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Mac OS X Leopard (1-User) (Mac) | 
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Category: Software
List Price: £85.00
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 34
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Macintosh
Color: Berry Blue
Media: DVD-ROM
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: MB576Z/A
Model: MB576Z/A
UPC: 885909167876
EAN: 5050053026040
ASIN: B000FK88JK
Release Date: October 27, 2007
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 Evolution not Revolution but worth the upgrade November 3, 2007
SC MacCormack
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
There's been lots of reviews about Leopard so I'll try to cover some aspects from a practical point of view.
First is stability; I decided to do a clean install; I've upgraded a couple of times before for Panther and Tiger (without problems) but have also migrated from Power PC to Intel so I felt a clean install would blow any potential glitches away. I'm glad I did as Leopard runs far more smoothly than Tiger ever did. I reckon it's about 25% quicker on average. I know it depends upon what you're running and your spec etc etc, but to give a simple example, my Macbook used to start up in about 20-25 seconds on Tiger; it took just 15sec the first time I restarted with Leopard.
Cover flow is not a useful as I thought it would be. Yes it looks fancy but I prefer to have overall visibility of my files within a folder and whilst it might look fine on a 24" iMac on my 15" Macbook I just find cover flow view a little too restricted to see quickly what files are present. Bottom line is I hardly use cover flow. Quick look on the other hand is excellent and I only open files when I want to work on them. Quick look is quick, easy and when combined with Spotlight is a potent search tool. I really notice the difference when using Windows at work.
Time machine is really really good but I'm not sure why it doesn't work with iTunes. To give you an idea of storage, I back up everything from my Macbook (about 60GB worth of files) and after a week Time machine has taken up nearly 80GB and it's going up and up. For 80GB of files I'd suggest a 320GB HD (a factor of 4) is a good rule of thumb if you're thinking of buying an external HD for time machine. That should give you at least a couple of months worth of back dating with room for comfort. Be advised though that Time machine doesn't work with drives connected wirelessly even through Airport extreme - a real shame, especially for laptops but one I'd expect to see remedied soon as Leopard was originally advertised to have this capability.
Spaces takes some getting used to. I tend to close or hide apps when finished with them and spaces can get a little confusing when working in multiple apps in different spaces. I'm using it more and more, and I'm sure with time it will be incorporated in to normal working routine. Stacks are good, but a slight shame they've removed the ability to right click a folder in the dock and access sub-folders.
I really like Safari 3 as it's much improved from the beta version. Having used it for a week it's really really fast, displays pages perfectly, and the web clip widget maker is great, although I don't see how to save a widget you've made yourself. A little frustrating as once you've closed it, you need to remake it. Maybe I'm missing something?
Front Row is a definite improvement, it's faster, slicker and miles more stable. The animation to access front row has gone, but I think this is a bonus - with dashboard and time machine it would be too many screens dropping away and being superimposed. I have a slight issue when connecting my laptop my my HD TV in that front row appear but doesn't pay video but it plays the sound. Might be specific to me but still a concern.
iChat is still limited. It works with google talk, AOL and dot Mac accounts - Apple in my opinion really need to expand this out for yahoo and msn etc for make it useful. I have a dot Mac account but I don't know anyone else who does so I can't chat with them. A shame really as it's a waste of a good app.
Help for spotlight is a really cool function. Just be advised that if you don't know the name of the command then it won't appear in your search. A little obvious really but typing 'justify' rather than 'align' might not yield the result you're looking for. But now I'm really nitpicking! The 3-rd party apps I've installed work well, a few (but only a few) are still incompatible but these are getting updated every week; and iLife 08 just purrs. The criticisms I've made are all minor and don't detract from the value of this well-built and thought through OS. It's well worth the upgrade, fast, slicker and more co-ordinated.
Don't get bogged down with the US/UK price comparison argument. Now one vetoes Levis jeans because they're cheaper in the USA. I'm happy with the price for the OS - it's a fair price for the UK, it's great value for money and is far far cheaper than windows. Definitely a good purchase.
Still the most advanced OS out there. October 27, 2007
Mr. C. J. Thorpe (Liverpool, England)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
I got this last night, and although I have not had it long I have to say so far it is living up to every expectation.
For the first time I decided to rather than wipe my old OS and then install just to upgrade straight to Leopard. Having made sure I did a system check first using first aid and repair privileges I then started the install. It worked perfectly. It kept all my old files and settings with nothing lost or altered. All my bookmarks, saved emails you name it they were kept just how I had them before.
At first look it does not look a huge amount of difference than Tiger. Just small differences in the main screen, brushed metal used more in places, Smokey glass effect in others. Black apple symbol rather than a blue one. I think it gives an already very professionally looking OS that extra boost in appearance with a clean but friendly look and feel.
I have no discovered yet all the little extra gems in it but will detail three of the things I am impressed with so far.
Stacks in the dock is very good. Can put a folder of applications or docs or movie files, pics etc and when you click on it, it either fans the documents up so you can see them all and choose which you use, or if there are a lot brings up a grid for you to select from. This added files showing mini previews when you look at the file showing the picture for example or a little movie you can play is very handy.
