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Leopard - As of today - April 27, 2008
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Aloha everyone,
This is a good topic for discussion. I use Tiger and Leopard on a semi-daily basis - I don't get on my PowerMac every day. When I do use it, there are things that sometimes take me a couple of minutes to recognize. The System Preferences icon on the dock, for example, is the old white Apple/light switch, not like the icon in Leopard and on the iPhone.
I also don't have Spaces and Quicklook, two apps I always use daily on my iMac and MacBook Pro. Still, its better than the Redmond alternative, and every day I use my Macs makes me evermore thankful that I switched over in August 2006
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This is a good topic for discussion. I use Tiger and Leopard on a semi-daily basis - I don't get on my PowerMac every day. When I do use it, there are things that sometimes take me a couple of minutes to recognize. The System Preferences icon on the dock, for example, is the old white Apple/light switch, not like the icon in Leopard and on the iPhone.
I also don't have Spaces and Quicklook, two apps I always use daily on my iMac and MacBook Pro. Still, its better than the Redmond alternative, and every day I use my Macs makes me evermore thankful that I switched over in August 2006
HawaiiMacAddict
I would imagine you would have Tiger discs with those G3/G4's you have. All in all, I don't think there's much increase in eye candy over Tiger.
I think Leopard was good at release and I find the current state to be pretty darn good.
Under that logic, Apple would not be accountable for anything they promise because they always make that disclaimer. By the way, Apple threw out more than just the above listed feature.Actually, Apple didn't promise the features that are missing (Like being able to create a stack out of a selection of files). It said clearly on the Apple website that "All subject liable to change". That's not promising us features
Wrong. It's happened before. I guess you weren't a Mac user in the 90s.They're hardly going to get worse
In response to Cromulent, regarding Leo being the fastest to be accepted of all the previous Mac OS upgrades, I'd like to see that statistic in percentage of users upgrading from a previous OS, not total number of upgrades from a previous OS, and not including new sales of the OS. There are many users that can't even run Leo due to older hardware (just like with Vista). Also, many users (myself included) make it a point to always wait several months before upgrading OS. Finally, many users have no need for Leo when Tiger runs all the applications they use. I'd venture to guess many MR users reading this post are doing it with Panther.
You can defend Apple because you are satisfied based on your standards of quality. But all Mac users don't have the same standards of quality as you do. To each their own.
Exactly
That's why it's there
And I know they did
But that's the only one I really remember not being in Leopard.Well, being only 8 years old when OS X came out, I, too, guess I wasn't
Well, being only 8 years old when OS X came out, I, too, guess I wasn't
Nothing wrong with you being young.
Bought Leopard for $80.
There is not much that makes me say "WOW!" but there are many new smaller features that I find are worth the upgrade.
There is not much that makes me say "WOW!" but there are many new smaller features that I find are worth the upgrade.
Inside either your ~/Library or /Library folder there's a Mail folder that contains the .mbox's. Those should contain your Mail contents. I've done it a few times while installing Tiger over again. I doubt it's any different with Leopard.
You can import these mbox's into Mail's Leopard by choosing File->Import Mailboxes. I think you have to select the folder for the account in which the .mbox's lie.
Just take the Mail folder and copy it to an USB stick or zip it and upload it to MediaFire or similar so that you can retrieve it again.
I hope this makes sense.
Me either. In fact, 10.5.0 was good for me, too. It had some rough edges, but all-in-all, it was fine.
Well, I remember when Leopard came out... everybody was waiting for the famous update so it could fix a lot of issues. Now they are talking about another big update that will fix other things pending...
I know what you're asking. You have to remember there are two types of users for OSX. There's the user that doesn't really mind if there are occasional bugs, beach balls, and crashes. Then there's the user that needs a very stable platform that will not crash, not freeze...something that's tried and true.
So, that's why you have received two opinions here (and probably elsewhere) about Leopard.
Well... I hate the new iCal. I think it is a step-backwards...
Other than that, if you are running a 64-bit processor, I think you'll notice a big speed improvement... Maybe it's just because I started with a fresh install and was comparing to my install that was older, but it felt like Leopard was significantly faster than Tiger on my MBP...
I'm satisfied. But like the above poster said, some may not be for those reasons. I get the Safari crashes and stuff everyone once in a while, but I'm pretty stable overall.
Other than that, if you are running a 64-bit processor, I think you'll notice a big speed improvement... Maybe it's just because I started with a fresh install and was comparing to my install that was older, but it felt like Leopard was significantly faster than Tiger on my MBP...
I'm satisfied. But like the above poster said, some may not be for those reasons. I get the Safari crashes and stuff everyone once in a while, but I'm pretty stable overall.
Now that I know that Nikon Capture NX fix the problem with Leopard I was thinking on going back to Leopard but I keep asking myself one thing. Why should I go to Leopard if my computer is working fine with Tiger... Hummmmm!!!!!... Why?
Aloha again everyone,
I forgot to add the most important thing about Leopard, at least for me. I was one of the "early adopters" of the iPhone, and while I was not one of the whiners who complained about the $200 price drop (actually I still feel that Apple didn't owe me anything), I took their $100 credit. It was applied towards Leopard which, combined with my military discount, seriously lowered the purchase price Sometimes, the stars just align perfectly, or something like that.
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I forgot to add the most important thing about Leopard, at least for me. I was one of the "early adopters" of the iPhone, and while I was not one of the whiners who complained about the $200 price drop (actually I still feel that Apple didn't owe me anything), I took their $100 credit. It was applied towards Leopard which, combined with my military discount, seriously lowered the purchase price
Sometimes, the stars just align perfectly, or something like that.HawaiiMacAddict
Three types of users. There are those of us who never experienced instability with Leopard and have used it well from the beginning, and loved it. As an example, I've never experienced a single crash with Safari.
Personally, I can't say the Leopard is any buggier than Tiger was at the 10.4.2 stage. Certainly not buggy enough to want to go back.
Considering I'll toss the Retail Tiger DVD into the box for the G4 I'm Craigslisting in the next week, I'm committing myself permanently.
Considering I'll toss the Retail Tiger DVD into the box for the G4 I'm Craigslisting in the next week, I'm committing myself permanently.
Good for you! You are obviously a part of a very small group. I'm sure we can think up 3 or 4 other types of users too, each with a small percentage of people. The 2 groups I described are the vast majority. Cheers.