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Software : Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard
Rating: 
- The worst Mac OS X yet.
Good stuff? Networking is easier and works better.
That's it.
I "upgraded" to this fiasco of an operating system on my PowerBook G4 with 1G RAM and 1.67ghz G4 processor, WELL within the confines of the recommended system configuration.
This update is flakey, requires a restart for every little system update I've installed so far, will NOT allow me to save "collated" as an option in MS Word (one of the many known bugs that are NOT worked out yet). I can no longer drag external discs to the trash half the time (even when I've quit all applications and closed all files).
I have crashed more in the few weeks that I've been using OS 10.5 than the ENTIRE TIME I've used every other version of Mac OS X PUT TOGETHER. A big reason people like Macs is because they are more bug-free and easier to use than Windows, and work better. This update levels the playing field in a way I doubt Apple would like.
Please... Apple... get on the stick and fix this update.
Rating:
- Love it!
One word: Spaces!
I have always brought in my laptop to use at work, but now that I am running Leopard I not only would rather use my Mac, but cannot work well without it. Spaces gives me the perfect environment to get my work done.
Rating: - Beware if you have an older MAC
Beware if you have an older mac. The installer doesn't work well with older macs. I work with Windows and UNIX and I found the installer of this product to be extremely poorly designed. I have 20+ years of system administration experience and found this to be the worst upgrade I've went through in the last 5 years. We tried to update a G4 that was running 10.3.x. After cleaning up the disk enough to install the Leopard the install failed. We could not come back up on 10.3 since the install had wiped out the 10.3 install. We could not re-install 10.5 since 10.5 had installed enough of 10.5 to make the installer think there was not enough disk space. I had to boot the system into single user mode and manually remove enough of the 10.5 installation so the installer would try the re-install. I had to do this re-install thing 5 times and still no luck. Apple support was useless and told us we had a bad DVD. I did a google search on our problem and found a blog from someone who had the same problem with the installer and fixed it by removing RAM from the system so that there was no more than 512 MB of ram in the system. I removed the extra ram and the system installed the first time. Everything than seemed to work well and I thought everything was fine.
Little did I know that when I tried to update the system to 10.5.2 that the system would become completely useless. The update to 10.5.2 downloaded and installed but at the last step it failed. The system wouldn't boot, didn't have enough disk space to re-install 10.5.1, couldn't boot into single user mode so the only choice was to wipe the disk and do a fresh install.
If you want to risk this upgrade backup all of your data. Better yet, get a second hard drive and install 10.5 on the second hard drive and keep your options open to boot up on the old system. Do a google search on Leopard and G4 problems.
I don't think Apple has any bragging rights about Leopard being easier to use than Vista.
Rating:
- 10.5.3
Note that I have used 10.5.2 but I do not yet own it. Soon.....
I am reviewing anyways just to say that there are some problems with 10.5.2 at the moment that may or may not affect what you want to do. Check out online to see if it will. If it does the best recommendation is to wait till 10.5.3 is released (hopefully June 2008?). Seems Apple is putting a great deal of effort to get the update finished and as bug free as possible. A couple of the problems do affect me so I am waiting a bit first.
However 10.5 still is a great OS and makes Vista look sick and obese. Oh yes, while I would never do it myself if the cost of Macs are prohibitive there are ways to allow some PC's to use OSX (albiet imperfectly) with the right parts. Then maybe you can trash Windows :-)
Rating: - A Few Changes
I purchased this shortly after it went to 10.5.1. Honestly I don't really see that much of a change. I mean; yes it looks a "little" better with the incorrectly rendered reflections on the doc.
This edition feels like a small update to 10.4. Not so sure it was worth the money to get a little cleaner UI and a few small extra things like Time Machine and the loss of iLife applications like Garage Band, iPhoto and a few others that don't come to mind right now. To get these back I used my OEM DVD for 10.4 to re-install them.
- The worst Mac OS X yet.Good stuff? Networking is easier and works better.
That's it.
I "upgraded" to this fiasco of an operating system on my PowerBook G4 with 1G RAM and 1.67ghz G4 processor, WELL within the confines of the recommended system configuration.
This update is flakey, requires a restart for every little system update I've installed so far, will NOT allow me to save "collated" as an option in MS Word (one of the many known bugs that are NOT worked out yet). I can no longer drag external discs to the trash half the time (even when I've quit all applications and closed all files).
I have crashed more in the few weeks that I've been using OS 10.5 than the ENTIRE TIME I've used every other version of Mac OS X PUT TOGETHER. A big reason people like Macs is because they are more bug-free and easier to use than Windows, and work better. This update levels the playing field in a way I doubt Apple would like.
Please... Apple... get on the stick and fix this update.
Rating:
- Love it!One word: Spaces!
I have always brought in my laptop to use at work, but now that I am running Leopard I not only would rather use my Mac, but cannot work well without it. Spaces gives me the perfect environment to get my work done.
Rating:
- Beware if you have an older MACBeware if you have an older mac. The installer doesn't work well with older macs. I work with Windows and UNIX and I found the installer of this product to be extremely poorly designed. I have 20+ years of system administration experience and found this to be the worst upgrade I've went through in the last 5 years. We tried to update a G4 that was running 10.3.x. After cleaning up the disk enough to install the Leopard the install failed. We could not come back up on 10.3 since the install had wiped out the 10.3 install. We could not re-install 10.5 since 10.5 had installed enough of 10.5 to make the installer think there was not enough disk space. I had to boot the system into single user mode and manually remove enough of the 10.5 installation so the installer would try the re-install. I had to do this re-install thing 5 times and still no luck. Apple support was useless and told us we had a bad DVD. I did a google search on our problem and found a blog from someone who had the same problem with the installer and fixed it by removing RAM from the system so that there was no more than 512 MB of ram in the system. I removed the extra ram and the system installed the first time. Everything than seemed to work well and I thought everything was fine.
Little did I know that when I tried to update the system to 10.5.2 that the system would become completely useless. The update to 10.5.2 downloaded and installed but at the last step it failed. The system wouldn't boot, didn't have enough disk space to re-install 10.5.1, couldn't boot into single user mode so the only choice was to wipe the disk and do a fresh install.
If you want to risk this upgrade backup all of your data. Better yet, get a second hard drive and install 10.5 on the second hard drive and keep your options open to boot up on the old system. Do a google search on Leopard and G4 problems.
I don't think Apple has any bragging rights about Leopard being easier to use than Vista.
Rating:
- 10.5.3Note that I have used 10.5.2 but I do not yet own it. Soon.....
I am reviewing anyways just to say that there are some problems with 10.5.2 at the moment that may or may not affect what you want to do. Check out online to see if it will. If it does the best recommendation is to wait till 10.5.3 is released (hopefully June 2008?). Seems Apple is putting a great deal of effort to get the update finished and as bug free as possible. A couple of the problems do affect me so I am waiting a bit first.
However 10.5 still is a great OS and makes Vista look sick and obese. Oh yes, while I would never do it myself if the cost of Macs are prohibitive there are ways to allow some PC's to use OSX (albiet imperfectly) with the right parts. Then maybe you can trash Windows :-)
Rating:
- A Few ChangesI purchased this shortly after it went to 10.5.1. Honestly I don't really see that much of a change. I mean; yes it looks a "little" better with the incorrectly rendered reflections on the doc.
This edition feels like a small update to 10.4. Not so sure it was worth the money to get a little cleaner UI and a few small extra things like Time Machine and the loss of iLife applications like Garage Band, iPhoto and a few others that don't come to mind right now. To get these back I used my OEM DVD for 10.4 to re-install them.
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