Leopard
I received my copy of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) today. FedEx had it delivered by 10:00am and it was installed by 11:30. I haven’t had time to play with it too much, but I’m liking what I see thus far. I believe 2008 will be another good year for Apple.
[update Oct 28]
I’ve been using Leopard for a few days now and can report some of the features I really like. First off, I’m a big fan of stacks on the Dock. I can now instantly find applications or recently downloaded files. Nice.
Another big hit is the web clips for Dashboard. Any public website (sites requiring user login don’t seem to work) can be instantly parsed as a widget using Safari and Dashboard. Thank you, Apple!The new Finder features are hit-or-miss. Coverflow is a miss. Quick look is a hit. All in all, I like the new look & feel of the Finder and feel that the pluses outweigh the minuses.
And finally, to answer Dillon’s comment, I have indeed enabled my flux capacitor and pushed the iMac up past 88 mph so I can use Time Machine, the new backup software. I hate the interface, but it works as promised. I’m now patiently waiting for a hack to ditch the lame starfield theme. (And yes, I’m still using Mozy)
Filed under technology : Comments (2) : Oct 28th, 2007 by tadfad
October 28th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Tad, have you gotten your mac up to 88 mph in order to activate the flux capacitor and use the time machine yet? The wild west sounds like it was fun.
October 30th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
I’ve heard nothing but absolutely awesome reviews. Especially compared to Vista. OSX seems to be a total winner. 2 million copies sold in the first weekend, sick!