Testseek.com have collected 46 expert reviews of the Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
January 2008
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The editors liked
Leopard Finders new sidebar is better organised and more usable than its Tiger counterpart
Boot Camp for Windows-to-Mac switchers
Quick Look
Which lets users preview the contents of documents without opening the program
Spotlight is faster and now...
The editors didn't like
The areas of light and dark behind the menu bar can severely decrease the readability of menu items
In the Spaces feature sometimes windows would appear in spaces that we didnt expect The Final Word So are 300-plus new features worth $158? That answe...
Abstract: Safari Web Clip Web Clip offers something Dashboard lovers have been craving: an easy way to create Widgets. Although this won’t allow you to make a Widget about anything, it does allow you to take advantage of current web based programs without th...
All in all, it's hard to view Leopard as much of an advance on Tiger. The interface improvements are a mixture of 'great' and 'meh' while the new features don't really add much beyond tweaks to your daily workflow. The feature with the ability to really ...
Abstract: If Leopard and Vista got in a fight, who would win? Well, one is a feline predator and the other is a view. While hardly comparable in those terms, solution providers need to consider how Apples latest operating system stacks up in comparison to Micro...
Abstract: Theres not much in Leopard that you could call new, as in never seen before. What I see instead is what I call a revolution of evolution. There are many things that suddenly work better than ever before, or just more efficiently, or, in some cases, fi...
Published: 2007-11-02, Author: John , review by: techcrunch.com
Abstract: Here we sit, a week after the Leopard launch, exhausted. Like the machine at Ikea that opens and closes the drawers in the kitchen section over and over again to show how strong they are, I’ve pounded at Leopard with a vengeance, opening and closing...
Several killer features; low system requirements; cheaper than most versions of Windows Vista
Time Machine backup app is limited in functionality; iChat has limited support for instant-messaging applications
Mac owners that like working faster and smarter will like OS X 10.5 Leopard. Upgrading to Leopard isnt absolutely necessary, but we strongly recommend doing so....
Time Machine makes backing up extremely easy, Cover Flow and Quick Look help users find files, Mail can create attractive stationery, as well as Notes and To-Dos, Improved parental controls, Works well on older Macs
Time Machine can’t back up to shared network storage, Stacks isn’t an improvement over old method of storing folders in the Dock, iCal still isn’t robust enough as a calendar
Abstract: Mac OS 10.5, aka Leopard, may be the most analyzed release of an operating system upgrade in Apple’s history, coming as it does into a flourishing blogosphere after a multi-month (and leaky) beta cycle and an extra six months of rumination, contempl...
Abstract: I previously wrote about the features I was anxiously awaiting in Leopard. I’m happy to say that the OS has met and exceeded my expectations.InstallThe package arrived at 10:30am on Friday. Unfortunately, I was on the road for business and coul...
