Reviews G-Funk on 19 Nov 2007 07:52 pm
Leopard So Far! (Q8mug Point of View)
Power Boz: Well Well well, so far, Leopard fairs well. I did have issues with installation but I got over it with a quick hard drive swap. First the installation was hell. Halfway through the installation and the system stops. Restart and redo the installation and the same thing happens again, crash. So I figured let me delete the resident bootcamp partition and use the whole hard drive space. Finally the installation went without the a hitch. I got Leopard up and running in about and hour. Everything was flawless until I got the black screen of death. The dreaded kernel panic. Restart again and the computer went to hell. It was slow and very weird. Mail crashes constantly but that is another story. So I went to Hawalli and after about an of searching I found the hard drive I was looking for. Went back home and popped open my Macbook Pro and swapped the drive out. Reinstalled everything and it went smoothly from there on. Networking is simply amazing. It finds all the computers on the network and was able to see and receive and send files. I didn’t try printers yet but that is next on the list. The networking preference panel has changed dramatically. It takes a bit of getting used to but is a lot more informative and more powerful then before. Wireless networking is bad on a Macbook Pro because of the Aluminum casing. Spaces is perfect. The transition from one space to another is fast and smooth. The application assignment works perfectly so even if you start an application in space one that is designated to run in space two, it automatically goes to that space. Everything is snappier and faster. Stacks is good but a bit over rated. Finder is faster and more productive with cover view. Preview, iCal and other iApps are just better and faster. So far Leopard is perfect. It has a lot of features that are under the hood but nothing really significant on top. As we said before, Leopard is an evolutionary release and not a revolutionary one. It is feature filled and geared for developers with lots of development only features. So far it is solid.
G-Funk : I’ve had no issues during installation. the process went smooth with no issues what so ever. Installed it on 3 macs that I own in my household (Family Pac) and they are running fine. The only problems I’ve faced are bugs with the initial version of leopard (10.5) like wireless access points not responding . screen share. back to my mac.. time machine etc… After the upgrade to 10.5.1 most of those issue disappeared and all is fine and swell . No problems to mention to date except for some enhancements I’d like to enable for better performance and stability.