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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Retail
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List Price: $129.99
Our Price: $109.99
Your Save: $ 20.00 ( 15% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Apple
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Apple
Color: 1-user
EAN: 5050053026040
Feature: Introduces over 300 new and enhanced features to OS X, including a new desktop and updated finder enabling easy browsing and sharing between multiple Macs
Format: DVD-ROM
Label: Apple
Manufacturer: Apple
Model: MB576Z/A
Platform: Mac OS X
Publication Date: 2007-10-31
Publisher: Apple
Release Date: 2007-06-12
Studio: Apple
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Features
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Introduces over 300 new and enhanced features to OS X, including a new desktop and updated finder enabling easy browsing and sharing between multiple Macs
Take advantage of the latest developments in processor hardware with full native 64-bit support, multi-core optimization, and new Core animation
Preview files without opening an application using Quick Look
Easily and automatically back up and restore lost files or a complete Mac with Time Machine
Create groups of applications and instantly switch between them with Spaces
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Editorial Reviews:
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Mac OS X v.10.5 Leopard is the newest release of Apple's innovative, stable and compatible operating system for Macintosh computers. This new release includes an elegant new interface and over 300 new innovations designed to help customers accomplish any task. Improvements have been included for all your favorite Mac programs like iChat and Mail, as well as all-new features such as Quick Look, which lets you peruse the contents of a multiple-page document or video without opening the whole file, and Time Machine, which can recover files in seconds. OS X 10.5 has all this, as well as the exceptional search technology, stunning graphics, rapid connectivity and solid stability you've come to expect from the OSX family of operating systems. iChat now lets you present movies, presentations and virtually any document during your chtas with iChat Theater. You can even save your audio and video chats for sharing or synching with an iPod to play on the go. Communicate with 30 professionally designed stationary template, keep important notes and track to-do items in Mail You can now group applications into Spaces and move between each Space with keyboard shortcuts to organize your windows and reduce clutter
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: New OS Amazing
Comment: Late to the party, I wanted to make sure that Apple had ironed out the kinks in the latest OS update.
For the most part, the update works great for end-users. However, I run a mail and web server on a Mac Mini that I applied the upgrade to, and once again, all the configuration files for file sharing, Apache and Postfix were altered and no indication was given that they would have to be re-edited to work with the newer versions of the open source tools. It would be more "Apple like" of Apple to give upgraders some notice of this kind of change -- especially _before_ updating.
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Summary: Yay - We Can Run Bootcamp! Hoorah!
Comment: You can run XP, Linux, Unix, OS X all on one laptop. What's NOT to love?
Bootcamp comes with Leopard as a free addon... totally worth it!
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Summary: Necessary Upgrade
Comment: Leopard 10.5.1 navigates smoothly, yet additional memory, also was installed. The iMacG5 is not a light home PC; I was glad I did not buy a new computer.
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Summary: think before ya speak and look before ya leap
Comment: Dont even think about the shift till there is a faster more stable and more COMPATIBLE(for pro audio applications and drivers) is available...
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Summary: Everything old is new again
Comment: I purchased this product mainly out of necessity, as the current generation of Mac Pro video cards don't accept anything less than MacOSX 10.5.2. That said, I appreciated the boosts in speed and efficiency over Tiger. There have been many small changes to the UI, such as the new pop-out expansion of folders in the dock, and the addition of Spaces, which adds an extra number of desktops.
My praises aside, I'm a little disappointed in this current version. It doesn't bring much to the table. Where 10.3 brought Expose and 10.4 brought the dashboard, 10.5 brings Spaces (as I previously mentioned). Spaces is mildly useful, but a bit of a processor hog, and its position is redundant, as Expose does all the same things with simple keystrokes, and you don't have to navigate through all of your screens. Also, they dropped support for 256 colors in 10.5.3, so any games that may run in that color mode (such as Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo II and Starcraft) will no longer run.
All in all, I like the speed and efficiency boosts, but I wish that they did a little more with this installment.
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