Comments on: Review – Mac OSX 10.5 – Leopard

By: tom

tom — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:56:10 +0000

Am I the only person out there thinking that Leopard is the most buggy product Apple ever released? I am using Macs since System 8.6. While I was using Tiger my System never quit neither did most of the Applications.
I switched to Leopard and suddenly the system just freezes two or three times a day, applications are crashing faster than you are able to reboot them… Not quite happy.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:21:16 +0000

OK I have been running Linux on my laptop, a Dell Latitude D800 pc 1.4 GHZ with 125 gig ram. Can I load Leopard on it?

I have a G3 and love it altho it is slower tan molasses…

Kevin

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:44:08 +0000

@John

No, $129 is for one computer only, you’ll need to buy a family pack which is $199.

By: john

john — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:30:35 +0000

Hi Michael
You mentioned installing Leopard on your MacBook Pro and your Mac Mini. Can you do this OK with 10.5? I noticed that $129 buys you one license but you need to pay more for five? I have a whole collection of Macs and I’ve always liked the way Apple have kept their OS free of registration numbers and authentication codes etc â€“Â unlike another OS I could mention.

By: Trey

Trey — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:40:11 +0000

Last Friday night at 10:00 I installed Leopard like so many others. At 11:00 my system restarted itself as I waited in anticipation for my first look. My system got stuck on a blue screen while trying to load for the first time. I tried rebooting and had the same problem. Apple support was great and recommended an “archive and install”. By 12:30 everything was up and running. I found my initial experiences slow and buggy. Saturday I had more than 15 error messages, needless to say I was a bit discouraged. Sunday I did an “erase and install”. Ever since I have been jumping for joy. I am using Time Machine to bring back all my files as I need them. And I am loving everything included in the new OS. Thanks for the site Michael.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:12:18 +0000

I think that as the reviews are coming in, many of those are about personal preferences. No one can actually say 100% that it’s good or bad. But as long as the OS meets our needs, I think that’s good enough. As for Leopard, Apple has done it again

I’m upgrading my Core Duo MacBook now as I’m writing this.

By: Cael Kuhlman

Cael Kuhlman — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:48:54 +0000

I wouldn’t get Leopard if you use Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro for your video production workflow. I have had a variety of problems with these two apps ever since installing Leopard, this biggest of which is that Compressor completely stopped working. If Apple can’t come up with a solution for me soon, I’m afraid I may have to somehow downgrade my OS… what a pain

By: Apple sells over 2 Million Copies of Leopard in the First Weekend

Apple sells over 2 Million Copies of Leopard in the First Weekend — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:21:04 +0000

[...] You can read my review of Leopard by clicking here. [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:56:35 +0000

@Steve

Did you download the keychain update for Leopard yet? If not, hit the software update and maybe that will fix it.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:55:49 +0000

Is it just me or is anyone having issues with Mail not remembering account passwords when you restart it? Its driving me mad, and it only seemed to happen after using Service Scrubber.

By: vance

vance — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:19:35 +0000

hi just want to ask, being that i don’t own any apple devices/ computers except for an iPod, have you found all 300+ new features? I’m just wondering… peace.

The price is a lot cheaper than “ehemm vista ehem”.. and thats for full featured os…

By: ilikeeggs

ilikeeggs — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:59:53 +0000

Coverflow is very good for porn

By: Jamiro

Jamiro — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:03:40 +0000

I posted this yesterday already but I got in your Spam-Filter….
This program should let you turn off the transparency of the menu bar:

http://www.eternalstorms.at/utilities/opaquemenubar/index.html

Couldn’t try it though, since I don’t own Leopard.

Sorry for any language mistakes, Im from Germany

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:33:52 +0000

“I really like the WordPress UI, so Iâ€™ve just stuck with that.”
That’s what I did.

By the way, every mac blog has to have at least one use who doesn’t have a mac yet…but wants one, so that’s me.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:48:38 +0000

@Blair

Yup, that’s WordPress.

I I have tried both Ecto and Mars and I just couldn’t get into using them. I really like the WordPress UI, so I’ve just stuck with that. I’m not opposed to editors like Ecto and Mars – I just couldn’t get interested in them.

By: Blair

Blair — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:20:39 +0000

Ah.. I was going to say… that was quick.

Is that the WordPress Admin I see in the background of the screenshot? Do you use Ecto or Mars even as an editor for a few blogs?

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:13:05 +0000

@Blair

I’ve been using Leopard for much longer than just today. I can assure you, the review is how I feel about Leopard as a whole. What came in the mail today was the final version of Leopard (1.0, at least)…not the first.

By: Blair

Blair — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:04:23 +0000

I can’t help but be skeptical about reviews so quickly. These enhancements, like Spaces, are designed to improve your workflow and productivity and take time to adjust to. Just think about how many ways there are to get to the desktop from a crowed screen, (4?) and Spaces just adds to that list. But who knows? Maybe Hide, [Quit], Expose, and Minimize, just does not do it for some people, but Spaces will. Or switching from the PC where Hide wasn’t an option, and now 3 years later I finally use it more than anything else instead of F11 all day. Point is you have to may have to change your workflow to take full advantage of Spaces, as with any of the new features.

Though for the record, I think Spaces is a terrible idea. I need closure to what I’m working on, and with Spaces it would…never…end…

Of course we are all expecting the Fox News-like continuous over-the-top looping reports on what you clicked on that day (its what you do best), so there should be some room for a change of mind Let us know when you do, and thanks for the review!

By: The Wizard

The Wizard — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:38:20 +0000

Awesome Michael. Congratulations. Can’t wait to get mine running on my mac mini.

By: Bean

Bean — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:53:27 +0000

Hurm. Gotta think this through I suppose. I have two MACs, I have a dual CPU Powermac (PPC) with a 1GB RAM (although the video’s only 64mb); It’s pretty much a gimme that I’ll put Leopard on it, but my laptop dogs a little bit. Old Powerbook, 1GB, 512 RAM. Upgrading isn’t really an option.

I’ll be waffling on the subject of whether or not to put leopard on the powerbook for a while I suspect. Have to figure I won’t be backing it up – Time machine will be on the big one, and I’m not anticipating much need for coverflow and quicklook. Hurm. Have to think about it I guess. Would be nice to use the improved networking.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:36:23 +0000

Thanks for that! Sounds great I can’t wait it to test it out.