Subscribe to RSS Feed

Categories

A month with Leopard

↓ skip to article

I finally got Leopard setup on my PowerBook. So far so good. I went out on a limb and decided not to do a fresh install. I would never have done that on windows. Oddly enough everything works. Everything but UNO, but I don’t really need to use it because Leopard has a unified theme.

Strangely enough, my powerbook is my only computer left. My HP died and I feel like its time for an upgrade on that guy. I’ll be listing that on ebay sooner or later, if anyone is interested send me a comment.

Okay Leopard review…

For day to day usage, nothing has really changed, just add stacks.  I have noticed that my PowerBook runs faster, which is nice since it is an aging computer.

I have a hard time deciding between using firefix or safari.  I like safari because its native and runs faster.  I like firefox because its firefox, but in 10.5, it isn’t unified like it was on Tiger with UNO.  I’ve switched back to firefox  safari since initially drafting this.

Everyone seems to have a major hang up about the new mirrored dock. I’ve never seemed to have a problem with it though.  I can see what programs I’m running even with the dock at its smallest setting.

I’m a fan of stacks, to some extent. I enjoy the download stack, but I’ve yet to figure out how to quick look items in a stack.  I don’t think you can, but I’ve heard rumors of stack fixes in 10.5.2.

Quick look is handy.  Its nothing to get too excited about.

I like the iCal updates, but I can’t resize the calendar list as small as I’d like it.  I may be crazy but when you’ve got 12″ you’ve got to make the most of every bit of screen you can.

Technorati : View blog reactions
Posted at : December 23rd, 2007 - 11:28 pm
Filed under : Technology
Navigate : Previous post / Next post

  • Pingback: AppleGeeks 3.0

  • Robert

    Well I gotta say, Leopard is fun. Not to much difference really. And I don’t understand how they justify paying how much for an update?

  • SK

    There’s always Camino. ;)

  • http://www.sparebrainsgames.com Wayne

    A tech at the Apple store told me about Flock (www.flock.com). It’s based on the Gecko engine, but is better integrated with OS-X.

    I upgraded my MacBook Pro over Thanksgiving and my wife’s MacBook yesterday. The only problem we’ve encountered is that her X11 install had to be done as a separate run, no big deal there. FireFox needed an upgrade, but that was a known issue. It was reported that Adobe CS3 was problematic, but I haven’t had any problems with Dreamweaver and Photoshop yet.

    My only real problem ticks me off. I was running a cheap Lexmark Z611 under both OS X and Windows, apparently they did not include it under 10.5! I’ve since downloaded an updated Lexmark set of printer drivers, but haven’t tried it yet.

  • Kenty

    Hey I’m running leopard on a 12″ powerbook too, which also has unintentionally become my only machine! Fortunately i have it hooked up to a 1920×1200 display most of the time so don’t suffer the same desktop space issues ;)
    Really happy wit Leopard, yes it’s evolutionary not revolutionary, but all those small improvements really add up for me.
    Main thing is i’m just really happy that a brand new OS performs so perfectly on a near four year old laptop :)

  • Glenn

    I have done “none fresh installs” in windows and it works fine saying as I have used both but prefer windows and Linux over mac mostly because IBM let other company’s make hardware allowing for a more diverse and better choice, considering most modern mac cpus are based off Intel architecture though its a rumor I hear they might try getting via to produce a low profile set.

  • Robert

    Low profile, as in power profile right? Unfortinatly whilst the clock speed may be the same, the flops won’t be. Via has bee known to have flop count issues per clock cycle. (for those that don’t know, a flop is an action performed during a clock cycle. GHz and MHz are measures of clock cycles per second.

  • ruben

    Camino (http://caminobrowser.org/) is built on Mozilla’s Gecko engine. I’ve been using it for about 1 year and have no complaints. They just released an update (v. 1.5.5). It’s definitely worth a try.

  • Joe

    Not sure if you’ve heard of this, but Quicksilver is a cracked out version of Spotlight. It’s free, open source, and you’ll never need to put icons in your dock ever again. you can even control apps globally. For example, i can be in safari and i can change songs in itunes just by using a few key strokes.

  • http://deetex.prox-media.net/ Deetex Seraphine

    Nope, 5.2 update does not enable quicklook in stacks, you need to open it in Finder to get a quicklook.

    Been running Leopard on my ‘book Pro for a little while now, and I barely have anything to complain about… Dreamweaver 8 tends to crash for no appearent reason, and CS2′s Version Cue won’t run(possibly due to intel?).

    Considering I went from Pather to Leopard(G4 Mac Mini), I’m a happy dragon.