“Released in April 2005, Mac OS X version 10.4 (known as Tiger) introduced the Spotlight integrated desktop search feature, a new Dashboard that popularized widget use, an updated Safari Web browser, and more,” TechRepublic’s Erik Ecke reports.
Now, Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is just around the corner.
Ecke reports, “Featuring more than 300 updates and improvements, the new ‘Leopard’ release packs several significant enhancements. In addition to including a new Time Machine automated backup utility, the updated operating system boasts Spotlight search capability across multiple systems, the Front Row and Photo Booth applications introduced with Tiger on Intel-powered systems, virtual desktop ‘Spaces’ that enable users to maintain multiple desktop with specific applications running simultaneously, the addition of RSS, stationery and other new features to Mail, and much more.”
Eckel takes a deeper look at some of the many new features and enhancements Apple is putting into Mac OS X Leopard, including:
• Boot Camp
• Desktop enhancements
• Finder
• Front Row
• iCal
• iChat
• Mail
• Quick Look
• Parental Controls
• Photo Booth
• Safari 3.0
• Stacks
• Spaces
• Spotlight
• Time Machine
• Universal Access
Full article here.
Windows has a greater market share than OS-X, therefore it is better.
“The market has spoken.”
– S. Colbert
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FORGET LEOPOLD!
New Vista Version Coming!
I told the marketing folk long ago that Vista needed to have five versions not four! But, being the easy-going, no-waves guy I am I let it slide, I let the “experts” have their way.
RESULTS:
Anemic, sluggish, weak, poohpooh sales!
I will no longer sit by and let this continue! Per my executive order 31148V.101 we will add to the Vista line-up – “Vista 2X Super Ultra Turbo-Ultimate”. SUTU (as I call it) will include 33% of all of the modern architecture features that we originally promised for Longhorn 3 years ago but dropped from the final version.
“Vista 2X Super Ultra Turbo-Ultimate” SUTU includes:
Dynamic Core Desktop Acceleration – DCDA
LiveTime Animotron Technology – LtAM
Windows Interscope Code Manager – WICM
The zLife Suite of applications:
StudioBand – Record up to 4 tracks of music.
zPicture – Your JPG photo manager
zWeb – Create Beautiful text webpages
zMelodies – A new skin for Mediaplayer making it a zApp
zFilm – Video editing for any WMV file
All of this Tech-goodness for just $699!
….. and it comes in a RED box.
@ Cubert
Ya, organization of widgets isn’t too great if you have a lot of widgets. It takes too long to:
1) open dashboard
2) press ‘+’ icon
3) remember which direction to go
4) find the widget
5) watch the cool effect
Now, (chances are you remember the name of the widget), I just go into Spotlight and type the name of the widget (ex. calculator.wdgt), and it launches automatically in Dashboard. WAY faster.
MDN Magic Word: ‘daily’ (holy crap! daily?! perfect!)
Going back to 8.1, Apple always say “150 new features!” but never list more than a dozen or two.
My predictions:
Leopard release date: Friday, Oct 26th, 6pm.
Small special event at Apple Cupertino campus: Tuesday, Oct 16th to announce the release date, and unveil a new/updated Mac which will ship on Oct 26th.
Best of all when it released, it won’t be vaporware any more.
Just my $0.02
@Question for Leopard: Dude you can hack your iMac to use Front Row today OR you can wait for Leopard for it to be fully supported.
Apple getting set up for a Friday release of Leopard? Right. Won’t happen.
And all the dates being thrown around here? Bullocks – unless you work in Apple’s PR department (and if you do work in that bastion of super-high-security, today’s probably your last day on the job anyway, and then they’ll change the date just to spite you).
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“No further secret details? Is this it? Tiger speeded up a bit, that’s about it, right? or am i Missing something?”
don’t worry gentle fanboy, What you see now is just a warmed over Tiger, but Steve will unveil those secret features he promised you soon.