http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/ Engadget Comments for How would you change Leopard? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 4th 2007 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
I'd change Leopard.. with Ubuntu]]>Nov 2nd 2007 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
WHEW! I didn't realize I had so many issues with it. Regardless, it's still a lot smoother of an experience than any Windows PC i've had. Possibly its best redeeming quality (and probably the most important for me) is the fact that it connects almost instantly to a wireless network when I wake the computer up, as opposed to having to wait a few seconds for the computer to connect.

If anyone has solutions for any of these issues, let me know please.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
I have similar complaints about stacks - not sure why users lost the ability to keep traditional folders in the dock. Its almost impossible to explain a stack to a new computer user - this seems like it should have been an OPTION for advanced users.

my only other complaint is the loss of the bluetooth connection from Address Book to cell phones. I use to be able to wirelessly connect my cell to address book and then receive caller ID, send and receive SMS messages, dial out and answer calls right from OSX without having to take my cell out of my pocket. It was a little known feature but now it is totally gone. WTF!!]]>Nov 2nd 2007 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14831]]>Nov 2nd 2007 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
How do you do that thing with the phone? Sounds smart!! :P
Im using a sony erricson k810i, will it work with that?
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Stick an empty folder named "AA" in your applications folder and BAM you have a folder icon for your applications stack. better yet, take a picture of a pretty lady and name her AA and stick it in your applications folder.

There we go thinking outside the box again ;)]]>Nov 7th 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
In computers, an upgrade is a new version of or addition to a hardware or, more often, software product that is already installed or in use.

Basically, in basic terms, you don't know what you're talking about. Mac users aren't familiar with service packs because they don't release an incomplete operating system. This would be an upgrade. I mean, it's okay, i'm sure you heard Dvorak or someone on the blogosphere make their attempt at being witty by calling Leopard a "service pack". Stop being such a sheep.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cougar]]>Nov 2nd 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
Exactly what would Leopard need to have for it to pass as a "new OS version" in your eyes?

Why do you conder it to be a service pack? The fact that it's a 0.1 upgrade? Just like the NT 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade was, by the way.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Leopard w/ all features = $130
Linux w/ all features = $0]]>Nov 2nd 2007 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/The true win..

Seriously I love all OS's =]




Except Vista =[]]>Nov 2nd 2007 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
10.1, 10.2, and 10.4 could all be considered "service packs" since they really offered nothing worthy of a new OS. Leopard does add some things that make it worthy as an upgrade instead of just a service pack though. Usually anytime Finder gets improved it will be a good upgrade since Finder is the backbone of the system.

10.6 will probably be another lame update though like 10.4.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
wow... you MUST be a newb to the Mac. Let me school ya a bit:

I'm not sure if anyone who ever used 10.0 would ever DARE to call 10.1 a service pack as you have so eloquently described it. Did you even use 10.0? Well, not many did, because it was basically unusable on any system. I actually opted to stay with 9 and risk possible crashing rather than use 10.0 because it was so incredibly slow that doing anything productive in it was next to, if not entirely, impossible. Not to mention the fact that nearly nothing worked for it anyway, since all the apps were still classic. 10.1 was an incredible speed improvement (i'd say on the order of ten billion %) and should have been called Cheetah, not to mention the massive amount of bug fixes and other nice little details. The stability improved substantially as well. Most people would actually call 10.1 the real first version of OS X, and I've never heard of anyone suggesting that it was basically a useless upgrade and not worth the money. Only a truly insane person would upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 and suggest that it did little to make things better.

You're a little bit closer in your assertions that 10.2 and 10.4 were service packs, although 10.2 did incredible things for the stablility and further speed of OS X. 10.4 was basically nothing great, but seemed to improve minor things. So yeah, those are basically service packs.

Plus, you said that Expose is useful. No, it's really not useful. In fact, it's basically just useless eye candy. The old finder was essentially the same as the new finder, so I'm not exactly sure what your gripe is there, but I guess adding a the brushed metal does add functionality for some people. ]]>Nov 2nd 2007 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
Actually, you're comparing the full retail copy of Vista with what is essentially the upgrade version of MacOS X (not too many people own Macs that came with no installed OS...)

The upgrade of Vista Ultimate is $260.

The OEM version of Vista Ultimate (which is legal to buy - Microsoft has said this publically) is $200.

And considering there are very few features in Ultimate that the average non-business user really can use - you can get most of the same features in MacOS X (and some that aren't in it, like Media Center) by buying Vista Home Premium, which is just $150 for the upgrade and $120 for the OEM version.

That makes Vista for the average user actually *cheaper* than MacOS X.

Prices sourced from: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/campaigns/campaigntemplate.asp?CampaignID=37]]>Nov 2nd 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
Also, Expose is very useful to many people. I find myself instinctively trying to activate it daily on my Windows machine at work...and I have dual monitors there. ]]>Nov 2nd 2007 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
And yes, the 3D Dock is ugly, and I shouldn't have to go into the Terminal to make it not so.

Otherwise... I'm honestly pretty happy!]]>Nov 2nd 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
I find the stacks nice, however, I add my own _Downloads and _Docs folder within my download and docs folder, give them the downloads/documents icon, and then sort stack by name. It's the only way I can have the proper icons on the stack itself.

I do the same thing with my Applications folder (wayyyyyy better than a Start menu!!) but make it Grid out, instead of fan.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 3rd 2007 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 3rd 2007 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
Everyone is so mean around here. Christ.]]>Nov 3rd 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 3rd 2007 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
Get rid of Stacks. It stinks. Bring back the ability to have a folder with a list of the files.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
I'd love to try Leopard but don't want an expensive MacBook.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showforum=85]]>Nov 2nd 2007 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
i thought for a second you said OSX 8086
i was having terrible flashbacks.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 2nd 2007 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/Nov 3rd 2007 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-change-leopard/
Running beatifully. I honestly would only change one thing with leopard... make the stacks nestable, where if I open a stack, then click on a folder, it should open that folder in the current stack, not open it in finder.]]>Nov 3rd 2007 3:35AM