Today, Apple has released the much anticipated Mac OS X 10.5.2. The hefty combo update weighs in at almost 350MB, but it can also be downloaded via Software Update. The updates includes general operating system improvements that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, as well as imrpoved Back to My Mac support, new view for Dock based folders, and much more.
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if a brand new technology product gets released and you decide to use it in the first 6 months - 1 year, you should consider yourself an early adopter. That means that you should expect odd bugs until the product gets the kinks worked out. The bigger the release, the more of the issues need to get fixed, and leopard was a really big release.
Member since:2005-07-06
Its definitely ready for general consumption; I only upgraded because it was a free upgrade through the uptodate programme which Apple runs. Not only is there 10.5.2 but also a graphics update. Not to put a too fine a point on it; it simply rocks 
This is what I would say is the equivalent in the Windows world of SP2 to Windows XP (or more recently, SP1 to Windows Vista).
Member since:2006-01-23
You're right and Leopard still isn't ready. This latest upgrade puts my machine at half speed from what it was prior to the update. That makes it a lot slower than it was on 10.4.10. I remember that we're supposed to get things working properly first and then, speed them up but this is ridiculous.
Perhaps, next time, they'll get it right. It seems with every release, we have to wait until the x.x.3 or x.x.4 uodate before everything works properly. Sad, that.
Member since:2005-07-06
Everybody should know what a dot-Oh release is. Even big companies with huge development budget can't beta test a piece of software that much that there won't be any problems for 10 million users.
IMO it's no big deal when a dot-Oh release has problems as long as they get fixed in a timely fashion.
It's not like Vista where it took Microsoft over a year to develop the first Service Pack and now they are even telling their users that, while SP1 is ready, they won't get it until March!
Leopard is a only 3.5 months and just received the second big update.
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2006-10-28
I've been waiting for this for quite a while. Brings some nice enhancements like the return of the list mode to stacks and disabling transparency in the menu bar at the top of the screen (though I'm fine with the transparency). I glad this is out and hope this fixed most of the common bugs. It's been through a lot of Q&A it seams.