it's not actually an operating system; it's really a browser prototype that runs on Windows, and it just might be the future of browsing. Ars takes a close look at the technology behind Gazelle to show you how it compares to Chrome and Internet Explorer. Read More
|  One Microsoft Way
First screenshots of Windows 7 build 7600 leak
by Emil Protalinski
Windows 7 build 7600 and Windows Server 2008 R2 build 7600 screenshots have started to appear and the build is reportedly in the wild. Read More
|  Opposable Thumbs
Battlefield 1943: war gets cheap, quick, easy
by Ben Kuchera
Battlefield 1943 gets you into the action quickly and easily, although the thrills to be found inside may not be as long-lasting as we've come to the expect from the franchise. Plus, a console launch? Ars explores the new face of battle. Read More
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