| Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard | 
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Category: Software
List Price: $129.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  389 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Macintosh
Color: 1-user
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: MB576Z/A
Model: MB576Z/A
UPC: 885909167876
EAN: 5050053026040
ASIN: B000FK88JK
Publication Date: October 31, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Nightmare 10.5 November 20, 2008
Basically beware. You WILL have to do a complete clean install. Once you do so, many applications that formally worked fine, will no longer. Some will not even work with the new system. Many apps will need to you re-install, others will ask you again for serial numbers and activations. Make sure you have all those numbers handy. Sorry for those who have "borrowed" applications, chances are, you'll never be able to use them again.
I had gotten Leopard as a door prize at a motion graphics event. It took me a year to have a free weekend where I thought why not. Why not turned into about three weeks of trouble-shooting, borrowing wired keyboards from work and having to turn down freelance projects because I had to re-install apps, re-install the plug ins and even at this point there are two 3D applications I use that I now have to pay for the upgrade on in order to use them.
In the end, not only wasn't it worth it to upgrade, but the bells and whistles are more of a gimmick than something that would help me in my daily workflow. Time Machine became so annoying I turned it off, yeah great, it's there, but it eats up all the space on your external drives until you chose to delete older saves. Spaces? Why? Full screen iChat? I don't like to talk on the phone let alone see someone on my screen and have them see me, yuck. So in a word, yuck!
 Needs more kinks worked out November 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Leopard still has a number of bugs which can be limiting in its use compared to the very stable and bug free 10.4. Wish I had waited. So frustrating to go from trouble free to a number of issues which limit my computer use and are difficult if not possible at this time to resolve with Apple.
 Great OS (though X11 is messed up) November 16, 2008
Like Tiger before it, Leopard is worth every penny. Time machine works seamlessly (if you don't make the same mistake I did and use a LaCie drive for backup - it will fail sooner rather than later). Most new features are excellent. Unfortunately, the new X11 that ships with Leopard is badly messed up (at least when I installed it a while ago). Luckily, you can download the latest build from http://xquartz.macosforge.org is you need to use X11 professionally. Overall, Leopard is great and worth the upgrade!
upgrading November 3, 2008
buying Leopard was easy. saved a little money too, so that's always nice. upgrading to Leopard... why does it have to take up so much memory!!!! it's not that different enough from my old OS, but takes up so many Gigs! i was on 10.2 before the upgrade. oh well, it's done now.
Finder windows problems October 29, 2008
My work requires me to set up folders that hold hundreds and sometimes thousands of archived files. Therefore, I always use the simple list mode to scroll up and down in a narrow Finder window and open folders in the same window and without the need to having a sidebar, I never used the sidebar before anyway. something which worked great with Tiger.
When I upgraded to Leopard I couldn't have the simple list Finder window anymore. I found that in order to do that, I need to get a rid of the sidebar by clicking on the oval top right button on the Finder window which also get a rid of the top menu which includes the "back" and "forward" arrow buttons that are essential to going back and forth between folders. Although the arrow buttons can be substituted by activating the Path Bar at the bottom of the window by checking "Show Path Bar" in the "View" pulldown menu in top of the screen, which I don't find as fast and easy to use as the arrow buttons. I also shockingly found out that when I get a rid of the sidebar (and the top menu), folders always open in a new window no matter what, even if the "Always open folders in a new window" left unchecked in the "Finder" pull down menu in the top left corner of the screen.
So now I'm stuck with having to have the useless sidebar that takes much room on my little 15.4 screen of my MacBook Pro in every window I open in order just to make folders open in the same window.
The other thing is that Leopard does not memorize the Finder's window settings and location, I must go through resetting my windows to my specifications every time.
This may sounds like a simple issue but it is a very important one because most of us use the same window settings from start to end, we rarely change to different settings or location.
Apple, I hope you issue correction to this important problem soon.
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