Best OS for 17" macbook pro

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I have a macbook pro 2.33 ghz dual core w/ 3gig of ram.

Am adding a SSD to run faster and hopefully cooler.

Which OS would be better for school use / battery life, running parallels / Win 7: Snow Leopard, or Mountain Lion?

TIA
 
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For battery life and compatibility with older software that requires Rosetta, stick with Snow Leopard. I'm running Mountain Lion but it's on an iMac and I have no PPC coded apps that need Rosetta. I'm personally not that impressed with Mountain Lion, however, that's just my opinion. Others seem to like it.
 
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Thanks, those were my thoughts, but wanted to check rather than go backwards later.

I have new mac running Mountain Lion and share your opinion. A few changes seem to be for form rather than function.

Snow Leopard it is!
 

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