Question for Mac users
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I'm likely to wait a couple months. I've been thus far very happy with OSX "Tiger" and "Panther". very nice stable operating system.
There are a number of features in Leopard that look very appealing such as the "time machine" backup feature which essentially is a versioning system.
Having worked with Leopard Server beta test versions, I must say I'm really very impressed! [ical server anyone?]
There are a number of features in Leopard that look very appealing such as the "time machine" backup feature which essentially is a versioning system.
Having worked with Leopard Server beta test versions, I must say I'm really very impressed! [ical server anyone?]
There will be a number of quick bug fixes and vulnerability fixes. I am going to wait until January to update.
10.4 is stable, and I am not in a rush to upgrade and be someone's test bed.
10.4 is stable, and I am not in a rush to upgrade and be someone's test bed.
New Mac User, but I watched the Apple Video, looked at the what's new etc and can't find a reason to spend the money - But, if I can convince my brother-in-law to upgrade then we will buy the family pack and split it.
Visited the Apple store at Galleria. They said the new OS will debut there friday. A salesman said the only big deal for him was "time machine" and he explained what it did. I said I just use an external HDD to save what I want to backup, it's easier.....he responded he agrees and said he does that to! Other than that he said not that much has really been changed.
From a geek point of view..this is the first official Unix from Apple.... some pretty cool stuff under the hood. iCal is 100% better, Mail...WOW finally a real mail app, Networking is very cool. Finally got rid of Netinfo .....
Teams and The new Directory set up are very cool for server. Finally sub admins with out getting dirty in the CLI. DNS and DHCP that really work.... Wicki Server.... AFP and SMB are finally as fast as windows if not faster on the network..... Server just got interesting and with xSAN 2.0 around the corner... WOWThePunkPanther said:I'm likely to wait a couple months. I've been thus far very happy with OSX "Tiger" and "Panther". very nice stable operating system.
There are a number of features in Leopard that look very appealing such as the "time machine" backup feature which essentially is a versioning system.
Having worked with Leopard Server beta test versions, I must say I'm really very impressed! [ical server anyone?]
I can't believe I went and bought the Leopard. Must be my love of cats.
Some nice eye candy, but the thing that surprises the crap out of me is that the spell checker is on right now as I type this message. Every time I screw up, a red dotted line appears. Very cool for someone like me.
Time machine is a hog when it comes to disk space.
Mail is a very good upgrade.
iCal is beefier, which is great since I really depend upon it.
Downside: no more Classic support. Now I am going to have to boot into OS 9 and convert all my WordPerfect files. shit.
Some nice eye candy, but the thing that surprises the crap out of me is that the spell checker is on right now as I type this message. Every time I screw up, a red dotted line appears. Very cool for someone like me.
Time machine is a hog when it comes to disk space.
Mail is a very good upgrade.
iCal is beefier, which is great since I really depend upon it.
Downside: no more Classic support. Now I am going to have to boot into OS 9 and convert all my WordPerfect files. shit.
Leopard and the Blue Screen of Death!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/27/leopard_install_problems/
Hee-hee-hee! Yeah, it's a bit of schadenfreude on my part.
jwm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/27/leopard_install_problems/
Hee-hee-hee! Yeah, it's a bit of schadenfreude on my part.
jwm
I switched to a Mac Pro tower this summer and have no faults with using the Mac at all.
I won't be switching to leopard right away. I read that Apple switched off about 7-800 off their designers to work on the iphone which meant Leopard was delayed. It also meant that Leopard was not advanced shipped in it's final version soon enough to software vendors like Adobe and Digidesign.
Adobe about a month or so ago posted a caution to users regarding Leopard. Adobe hadn't really had enough time to identify any issues with the new OS. Digidesign is saying the same thing.
From all reports Leopard sounds great and no doubt I'll add it to my system at some point. I'm more interested in knowing the majority of software I use will function without problems before I switch.
I won't be switching to leopard right away. I read that Apple switched off about 7-800 off their designers to work on the iphone which meant Leopard was delayed. It also meant that Leopard was not advanced shipped in it's final version soon enough to software vendors like Adobe and Digidesign.
Adobe about a month or so ago posted a caution to users regarding Leopard. Adobe hadn't really had enough time to identify any issues with the new OS. Digidesign is saying the same thing.
From all reports Leopard sounds great and no doubt I'll add it to my system at some point. I'm more interested in knowing the majority of software I use will function without problems before I switch.
Leopard won't run the latest Java which seems to be a big problem for a few. See: http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/10/29/no_java_for_leopard/
jwm
jwm
Leopard is stable on one of my machines, but is giving me trouble on the other. I should have stuck to my own advice and waited until after Christmas.
