The Leopard Leaps
Oct 28th, 2007 by Don Ray
Apple’s newest operating system has hit the shelves today. My Apple Mac Mini is only a small part of my PC network, but, non the less, still a very capable piece of computing hardware. With the new OS arriving, I have to go through the process of asking myself if it is worth plopping down $129 and getting it.
The reviews I have read seem to think it is very worthwhile upgrade. If I used my Apple more, I would definitely get it, however, for now I think I will pass. I can see why a regular user of Apple would want to make the upgrade. The new “Time Machine” feature to backup your PC is the best reason I have found. The multiple desktop feature is also very useful, but I have it and it has been on Linux for a long time.
I have found one reason to get Leopard. Leopard has “bootcamp” built in and it would most likely make it easier for me to create a dual boot system between Apple OSX and UBUNTU. The only thing that prevents me from doing that is the 80 Gig hard drive that my Mini is sporting. If I ever decide to add an external drive, then I will probably do the upgrade at that time.
Looking at the numbers, Apple has made some significant growth in the PC market, partly because of its other products (iPod and iPhone), but also because of OSX. I know that it is not in their strategic direction, but if Apple decided to open up OSX to the general PC market, then you better sell all of your Microsoft stock.
Don Ray,
Here is an opinion piece from PC magazine that opines that Leopard is the new Vista (that will leave a mark!!). The guy is reinstalling Tiger on his Apple…
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2223921,00.asp
Rob
Like they say - If it ain’t broke - don’t fix it.
I am happy with Linux.