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Technology Review: Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard is ‘visually stunning, fast and stable’
Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 12:52 PM EST

"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.

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Oct 25, 07 - 12:02 pm Comment from: magsgalore

First! Can't Wait!

Oct 25, 07 - 12:06 pm Comment from: Vlad

"Simson Garfinkel reports for Technology Review"

Oh my god. It's like some sort of weird bizarro combo musician.

Oct 25, 07 - 12:09 pm Comment from: ducnan

What a strange review, it glows all the way through then ends with a don't buy it message?

Oct 25, 07 - 12:14 pm Comment from: Cubert

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???

Oct 25, 07 - 12:19 pm Comment from: yeah, right

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?

Oct 25, 07 - 12:20 pm Comment from: AWidgetIHaveNot

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.

Oct 25, 07 - 12:37 pm Comment from: Demon

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?

Oct 25, 07 - 12:44 pm Comment from: Leopard Troubles

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.

Oct 25, 07 - 12:44 pm Comment from: mac user 47

RE 'yeah right'

... where do you live where you can't?

Oct 25, 07 - 12:45 pm Comment from: @ Cubert

Leopard will include iLife. You don't need to purchase that as well.

Oct 25, 07 - 12:48 pm Comment from: La 58

My cat will be here by 10:30 am est. If Fed Ex is right.

Oct 25, 07 - 12:50 pm Comment from: Matt

Leopard does NOT include iLife. Only a new Mac includes iLife!

Oct 25, 07 - 12:53 pm Comment from: Synthetic Pentasaccharide Inhibitor

Visually stunting, slow and very unstable.

Oct 25, 07 - 12:59 pm Comment from: gow

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.

Oct 25, 07 - 12:59 pm Comment from: yeah, right

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.

Oct 25, 07 - 01:27 pm Comment from: david

ordered online. fedex says delivery by 1030 am. no line for me

Oct 25, 07 - 01:31 pm Comment from: My cat

May cat's already here... been sleeping on the couch all morning.

Oct 25, 07 - 01:39 pm Comment from: Petey

Ive pre-ordered and will be waiting by the post box 1st thing tomorrow!

smile)

Oct 25, 07 - 01:44 pm Comment from: Synthetic Pentasaccharide Inhibitor

"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.

wink

Oct 25, 07 - 02:02 pm Comment from: Raymond from DC

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).

Oct 25, 07 - 02:28 pm Comment from: factor Xa

@Synthetic Pentasaccharide Inhibitor

This is getting weird. I thought this was MDN, not

Wikipedia

Happy metabolism!

Oct 25, 07 - 02:31 pm Comment from: GS

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?

Oct 25, 07 - 02:49 pm Comment from: Cubert

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.

Oct 25, 07 - 08:45 pm Comment from: MacSheikh

Forget Leopard for a while! Anyone can spare me that free Leopard t-shirt when it comes out? grin

Oct 26, 07 - 03:24 pm Comment from: Ryan

"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

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