blackOnblack
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Who is using it? I'm running Tiger but about to upgrade this weekend. Is bootcamp still easy to setup?
Let me know what i'm in for!
Let me know what i'm in for!
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Leopard?
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Aegon
Bongo Maniac
I've been using Leopard on 3 Macs since the release day.
It will occasionally crash, usually due to bluetooth driver errors. Tiger wouldn't have crashed under the same circumstances. The laptops have never crashed on me (the again, they aren't using bluetooth and they are shut down frequently).
But Spaces, Time Machine, and Spotlight make the pros outweigh the cons.
I setup bootcamp on one machine. It worked as well as any MS Windows I've ever installed. That is to say that it mostly worked in an annoying and intrusive way. Leopard isn't really going to make Windows any better, except that it includes some drivers on the Leopard CD instead of having you download them.
It will occasionally crash, usually due to bluetooth driver errors. Tiger wouldn't have crashed under the same circumstances. The laptops have never crashed on me (the again, they aren't using bluetooth and they are shut down frequently).
But Spaces, Time Machine, and Spotlight make the pros outweigh the cons.
I setup bootcamp on one machine. It worked as well as any MS Windows I've ever installed. That is to say that it mostly worked in an annoying and intrusive way. Leopard isn't really going to make Windows any better, except that it includes some drivers on the Leopard CD instead of having you download them.
goodness-707
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I haven't set up bootcamp, but I'm generally happy with leopard. There were a few issues that have been worked out. The only nagging one I still see regularly is that apps crash when I try to shut them down. Doesn't matter which apps, and it's more of an annoyance than a problem, because I am trying to shut them down, so all stuff is saved.
Other than that, it's pretty good. On the whole, it feels almost as reliable as tiger did, but with some useful features.
Other than that, it's pretty good. On the whole, it feels almost as reliable as tiger did, but with some useful features.
Aegon
Bongo Maniac
After the new updates everybody falls into two categories:
(1) Those who use OSX and love it.
(2) Those who don't, and hate it. And they hate you.
blackOnblack
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I need to find my Creative Suite 3 DVD before I do a reformat and/or upgrade.
Arminius
Well-known member
Any of you have any new rants/raves about Leopard? I have held off getting it for my 2007 MacBookPro to see if there are problems with Leopard. Do you think it is worth getting? What about that automatic backup feature? Is that something you can disable?
How about the new MS Office for mac?
How about the new MS Office for mac?
mike23w
Giggity
I got a macbook pro with leopard a several weeks ago from work(I use it for work and at home).
VMware Fusion is installed which lets me run a WinXpPro Virtual Machine from the Leopard Desktop so I don't need bootcamp.
I had to reboot twice last week because the wireless locked up.
I found XP to be (surprisingly) more stable than either Tiger or Panther.
VMware Fusion is installed which lets me run a WinXpPro Virtual Machine from the Leopard Desktop so I don't need bootcamp.
I had to reboot twice last week because the wireless locked up.
I found XP to be (surprisingly) more stable than either Tiger or Panther.
goodness-707
Active member
The few gripes I've had about it have been fixed via software update. It's been working fine for me for a while now. I'm generally quite happy, and I'd pay 2x what a mac costs to not have to use Windows again. I don't miss it one bit. I have two Win32 apps I still need to use somewhat regularly. For that I use parallels. I don't use boot camp though. I specifically have the VM as a virtual disk so that I can easily back it up, and just as easily use it one another machine if mine were lost (or fell off the back of the bike
)I'm a relative newcomer to Mac OS and apple though, so that means I've learned the hard way to be patient with Mac software updates. Most of the problems I've had were introduced by software updates. Apple seems to get software updates right a few weeks after they launch them.
goodness-707
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oh yeah, re the automatic backup feature (time machine). If you are not interested in using it, it is disabled by default. You need to enable it to use it. It's simple and works though. For the last several years I've been using a homebrew backup system using shell scripts and rsync (yes, even on Windows). For the first several months, I didn't trust time machine, but used it to see what it would do. Then, after leopard, some software update introduced a display driver glitch. Well, I had all my stuff backed up, but didn't want to restore/reinstall, so I gave time machine a go. It worked flawlessly.
I've heard that some have had issues, but it's worked for me. One thing about it though, it's not very configurable. It does backups about every hour, and you can't change that as far as I can tell. On the whole, I Like it.
I've heard that some have had issues, but it's worked for me. One thing about it though, it's not very configurable. It does backups about every hour, and you can't change that as far as I can tell. On the whole, I Like it.
Arminius
Well-known member
Cool! Thanks for the info regarding Leopard. I think I'll purchase it this weekend.
I've found bootcamp to be troublesome on both my MacBook running Tiger and my fiance's MacBook running Leopard. I bought Parallels Desktop 3.0 and have had no problems since. It's nice being able to run Windows without having to restart my computer everytime. Plus it boosts the speed of XP so it's running fast as hell now. 