Next, and I have only just started to play with this, but I am probably impressed with this most of all and that is spaces. It allows you to choose from four spaces in which to set applications. (I think you can create more spaces if you like) You assign the applications to the spaces choosing from numbers 1 to 4 and it means when you open that app in that particular space it flips the desktop to the screen. It is like having four desktops in one. For example say I put ichat and second life in space one. When open they both show on my desktop there. Then I want to open a web browser. When I do so as that is in space 2 is slides the desktop into the second space where I can see my browser and nothing more. Second life and ichat are still running but just not in view at the moment. Then I want to view a mpeg and assigned QuickTime to their. It slides into that screen to my browser, second life and iChat all cannot be seen on the desktop but I see the movie. Then having watched the movie and want to see what is going on in second life I select that and it flips back into the desktop with second life and ichat. I am very impressed. It keeps you desktop from getting too cluttered. Means you don't need to hide open apps away when not using them you just flip between the spaces.
Time machine is a very handy automatic backup tool. I bought an external hard-drive to go with this. It automatically backups up to the external every hour. The real handy function is if you lost a file and know which folder it was in you can go into time machine and it shows the folder in current and all the backup folders behind it going off into the infinite. You can then scroll through the folders of the past until a time when the file you lost was still in existence then restore it back to your current folder. Its a very easy way to find lost things as well as keep a good backup.
I thought there might be one little drawback. Last night when starting up, switching between user names and shutting down it did seem a little slower than Tiger had been on these. However this morning it was fine and just as fast. I guess that was it just settling in and works like a dream.
I am sure I have a lot more things to discover in this but so far I am very very impressed and glad I upgraded. Once again I feel Apple is leaps and bounds ahead of its competitors when it comes to their OS.
The MAC OS X Leopard has arrived October 27, 2007
Dr. P. Jepson (Strode's College, Egham, Surrey.)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Leopard was delivered on the day of the launch and it operates like a dream. I purchased the family version to work on four Apple MACS. There were no installation problems - all drivers worked and the time machine just flowed.
Using Leopard you can install Windows - but why would anyone want to? Highly recommended - don't bother waiting. Purchase now (this is not Vista)!
Ultra Modern, Super Slick Operating System November 20, 2007
Alan (United Kingdom)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
It's hard to summarise the advantages of something as vast as an Operating System in a few short paragraphs, but here goes. Here's what I think are the highlights of Leopard...
Preview 4.0. The new version of Preview has some really useful features. You can do a lot of basic image editing within Preview, without ever needing something like Photoshop. For example, you can adjust the exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, tint, sepia, black level, white level and sharpness of images. You can rotate and flip images. You can resize multiple images to an exact pixel by pixel size, in a simple batch process! You can even isolate an object from its background using a feature called Instant Alpha! Preview 4.0 is also great for viewing and editing PDFs. With any PDF document open you can rearrange the pages, delete selected pages, insert blank pages, highlight strike and underline certain words, rotate the pages, and merge multiple PDFs into one! You can even annotate PDFs with your own notes, which are tracked by name, date and time added!
Finder 10.5.1. The new version of Finder is a massive improvement over the previous version. It looks and behaves a lot like iTunes, making it a lot of fun to use. Icon View now works for almost every kind of file: JPGs, PSDs, PDFs, DOCs, MP3s, MP4s, etc. Quick Look is extremely slick, blazingly fast and very useful in that it allows you to open and play files without having to launch an entire dedicated Application. You can Quick Look multiple files simultaneously, either viewing them on an Index Sheet or running them as a Full Screen slideshow. You can also zoom into images and PDFs using Quick Look.
Time Machine. Time Machine keeps hourly backups of your Mac's internal hard drive for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups until your Time Machine Backups drive is full. You can use the flashy animated interface to retrieve files, but you don't have to. You can browse all of the folders and files on your Time Machine Backups drive the traditional way, using Finder, where you'll find multiple clones of your Mac's internal hard drive. It's great because EVERYTHING is always automatically backed up, and the backup is ALWAYS perfectly synchronised with the original. No worries. The only problem is, if you have an external hard drive, such as a WD My Book, you'll notice that it powers off and on, off and on, throughout the day to save power, which can get annoying. However, this is apparently a design feature of the My Book drives and not the fault of Leopard. So choose your external hard drive wisely.
There are hundreds of other improvements throughout Leopard, most of which complete all the little things that were missing from Tiger. Having only been out a few weeks there are still quite a lot of bugs, such as WiFi being unreliable, shared folders not appearing, and various graphical glitches. But update 10.5.1 is already out, with 10.5.2 due out in February 2008. If you're thinking of upgrading to Leopard I'd recommend waiting until 10.5.2 is out, just to avoid facing these problems and dealing with technical oddities.
The Best Thing February 23, 2008
Mr. D. Ward (London, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
For me the best thing about Leopard is Boot Camp, and the best thing about Boot Camp is Windows and the best thing about all of this is being able to play PC games on the Mac. And, played on something like a top of the line iMac they play well indeed. A clear case of being able to have your cake and eat it too. Let's face it, Apple has always been the poor relation when it comes to games and would continue to be so if it wasn't for Boot Camp, but with Boot Camp, Apple has, in one stroke, put themselves into serious gaming territory. On that point I rest my case.
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