Leapord

What does everything think of the Leapord coming out in Oct?

I've decided to buy the macbook pro, but decided to wait until the Leapord is released. I know you can download a lot of the apps found in Leapord, but I figured it's a pain.

 

Leopard.

 

Leopard.

 

Leopard.

 

Wow, three unnecessary posts .

I think its good. Not as "revolutionary" as I expected, but still an upgrade from Tiger. I hope there's some features that haven't been talked about yet...I personally won't be using Time Machine, Expose already does Spaces pretty well, I don't use iChat, Stacks I will use, the Dock looks nice, I'd rather the Menu bar not be transparent.

Its not a bad idea to wait until October for a new Mac. By then Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 should be released or at least the release date is finalized, so you can get both things at around the same time instead of getting a new Mac now and using NeoOffice or buying Office 2004 now (which I don't recommend, considering you'll get Office 2008 in just a few months).

 

Leopard.




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Unnecessary.




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Thanks for the advice.
I'm just wondering if the new OS leapord will offer better drivers.
I'm also wondering if it's worth the wait (i.e. is there any big improvements compared to the Tiger?).

It sounds like the leapord will be pretty impressive. 300+ improvements/innovations.

 

Well, it depends if you use them. The improvements to iChat are great; I don't use it. But if you do use iChat, the new features are great. I back up with my flash drive, I won't be using Time Machine.

300+ improvements/innovations is quite a lot. I think Apple hasn't talked about some of the more major features in Leopard yet.

 

leopard.

i'm really hoping for some innovation with osx and windows communication (osx to read/write ntfs - and possibly a new filesystem that windows can read and write to, driver included within boot camp.

everything else looks good so far. steve jobs most likely is holding back several big features.

 

damn the iphone. I would've purchased a MBP by now if leopard had been released on time.

 

At least he got the cat right

I want to see Apple's answer to Vienna.

 

Well there was hope that OS X would move to ZFS, but that seems unlikely now. And not being able to write to NTFS is all MS fault, I think all file systems should be open.

Leopard should be a nice update to OS X. For one it sounds like we will finally get a unified UI and a somewhat improved Finder. I am really hoping for a more advanced calender and Mail.app needs better IMAP support.

 

cashmonee,

Why is it MS fault that OS X can't write to NTFS? Just curious.

 

NTFS is a closed specification. MS doesnt tell anybody how they did what.

 

NTFS is a closed file system, meaning Apple, or anyone else for that matter, does not have access to how it works. If MS would open it, interoperability would be easy, just as FAT is. I am not sure if HFS+ is open or not, but if it isn't shame on Apple too. File systems, like file formats, should all be open. Interoperability would not be the problem it is if they were. Of course, then it would be tough to try to build a monopoly.

 

The specifacation of HFS+ is open.

 

So what do you guys think.
Get the MBP now and install leapord when it comes out, or just wait until it comes out on the MBPs?

Any disadvantage in getting the MBPs now and installing leapord later on besides the $129?

 

lol, i love how he still calls it leapord.

Anyway, if I could I would just buy it now. You can get "leapord" later for 80 bucks with an educational discount. If you are not a student then you shell out the $129, which I think should be within reach if you are willing to fork over $2000+. That's just me though, I am a very impatient person when it comes to getting new toys.

 

FYI, Microsoft just secured patents for the FAT filesystem and make seek royalties for usage of it. This of course would be very bad for Linux users and Apple users if they decided not to pay for it (though it is likely that they would). ext2 and ext3 are both open-source filesystems that offer similar performance to NTFS.

 

Well, the only disadvantage could be that Apple updates the MacBook Pro near October, which I think is very unlikely (the recent update is pretty significant, the components at least) but possible. If there is an update then I'd think its more about design changes than the internal components. But once again, I'd say its unlikely that Apple will update the MacBook Pro then. They might update the MacBook then though.

Other than that I see no disadvantage besides the $129. I'd say go get it now, get used to using the Mac and Mac OS X so you are very comfortable and familiar when Leopard comes around.

 

I'm waiting for Cougar and Lynx, Leopard looks like a Vista of Tiger