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Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) 9A559

I disagree with the .0 accounts - I've used Jaguar .0, Panther .0, and Tiger .0 with no major issues at all. I've never seen a reason to not upgrade to the newest once it comes out besides some application compatibility issues such as OnyX. I have no doubt in my mind that Leopard .0 will continue the tradition of being fine off the bat. Your mileage may vary.
 
Blue Velvet said:
I also see no compelling reason to upgrade and am not impressed by what I've seen so far. The whole thing looks extremely tacky — aimed at teenybopper switchers, in my view — and the feature list is underwhelming.

As per usual, I will read what everyone has to say here upon release and make my mind up in a few months time. And it's not going near the work Macs until I've tested it out at home first.
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Not the marketing features make the upgrade worth it IMHO. What I hear is that it is really fast and the many many new feature (300+) that in total make it a new and better experience.
 
CmdrLaForge said:
Not the marketing features make the upgrade worth it IMHO. What I hear is that it is really fast and the many many new feature (300+) that in total make it a new and better experience.
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Possibly. What I have to weigh up is between the new stuff and the chance of critical third party apps not working... we couldn't move to Tiger for quite a while until Retrospect was updated. None of the Apple apps have any bearing on this at all.

But what I'll do is buy one copy straight away for evaluation and testing purposes... doesn't mean I have to like the way it looks.

Anyway, as I've said before, I know exactly what it is like around here on OS release day... and when the hubbub and wailing is dying down, I'll pick through the ashes to read the interesting posts so that I know what to look for when I set up my test Mac.

This may come as a surprise to some, but it's not necessary to love and praise everything that Apple does around here. ;)
 
Hopefully that music in the intro video is a placeholder because if not they should just go back to the last music because this just doesn't fit in with the fast moving opening sequence at all. That iMac commercial has the iMac moving by slowing so the music fits with that but not with the fast moving flying through space.
 
You wouldn't want to put it on a production machine immediately due to the fact that professional applications, such as CS3, haven't been confirmed to be fully compatible with Leopard as of yet.
 
Peace said:
Why ?
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I'll tell you why. Because third-party apps have got a proven habit of breaking on OS releases... that's why. If I can't run our RIP, then it's not going near that machine. If it breaks our database on our server, then it's no help at all; stacks or no stacks, fancy dock or not.
 
Blue Velvet said:
I'll tell you why. Because third-party apps have got a proven habit of breaking on OS releases... that's why. If I can't run our RIP, then it's not going near that machine. If it breaks our database on our server, then it's no help at all; stacks or no stacks, fancy dock or not.
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I understand that BV.Might I suggest getting an ADC membership since you seem to be running a network type environment with multiple computers.This way yo would have ample time to test those apps.Plus i'm sure the makers of the apps are working on compatibility.

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I might add even Windows has problems with various apps when a significant update comes out. e.g. Vista

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Peace said:
I understand that BV.Might I suggest getting an ADC membership since you seem to be running a network type environment with multiple computers.This way yo would have ample time to test those apps.Plus i'm sure the makers of the apps are working on compatibility.
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You're probably right but my work's not going to pay for that. And neither am I. We moved to Tiger at 10.4.4 after the dust had settled down; I found the reports over at MacinTouch very useful during that time. I'll buy it on release and will put it on a G4 QS that's not doing much at the mo.
 
Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard by Apple (DVD-ROM - Oct 31, 2007) (Mac OS X, Mac OS X Intel)


im sure its not true because it was amazon but thats what it says
 
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widgets

So can (or will) anyone say if the whole OS has the iTunes/iPhoto style widgets now? I have to admit I will be disappointed if the OS ships with mixed-style scroll bars and widgets.
 
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