Mac OS X Leopard

daveskerr · Post by **daveskerr** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:20 pm

Anybody upgraded yet?

Is it worth it?

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:28 pm

I would say definitely not if you are already running Tiger which we are with our iMAC.

A few nice features, but not worth the upgrade.

Just my non technical 2p!

Dave

jason · Post by **jason** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:50 pm

Interesting - but typically super-cheesy - online vid on apple's site demo-ing the enhancements. The new tools linking Mail with Address book and iCal look good, but not "spend cash and upgrade good"... and the backup tool looks good/convenient.

Early doors though. Think I'm happy enough with Tiger for now

phraze · Post by **phraze** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:21 pm

aye me too - happy with tiger.

although I am a sucker for any new software from Apple...

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:32 pm

I have upgraded and so far i haven't seen any huge changes some features are pretty slick but not as big a change as tiger was with expose etc. Spaces i haven't really find them to be that useful. Time machine seems to be a bit of a winner. That said the new finder preview while not being a huge change i can see it being one of those essential features you don't notice but if it was to stop working you would be totally lost the same as expose is just now.

Meant to be lots of change under the bonnet but Helen who is a unix nerd knows way more about that then i know. But she is only discovering that under the shiny stuff is a full unix system and she has plans for my big powermac

which has become ours not mine

but be warned if you have any unsanity products that use application enhancer it will cause hassle on the upgrade.

So i would say wait till the first update appears which should be soon

Oh and i hate the new semi transparent menu at the top but i do like the reflective dock.

colin adams · Post by **colin adams** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:28 pm

Just upgraded, it's really neat and wonder of wonders faster than Tiger - by a bit. Will take a bit to get used to the new gizmos but it feels really solid.... so far

colin

Mikie711 · Post by **Mikie711** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:05 pm

colin adams wrote:Just upgraded, it's really neat and wonder of wonders faster than Tiger - by a bit. Will take a bit to get used to the new gizmos but it feels really solid.... so far

colin

Course it's solid, it's on a Mac. With Tiger being so good it was always going to be tough to improve on it without destroying what they had achieved. It is responsible for the most amount of switchers of any mac os to date.
And microsoft tried to copy the look with vista.

BTW got one of the new ipod touch's when on holiday. Probably the best gadget i've every had. Music, video, internet all in one and the pinch zoom is ace.

Mike

graeme · Post by **graeme** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:54 pm

Almost picked it up in the apple store today but decided it probaby isn't worth 85 squid.

Loving my new iPhone though!!! Posting from it now like a true geek!

Skyenet · Post by **Skyenet** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:02 am

Still thinking about it for my iMac 24" Core 2 Extreme but not justified the£75.20 price yet. Does anybody know if a single user copy actually installs on 2 machines. I also have an iBook and would think about getting a copy of Leopard if it installed on both machines ok. I don't use them both at the same time so don't see why I should have to buy 2 copies/family pack. I know the original Tiger software installed on more than one machine okay.

Anyone tried the iWork software? My iMac came with iMac 08 trail and after an hour I was sold by Keynote alone. Got the full package and just love the quality of the presentations and ease of use. My tutor's at college said my Keynote presentation on Child Rights was the slickest they had ever seen. It was far easier than PowerPoint and was a synch to include media from iPhoto, iTunes and iMovie. Since getting it I have also used their Word Processor Pages and again works great with all iLife software and great professional results with ease. Keynote allows you to save straight to iPod video so I was even able to hook my iPod up to an overhead projector and run my presentation straight from my new iPod Nano.

jason · Post by **jason** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:13 am

Skyenet wrote:Anyone tried the iWork software? My iMac came with iMac 08 trail and after an hour I was sold by Keynote alone. Got the full package and just love the quality of the presentations and ease of use.

I never really gave the iWork trial on my machine enough of my time... but I was frustrated by Numbers struggling with Excel workbook compatibility, and Pages messing-up other folks' formatting in MSWord

Agree that Keynote is way better than PowerPoint (more from a capability rather than useability POV for me).

But I'm currently happily using NeoOffice... [free software faction

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andy_snap · Post by **andy_snap** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:24 am

Upgraded on 2 of my machines with good results - would say it's worth the cost but like some I'm a bit of an Apple fanatic.

The Family pack is good value - allows install on 5 machines for £120.

The latest version of iWork is great; have been using Appleworks up until a few weeks ago, with Neooffice for files created by MS Office. Tried the 30 day trial and had to buy at the end of it! Agreed that Neo does a good job but iWork is just so much slicker, although I never used Excel much.

Mikie711 · Post by **Mikie711** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:51 am

There is nothing stopping you putting your copy on 2,3 or 10 machines. I put tiger on 2 when it first came out. The license is only single user though. family pack is good value as it gives you 5 license as long as they are all in the same household.
Will be getting it myself at some point as like everybody else am a bit of an apple fanatic.

It' all so shinny

24" imac
13" mac book
Ipod touch, 80gb ipod video, 4gb nano, 1 gb shuffle
iphone 8gb

PS if you haven't got it yet i-life o8 is a huge improvement and worth the cash.

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:43 am

Just got both machines running leopard here

Oh boy is the screen sharing good from my laptop i can control the powermac and see what is going on on the screen of it. So i don't even have to walk up the stairs to start it exporting something from eyetv.