Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Dec 2007 10:23 UTC, submitted by Francis Kuntz
"No one is unhappy with Mac OS X Version 10.4, known as Tiger. OS X is not an application platform that needed repair, speeding up, or exterior renovation. Motivations for major upgrades of competing system software - roll-ups of an unmanageable number of fixes, because the calendar says it's time, or because users are perceived to have version fatigue - don't apply to OS X. People buy Macs because the platform as a whole is perfect, full stop. Leopard is a rung above perfection. It's taken as rote that the Mac blows away PC users' expectations. Leopard blows away Mac users' expectations, and that's saying a great deal."
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2007-06-20
I was a little hesitant to upgrade, but I did and I'm happy. It runs faster on my Macbook Pro than Tiger, for example window management is quicker, the UI is slightly more responsive in general, and faster user switching is tolerable now. I haven't really had problems with the pseudo-transparent menu bar or the new dock. Finder is better now.
Downside, while it runs faster on my Macbook Pro, it makes my Mac Mini 1.2Ghz PowerPC run slower. Spaces is not even as intuitive as Desktop Manager, which I still use now. In short, not a perfect 10, but other than the speed problems on older-but-hardly-obsolete Macs, I'm happy.