a solid release with room for improvement (based on 10.5.1) | Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5.1 Leopard [5-User...

Why did I wait so long? | Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5.1 Leopard [5-User Family Pack]

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	• Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5.1 Leopard [5-User Family Pack] Mac OS X Intel, Mac OS X \| Apple Computer, 2007 average customer review:based on 97 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Leopards are great but I still like Tigers

I would have given this 5 stars primarily because I'm a Mac bigot but have to say that Tiger proved to be more stable and not as finicky. Granted, the cool new apps and features are really awesome but I've had to reinstall Leopard 3 times and considering a 4th because of performance issues. I see many more crashes than I did in Tiger because I have had so many problems, I'm hesitating installing Leopard on the rest of my Mac's. There are lots of dramatic changes to the file structures, specifically with regard to iCal and some of the others but when I used Backup to archive my files, upon restoring them iCal couldn't see my calendar data so I had to manually go in and re-add them to iCal.

My personal .02 cents and for what its worth, I feel that Apple's shift to Intel processors, while performance is much quicker and perhaps cheaper to build, has cost them in performance. I know that my PowerBook G4 1.5GHz was vastly more stable than my MacBook Pro 2.33GHz but again, it may be the difference between Tiger and Leopard but I just don't know for sure until I load Leopard on my wife's iMac G5.

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a solid release with room for improvement (based on 10.5.1)

I've had a few months to play around with Leopard - on my Macbook Pro and Dual 2GHz G5 (1st generation - 2003 model). On the Macbook Pro, I performed an Archive and Install - while on the G5 I purchased a new hard drive and performed an Erase and Install. Installation went without issue on both Macs.

Out of the box 10.5 had a few minor quirks - but 10.5.1 seems to have remedied many of my issues. Performance compared to Tiger on the Macbook Pro is noticeable, due to Leopard's optimizations towards the Intel processor. On the Dual 2GHz G5, the performance is slightly better than Tiger, but not incredibly so.

Why upgrade from Tiger to Leopard?

Quick Look. The ability to look at a file without having to actually open it has been an enormous time-saver. I'm less impressed with Cover Flow, but this feature does come in quite handy when looking through a large number of photos.

Spaces is an area I think Apple could really improve. It's behavior is a little erratic, especially when assigning specific apps to specific windows. If you've assigned a specific Space for a particular app, and you've double-clicked a document within another Spaces window, Spaces takes you to the window the app should open in, and then immediately reverts back to the window from which you double-clicked the app. Highly unusual.

I'm not a fan of the Translucent menu-bar, but I understand that 10.5.2 will give users the option to choose between translucent and opaque menu bars, so that's not a huge deal.

I work with a vertical Dock, so the new look for the Dock actually feels like an improvement. It's easier for me to see the items I want to select from the Dock. In the vertical position, Stacks is quite useful to me.

Time Machine is a great feature - and I think this justifies the expense of Leopard alone. I've already had to retrieve two files, which took a few hours each to create, after I had accidentally deleted them. This would not have been possible under previous versions of OS X, without the aid of additional back-up software.

So, what's my verdict? If your computer meets the minimum requirements and you're compelled by the features the Leopard offers (Time Machine, Quick Look, etc.) - I say, go for it. If you have an older G4 that doesn't meet the specs, stick with Tiger until the time comes for you to move to an Intel based Mac.

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Why did I wait so long?

I read the reviews and chose to wait. Now that I've upgraded to Leopard, I wonder why it took me so long to move to 10.5. Quicklook alone is worth the price. Spotlight screams. Help is vastly improved. Network attached storage is handled much more seamlessly. The UI improvements are nice. Spaces is great for orgnanizing my work in their own space: Browsing, Multimedia, Finder, Applications. Absolutely no problems. Haven't even turned on TimeMachine yet. Worthy upgrade.

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Leopard upgrade

LIke normal the installation was very simple and easy to do; The new features are great and worth the money, but as usual there are some minor problems with 3rd party software. The repair permissions

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