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Apple's OS X Leopard In Depth

jcatcw writes "Computerworld begins its Week of Leopard with an in-depth review and image gallery covering Apple's newest version of OS X. Is it worth the wait? Well, Yes. It trumps Vista, of course; the Finder, Quick Look and Cover Flow provide better functionality and eye candy; Time Machine is the biggest undelete ever and the restore function is one of the coolest things we've ever seen; it has iChat; and has lots of updates under the hood. The answer might be no if you're lacking in the hardware department - an FAQ on how to get ready for the new version will help."

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  1. no surprise there by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. It trumps Vista, of course

    Is that really a big accomplishment? I mean, really? XP trumps Vista.

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    1. Re:no surprise there by Penguin+Follower · · Score: 2, Funny

      What's wrong with *your* 10.4? Mine is quite snappy. (MacPro Quad 2.66GHz 2GB RAM 250GB HDD)

    2. Re:no surprise there by Rufty · · Score: 5, Funny

      But Vista still beats WinME!
      (kinda...)

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    3. Re:no surprise there by Z34107 · · Score: 2, Funny

      When you want a shell, you get a Unix one on a certified Unix OS; in a fancy translucent window if you so choose.

      I choose the unholy union of C# and Perl (aka Windows Powershell) and Aero Glass! And just try to defeat my unstoppable DirectX 10... Tremble in fear!!!1!!1eleven

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    4. Re:no surprise there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Click the "Start" Button.

    5. Re:no surprise there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Tosser.

  2. Re:Geez... by vux984 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like the Lisa, the Newton, OS9, those ipods with the super scratcable screen, the puck mouse?

    Apple has pulled its share of boners. Having a string of good products doesn't mean they are automatically super fantastic. They just happen to be super fantastic.

  3. Oh exploitable! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone has got to take the time machine visualizer and change the background image to Goatse :D

  4. Re:Geez... by graviplana · · Score: 2, Funny

    You wouldn't understand...

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  5. Re:Multiple Desktops by Chris_Stankowitz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ok, Nevermind, I guess you can...I had them shared. Better than nothing I guess...thanks again.

  6. Re:I have to know the answer to this... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Mac trolling fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Mac (a 8600/300 w/64 Megs of RAM) for about 20 minutes now while you attempt to rephrase a old troll from kottke.org. At home, on my Pentium Pro 200 running NT 4, which by all standards should be trolled more often, I'm rarely trolled once a year. If that.

    In addition, during this trolling attempt, I can not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even my assistant is straining to keep awake as you type this.

    I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while waiting for your various trolls, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Wintel troll that has been posted faster than its Mac counterpart, despite Wintel users generally having less of a life, and more time to hang out on Slashdot. My 486/66 with 8 megs of ram runs circles around you, and a small Perl script could out troll you most times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Macintosh troll is a superior troll.

    Mac troll addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to troll a Mac user over other faster, cheaper, more stable people.

  7. Re:Multiple Desktops by Mahjub+Sa'aden · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, a multiple desktop application made by Microsoft itself. Now I don't have to put up with half-assed, buggy, slow 3rd-party solutions! I can use a half-assed, buggy, slow 1st party solution!

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  8. Re:Computerworld Developers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You can eat the pavement pizza at the bus stop for free. I'd rather pay a professional chef.

  9. Re:Computerworld Developers by Riquez · · Score: 5, Funny

    the ability to direct someone else to change system settings without having to give them a long GUI script along the lines of "Open this, click here, click there, this should say X, type Y"
    Indeed, the conversation would probably go like this..
    noidentity: OK, open up the terminal
    user: What? Is that in my Dock?
    noidentity:..erm ok, then go to HD > Applications > Utilities > Terminal
    user:OK
    noidentity:Now type defaults write com...
    user:Where do i write 'com', on my note pad?
    noidentity:no, no I mean type write
    user:I don't have a type writer
    noidentity:sigh. No, the word write, type the word write
    user:I think i typed it right, w r i g h t thats right, right?
    --- Time Passes ---
    noidentity:OK, now, using the keyboard on your computer, type the following words -boolean YES;
    user:Whats a hyphen?
    --- sound of gunshot ---
    user:Hello?
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  10. Re:Computerworld Developers by josephdrivein · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was wondering the same. What about the discussion I've seen so many times:
    Slashdotter1: Check out the source code with svn
    Slashdotter2: What if I don't have svn installed?
    Slashdotter1: #aptitude install subversion
    Slashdotter2: What the heck is supposed to be that? I don't wanna type some obscure command line!!!!!1

    We should say every time: click the "K" in the bottom left corner of your screen, or the "Applications" label at the top left of your screen or...

  11. Apple has a sense of humor.. by inotocracy · · Score: 2, Funny