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Biggest OS X Update yet

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4 Jan 25th, 2008 

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Many new features, Full support for Windows

Disadvantages:
OS upgrades used to be free

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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is the biggest update to the Mac operating system since OS X was first released. It is the first update that I would recommend purchasing on it's own rather than waiting till you need to upgrade to a new Macintosh computer. Some of the most useful features are Time Machine which is a one button backup system (it requires an external hard drive), Spaces, an application that helps organize applications when multitasking , and Bootcamp that allows Windows XP or Vista to load natively on Intel Macintosh computers. Bootcamp alone gives you the functionality of having a whole other computer if you need to run windows applications and don't wish to use a program like parallels or virtual PC that don't run at native speeds. Quicklook and Stacks in the dock are both excellent time saving features. Quicklook allows a small preview window to appear for almost any file type which shows the content of the file without fully opening it. Stacks allows you to store the contents of whole folders in the dock so the user can easily access applications and documents in an organized fashion. OS X now is also fully Unix/ Linus compatible, so all Linux apps will run. This means with one computer you can use Windows, Mac OS or Linux apps. All together the updates offer a very good value upgrade for the OS X operating system. 

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shaaza 25.01.2008 16:22

you need to slow down on your reviews, otherwise people won't rate em..

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