Review of WWDC Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)
With Leopard, Apple has added a thick coat of polish to an already elegant operating system. The upgraded OS isn't all glitz and glam, though. Mac's core applications have been rendered more friendly by the addition of stronger visual cues, animated actions and detailed user interface refinements.
The article describes overall improvements to Mac OS X's Finder, including its new Cover Flow view. While seemingly superfluous, the reviewer found it "extremely useful for certain applications" -- such as flipping through images. The "killer feature" of Cover Flow is the ability to quickly preview certain types of documents, such as Word documents and PDFs. Apple has also made steady improvements to Mail, iCal and iChat. The reviewer found that Time Machine required over 30 minutes to set up and also required an external drive.
Since the build I tested is a preview meant for developers, I wasn't expecting rock-solid stability. However, the new features I discovered over a couple of days were enough to win me over. When it's released for real in October, Leopard is sure to be a hit among newcomers and the Mac faithful alike.
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i doubt we'll see any more features that isn't already in the developer preview since it was stated to be a "full-feature" preview. also, what's the big deal of being the first post?
The reviewer found that Time Machine required over 30 minutes to set up and also required an external drive.
That makes it sound like it takes thirty minutes of work to set it up, but it's probably the same as how Spotlight takes some time to index everything.
-Chasen
The reviewer found that Time Machine required over 30 minutes to set up and also required an external drive.
Let's hope it has been hard to set cause its still a beta :s however, time is worthed I think for that kind of magic app!!!!
that's good news. i'm really excited for leopard and look forward to its release.
i doubt we'll see any more features that isn't already in the developer preview since it was stated to be a "full-feature" preview. also, what's the big deal of being the first post?
VERY glad to hear that Finder has indeed been "vastly" improved. I have a pretty fast Intel machine and still get the beach ball of death when trying to do certain things...
Working for Dell Tech support has taught me that the plague of the average user is data loss. Their Windows machines go down seemingly without rhyme or reason and they didn't back anything up. I help them out after they stop sobbing, but I wish I could just tell them about Time Machine, and improve their lives by saying "Get a Mac".
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