For you Mac users, I just finished the upgrade to 10.5 Leopard.
Was slower to install than I expected, and when I had to reboot after the install it takes a bloody long time....I mean, go out and have lunch somewhere nice...maybe a bottle of wine too. It must be compiling a new kernel.
Anyway, it finally rebooted and once it rebuilds your desktop, preferences etc. everything works like it should. The only catch though is its faster....yep that's right, FASTER. When was the last time you upgraded your OS and got speed improvements, no matter what the marketing hype said it would do? There's heaps of nice eye candy to go along with a bunch of productivity improvements. I would recommend the upgrade to anyone thats thinking about it.
Upgraded to OS X 10.5
Allen,
What sort of Mac are you running? There were reports of some users having some problems with the new OS but I think its largely related to third party software. Overall consensus is that if youre running the new Intel chipped machines its worth the upgrade but if like me youre still using the older chipped machines then its probaly not worth it.
Cheers Martin
What sort of Mac are you running? There were reports of some users having some problems with the new OS but I think its largely related to third party software. Overall consensus is that if youre running the new Intel chipped machines its worth the upgrade but if like me youre still using the older chipped machines then its probaly not worth it.
Cheers Martin
I'm running the intel-duo black ibook. It's about 6 months old now. The old G3 ibook we had had a spaz and it was going to cost more to fix than buy a new one....boy they get you coming and going 
I did buy a used printer (Canon i865) from a mate that was on Windows. I can't get it to print directly to a CD like he can. It doesn't seem to have all the features supported under OS X, but I can't find any info about it on the web anywhere. And tech support from Canon is next to non-existent
I did buy a used printer (Canon i865) from a mate that was on Windows. I can't get it to print directly to a CD like he can. It doesn't seem to have all the features supported under OS X, but I can't find any info about it on the web anywhere. And tech support from Canon is next to non-existent
Been running a week now and it just gets better. I had problems loosing my connection to my air port, but since the upgrade it's worked flawlessly. there are heaps of neat new features that pop up with use, and everything just works so much faster.
This is the first upgrade to OS X that I would say is a must have. All the others were alright, but you didn't really get much more for the money you had to put down. This one just works
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This is the first upgrade to OS X that I would say is a must have. All the others were alright, but you didn't really get much more for the money you had to put down. This one just works
.
New OS 10
Hi Allen and gang - I upgraded my MacBook (black, Intel Core 2 duo) to Leopard last week and love this OS. And yes it is indeed faster. Applications that usually sucked a lot of time to open (Adobe Photoshop, etc.) now open faster.
My upgrade took about 40 minutes and I did get the infamous blue screen but expected it and had read about how this is caused by third party software that is not computable so I made the necessary registry tweaks and all was well.
It looks cool too
My MacBook has Parallels with VISTA and Red Hat also running flawlessly.
Although I have always been a MS fan and into gaming and own a one-of-a-kind gaming machine, and an older Alienware I now see my Mac ad the most loved computer that I have ever had/used. They are simply the intelligent way to compute.....
When I bough my first Japanese car, an Acura, I needed to replace a head light after a few years. Feeling rather manly I went out there with the tools that I would use on former American cars - hammer, screw drivers, etc. It took me 4 hours to replace the stinking head light because Acura had designed the head lights so that you could replace one in 30 seconds with NO, I repeat NO tools required. So it was a totally different mindset that I liken to what a new Mac user will experience too.
I wanted to use my Macbook on my desk and hook it up to the big monitor when I am not in my TV room or shop and using it as a lap top. I searched high and low for how to use a Mac laptop with the lid closed and where to change the settings so that it did not "suspend" and would operate as a desk top......
Again the Mac mindset was not considered by me and in the end it turns out that you simply hook up your external monitor, close the lid on the lap top, and click your Mac mouse and bam you are in business. And the display adapter on the Mac automatically adjusts the aspect ratio for the more squarish monitors and defaults to the highest resolution available......
I made the leap to a Mac after the incorporation of the Intel Core 2 duo processors that are the finest processors ever designed for performance and low power consumption. And I wanted to use my Mac on the desk because my gaming machine is loud (9 fans) and sucks up to 1,000 watts.....
Something else here too - if you purchase the second release of IPhone you will simply be able to sync your IPhone and your Mac via Blue Tooth and one click. WOW - your address books, email, browser favs, porn collection, all available on your IPhone. Not to mention your entire ITunes music collection and more.
The folks at Apple are the best and in the states the ratio of PC to Mac is declining as it should. I am getting my 76 year old Photoshop using mom a Mac for Christmas to replace her 2 year old Sony PC. It will be interesting to see how the transition goes for her and I will guess that it will go very well and be yet another tribute to the excellent products of Apple.
My upgrade took about 40 minutes and I did get the infamous blue screen but expected it and had read about how this is caused by third party software that is not computable so I made the necessary registry tweaks and all was well.
It looks cool too
My MacBook has Parallels with VISTA and Red Hat also running flawlessly.
Although I have always been a MS fan and into gaming and own a one-of-a-kind gaming machine, and an older Alienware I now see my Mac ad the most loved computer that I have ever had/used. They are simply the intelligent way to compute.....
When I bough my first Japanese car, an Acura, I needed to replace a head light after a few years. Feeling rather manly I went out there with the tools that I would use on former American cars - hammer, screw drivers, etc. It took me 4 hours to replace the stinking head light because Acura had designed the head lights so that you could replace one in 30 seconds with NO, I repeat NO tools required. So it was a totally different mindset that I liken to what a new Mac user will experience too.
I wanted to use my Macbook on my desk and hook it up to the big monitor when I am not in my TV room or shop and using it as a lap top. I searched high and low for how to use a Mac laptop with the lid closed and where to change the settings so that it did not "suspend" and would operate as a desk top......
Again the Mac mindset was not considered by me and in the end it turns out that you simply hook up your external monitor, close the lid on the lap top, and click your Mac mouse and bam you are in business. And the display adapter on the Mac automatically adjusts the aspect ratio for the more squarish monitors and defaults to the highest resolution available......
I made the leap to a Mac after the incorporation of the Intel Core 2 duo processors that are the finest processors ever designed for performance and low power consumption. And I wanted to use my Mac on the desk because my gaming machine is loud (9 fans) and sucks up to 1,000 watts.....
Something else here too - if you purchase the second release of IPhone you will simply be able to sync your IPhone and your Mac via Blue Tooth and one click. WOW - your address books, email, browser favs, porn collection, all available on your IPhone. Not to mention your entire ITunes music collection and more.
The folks at Apple are the best and in the states the ratio of PC to Mac is declining as it should. I am getting my 76 year old Photoshop using mom a Mac for Christmas to replace her 2 year old Sony PC. It will be interesting to see how the transition goes for her and I will guess that it will go very well and be yet another tribute to the excellent products of Apple.
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