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October 31st, 2007, 11:26 PM
OS X 10.5 "Leopard"
Price - $158 AUD, $143 AUD with certain student discounts.
The new step in Mac OS software was released last friday with a bang around the world, many Apple stores and resellers having a release party for the new OS.
The new OS has many new features like Spaces, Time Machine, Stacks and a new version of Finder.
Spaces: Spaces is an application that lets you have 4 desktops, in a way. The app created 4 virtual desktops, only one veiwable at a time, but when you swith to a different one, it just clears the screen of the apps running, not exiting though. Its like having 4 different screens, but you change to a different one just by pushing the buttons you select to change.
Time Machine: Time Machine has to be the best piece of software on a computer today, time machine makes you select a harddive to which when you delect something, it creates a compressed version of what you deleted, so if you ever what to get that file again, you just open time machine and scroll back to the date you deleted it. Can't remember when you deleted it? Just search for it, time machine also has a lightning fast search tool as well. A 10GB partition is plenty of space for a backup of a 250GB harddrive.
Stacks: A simple application that goes in the newly designed 3D dock, stacks lets you place any type of folder into the dock, weather it be you Downloads or Applications folder, you can place in the dock, and when you select the folder a grid or tower pops up, your preference on which one, containing the files inside the folder, you also choose the order in which they appear.
Finder: Finder has been given a completely new GUI, at first look, you would think the new Finder is iTunes, but on a closer inspection you would yourself to be wrong, the new finder comes with a Media Player, so you view all your movies inside finder itself, in fullscreen if you wanted to, the side bar has also changed, the icons now smaller and more organised, Finder also has a file sharing tool that is so simple to use and infant could use it, hit the share desktop button in the preferences and your computer with show up in other people on your network's side bar, they just selct your computer and it takes them to your desktop so they can see what you see as you do it, an exccelent tool for showing someone how to do something in a program if your not there, the app has 2 different 'uses' 1 is that you view thier desktop like a movie, the other is you can copy files off it onto yours you can eben explore all their folder, the ones they permit you to that is.
The new OS has many strong points, my only critism is that I don't like the new Icons for folders and such as much I liked the old ones from OS X 10.4 "Tiger"
Overall I give Leopard a 9/10
Price - $158 AUD, $143 AUD with certain student discounts.
The new step in Mac OS software was released last friday with a bang around the world, many Apple stores and resellers having a release party for the new OS.
The new OS has many new features like Spaces, Time Machine, Stacks and a new version of Finder.
Spaces: Spaces is an application that lets you have 4 desktops, in a way. The app created 4 virtual desktops, only one veiwable at a time, but when you swith to a different one, it just clears the screen of the apps running, not exiting though. Its like having 4 different screens, but you change to a different one just by pushing the buttons you select to change.
Time Machine: Time Machine has to be the best piece of software on a computer today, time machine makes you select a harddive to which when you delect something, it creates a compressed version of what you deleted, so if you ever what to get that file again, you just open time machine and scroll back to the date you deleted it. Can't remember when you deleted it? Just search for it, time machine also has a lightning fast search tool as well. A 10GB partition is plenty of space for a backup of a 250GB harddrive.
Stacks: A simple application that goes in the newly designed 3D dock, stacks lets you place any type of folder into the dock, weather it be you Downloads or Applications folder, you can place in the dock, and when you select the folder a grid or tower pops up, your preference on which one, containing the files inside the folder, you also choose the order in which they appear.
Finder: Finder has been given a completely new GUI, at first look, you would think the new Finder is iTunes, but on a closer inspection you would yourself to be wrong, the new finder comes with a Media Player, so you view all your movies inside finder itself, in fullscreen if you wanted to, the side bar has also changed, the icons now smaller and more organised, Finder also has a file sharing tool that is so simple to use and infant could use it, hit the share desktop button in the preferences and your computer with show up in other people on your network's side bar, they just selct your computer and it takes them to your desktop so they can see what you see as you do it, an exccelent tool for showing someone how to do something in a program if your not there, the app has 2 different 'uses' 1 is that you view thier desktop like a movie, the other is you can copy files off it onto yours you can eben explore all their folder, the ones they permit you to that is.
The new OS has many strong points, my only critism is that I don't like the new Icons for folders and such as much I liked the old ones from OS X 10.4 "Tiger"
Overall I give Leopard a 9/10