“Apple’s new Macintosh operating system ships tomorrow. Visually stunning, OS 10.5–a.k.a. Leopard–is fast and stable, and it features a consistent set of powerful file-management tools familiar to anyone who has ever used iTunes. And unlike Microsoft Windows, which seems to grind slower with each successive release, OS 10.5 feels faster than 10.4 on the same hardware–provided that you have sufficient memory,” Simson Garfinkel reports for Technology Review.
Garfinkel mainly covers Time Machine and Parental Controls and briefly covers “other clever features sprinkled throughout 10.5” in his full review here.
First! Can’t Wait!
“Simson Garfinkel reports for Technology Review”
Oh my god. It’s like some sort of weird bizarro combo musician.
What a strange review, it glows all the way through then ends with a don’t buy it message?
Ordering Leopard, iWork, and iLife today!
Poppa’s got a brand new bag!
Or, will in a couple of days.
MW = brown. Zune Tang is that your doing???
Where does this guy live where he can get dinner for four at a “really nice restaurant” for $129?
Also deleting files from Time Machine is pretty simple, but he couldn’t figure it out?
The reviewer obviously hasn’t looked at the Time Machine section on Apples website. You can permanently delete files or exclude files and folders from Time Machine backups if you want to. Sloppy journo.
How many will be in line before Noon on Friday?
How many will be in line after Noon and before 4PM on Friday?
How many will be in line by 4PM on Friday?
Will Apple post instructions, no later than 6 p.m. Friday, on how to reinstall Tiger?
And… will they release the number of hits on this site so we will know how serious the problems are after all us Leopard beta-testers get going?
That way, others on the sideline will know if they need to wait for 10.5.1.
RE ‘yeah right’
… where do you live where you can’t?
Leopard will include iLife. You don’t need to purchase that as well.
My cat will be here by 10:30 am est. If Fed Ex is right.
Leopard does NOT include iLife. Only a new Mac includes iLife!
It’s great to hear that leopard will be faster than tiger on similar hardware. I have a 1 ghz G4 I was thinking of upgrading with my other machines and thought, maybe not, too close to minimum specs, but after reading this review, maybe it will be run great.
Boston. If I’m going to a “really nice restaurant” I’d expect to pay that much per person, if not more, depending on the wine choice. Of course you can get dinner for four for $129, but I disagreed with his choice of words.
ordered online. fedex says delivery by 1030 am. no line for me
May cat’s already here… been sleeping on the couch all morning.
Ive pre-ordered and will be waiting by the post box 1st thing tomorrow!
“Ive pre-ordered and will be waiting by the post box 1st thing tomorrow!”
I would think that the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple would at least get handed a free copy of Leopard.
Given all the “it’s not ready yet” warnings during the beta cycle, I’m taking some reassurance from the initial test reviews that Apple has resolved all major issues.
Since I’m not intending to upgrade to a new Mac until early next year, my choice is to purchase Leopard now for my dual-G4, or to purchase Leopard *server* for that same box so I can become more familiar with its enterprise functionality. But it’s pricey, and I don’t expect to see server books for some time.
Still, it’s cheaper than the Xenix and UNIX releases I was buying almost 20 years ago, and cheaper than *any* Windows server release (but not cheaper than Solaris).
@Synthetic Pentasaccharide Inhibitor
This is getting weird. I thought this was MDN, not
Wikipedia
Happy metabolism!
Apple delivering Leopard to the house tomorrow. Guaranteed to arrive on Oct 26. That is sweet.
Are there still a few more magical features to be announced tomorrow or are we at the end of new information?
Matt,
Thanks for coming to my defense. That is what I thought.
Been a Mac user for almost 8 years now and that would have been a new one to me.
Forget Leopard for a while! Anyone can spare me that free Leopard t-shirt when it comes out?
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“Will Apple post instructions, no later than 6 p.m. Friday, on how to reinstall Tiger?”
Here, I’ll save them the trouble:
1. Insert Tiger DVD
2. Follow prompts, choose Archive and Install