OSX Leopard

[Gromit]

Anone got it yet?

What do you think?

fo3nx?

[Pat Flanel]

Yes I have it. Much nippier than Tiger and most apps work ok. Many software apps were updated very quickly to run in Leopard so not many problems so far. Time machine looks good as does spaces. Recommend it to all Mac users.
As with any major OS development there are a few niggles but nothing like M$ Vista problems.

[Gromit]

I have been using BackUp with Tiger with my .Mac account and Timemachine is the same thing but with a better front end to it. I should get it tomorrow.

Thanks for your reply.

[fo3nix]

Time machine is nothing like Apple's old Backup.app. It's far, far better. Backup is an awful app, that doesn't even work properly (and has caused many people lots of problems). Superduper is still required for bootable backups though, so still useful. Time Machine may suffice for the average user, though.

Definitely worth the upgrade (I got it last week). Spaces, Time Machine, Mail are all worth it.

Some apps still don't work properly (I'm looking at you, Superduper), but most just work as they did with Tiger. Almost flawless.

You'll see a nice little speed increase, certainly with the responsiveness of Spotlight and other UI elements. AutoFS is now multi-threaded, meaning that you won't see the spinning beachball if you eject a network drive non-uniformly.

This is the best review for it:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10- 5.ars/

[Gromit]

Thanks fo3nix,

I was relying on you. I'm sure Timemachine is a lot better than BackUp, but I have used BU for 2 or 3 years and despite the ugly interface and functionality, it has saved my bacon more than once.

I can't wait to play tomorrow!