Replies

Feh. More eye candy but thats about it.

That 'eye candy' often has quite a bit of utility. Expose is a perfect example - it's a feature I can't do without when I'm doing some serious multitasking with a million windows open. Time Machine, Spaces, Finder improvements including Quick Look, the much-improved Preview, the long-overdue feature additions to Spotlight, the developer tools (DTrace + Instruments = !!!), the tweaks to AirPort, upgrades to Mail, Safari, iChat, iCal, Boot Camp, Address Book, the big overhaul of Automator, the new Dashboard features including Web Clip, the spring-loaded Dock, the system-wide grammar and pronunciation tools and most of the interface tweaks (except for the glass menu bar and glowing Dock open program indicator) is a lot for $129. Aside from the new stuff, Leopard is building on a strong foundation. OS X is built around a solid BSD/Unix core with some fantastic interface and programming layers constructed around it. The platform has some great software, especially with the small-business level development community. Vista Business is a fine operating system and all, but it's pretty stupid to dismiss OS X as something trivial or worthless. It's a mature, solid operating system that has given Windows a serious run for its money in terms of quality since 10.3.

Hear, hear.

I can't live without Expose. I often have four different browsers, VPC, Dreamweaver open at once (I absolutely LOVE my 30" display ;-).

I'm ordering an external drive for the Time Machine feature—can't wait!

I'm looking forward to the improved parental controls for my personal PB, too.