Got around to upgrading to Leopard finally. I gotta say, Apple got it just right this time. No stupid cocoa/carbon apps looking different, finally a unified GUI. Love the menu bar. The transparency looks awesome with backgrounds where its noticeable, but I use a background that makes it look solid, so thats perfect (as I'm sure the transparency would be annoying at some points.
Time machine rocks. I back up to my Mac Mini (running as a server)
The combination of Spaces and Exposé is awesome. In tiger I would often have to hide and/or minimize safari windows or the like in order to effectively work in finder or photoshop, now I just have safari in its own space and use the 4th (back) mouse button to activate spaces, and the 5th (forward) to activate Exposé all windows (I got in the habit of using delete/shift-delete to navigate back and forward in safari awhile ago.) This way I don't have to take my hand off the mouse to hit the Spaces or Exposé hot key.
I LOVE the new finder, specifically the sidebar, even more specifically the "shared" section. I don't have to hit apple-k/go to the network icon/use a shortcut to connect to my server, It's already listed there. Also, the different shares are all listed right there, and it automatically connects to each one when I select it. I don't have to do apple-k again to "reconnect" to connect to a second or third share. The new sidebar just seems much more organized, and the "search for" section is awesome too. The predefined searches are really useful.
Quick look is amazingly fast and useful, it opens and plays a 720p movie instantly on my Macbook Pro.
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almost forgot, the new AppleTV-like Front Row is awesome. I'm so glad they did this, the old one looked fine, but it had its bugs, and this one is 10 times better.
The only fear about leopard that I had was the dock. it always looked retarded to me in screenshots, but actually using it it looks damn good.
To all of you on the edge of upgrading: DO IT. Its worth it. I didn't think it was before, but it definitely is.
If this just seems like a shameless plug for OS X, well it kind of is, and trust me I've tried to find stuff I don't like. I haven't yet, but I know I will eventually.
Now my question to you is, how do YOU like it?
Time machine rocks. I back up to my Mac Mini (running as a server)
The combination of Spaces and Exposé is awesome. In tiger I would often have to hide and/or minimize safari windows or the like in order to effectively work in finder or photoshop, now I just have safari in its own space and use the 4th (back) mouse button to activate spaces, and the 5th (forward) to activate Exposé all windows (I got in the habit of using delete/shift-delete to navigate back and forward in safari awhile ago.) This way I don't have to take my hand off the mouse to hit the Spaces or Exposé hot key.
I LOVE the new finder, specifically the sidebar, even more specifically the "shared" section. I don't have to hit apple-k/go to the network icon/use a shortcut to connect to my server, It's already listed there. Also, the different shares are all listed right there, and it automatically connects to each one when I select it. I don't have to do apple-k again to "reconnect" to connect to a second or third share. The new sidebar just seems much more organized, and the "search for" section is awesome too. The predefined searches are really useful.
Quick look is amazingly fast and useful, it opens and plays a 720p movie instantly on my Macbook Pro.
:edit:
almost forgot, the new AppleTV-like Front Row is awesome. I'm so glad they did this, the old one looked fine, but it had its bugs, and this one is 10 times better.
The only fear about leopard that I had was the dock. it always looked retarded to me in screenshots, but actually using it it looks damn good.
To all of you on the edge of upgrading: DO IT. Its worth it. I didn't think it was before, but it definitely is.
If this just seems like a shameless plug for OS X, well it kind of is, and trust me I've tried to find stuff I don't like. I haven't yet, but I know I will eventually.
Now my question to you is, how do YOU like it?