Come on folks we are Omega testers here

i think i just shed a tear...

that was beautiful man! /three cheers!

Yeah, I have always considered 10.n.1 or 10.n.2 to be the "final" release for X. In 10.1 days, I think...10.n.4 was the release that behaved like a "final"?

Anyway, I, like you, love the way they do this. When any of the other big OS versions are released, those releases are treated as "final" and they usually only fill holes after some mega-corp with big bucks demands a fix. But Apple actually TREATS 10.n.0 and 10.n.1 as development releases, and as soon as holed are discovered, they are fixed and sent via automatic update.

All in all IMHO, it makes for a better, more flawless OS. And as an early adopter, I pretty much always get the new OS release within 24-48 hrs of hitting the shelves.

In the meantime, I have installed Leopard, am very happy with Time Machine and the ability to use coverflow on all files. Nice to know my Bootcamp updates will keep working too...

Well said!

Here's a thought to blow your mind...

Think about 10.0 - the original...

Now thing about 10.4 - all the amazing features that were added that we can't live without now.

Well, just imagine what 10.9 will be like...


lol

Seems to me that Bootcamp works a heckuvalot better under 10.5 (not just as good as) and my goodness, Spaces alone has already made me 30% more productive.

I no longer have an active copy of Parallels, but I am wondering if you can bury Parallels full-screen inside of one of he Spaces.... hmm... now THAT could be all kinds of handy.

Well said!

psalmsmith wrote:
I no longer have an active copy of Parallels, but I am wondering if you can bury Parallels full-screen inside of one of he Spaces.... hmm... now THAT could be all kinds of handy.

You can. And it is.

Thank you for your level-headed words. It seems that every flaw, minor or major, has garnered massive amounts of Apple hating from the community these last few days. I'm a little put off by early adopters who seem to think that a point-zero release is going to be perfect. Sure I'm frustrated by some little things, but I'd like to believe if we as a community patiently explain to Apple what we like, what we don't like, and what we'd like to see, they'll fix it in the coming weeks and months.

It seems like the Apple community as a whole doesn't accept change easily. Every feature that has changed or vanished between 9 and X has provoked discussions that seem more worthy of religious comparisons between current events and prophecies about the apocalypse. Here we are on the cutting edge in a changing world of technology, using some of the most advanced consumer hardware ever made, yet every single flaw is worthy of anger. Sure Apple is growing, and it means that a few of us will slip through the cracks. But this is one of the most creative ingenious communities I've ever been a part of, and I refuse to believe that Apple is out to get us and sell us substandard product. If someone tries to tell me that things were better ten years ago, I dare you to be able to do anything productive in your day-to-day life in the here and now with OS8/Win95.

This is the BEST post I have read today. Thanks for your insight.

I agree. What a breath of fresh air to read something that is positive. I took the leap and installed Leopard on my daily work machine. Do I regret it. Nope. Not in the least. There are things however that are killing me, but you know what, I choose to early adopt and I actually like living like that so I can see more of the progression of the OS. I know that Leopard will get better and tighter and we will be at .2 within a couple/few months, so I am not really concerned. Apple produces some of the best, more innovative software and I love the experience of using it. I could never go back to using anything else.

Good job Apple, keep up the good work. There is so much positive going on under the hood with Leopard that is going to be dividends for a long time to come. Change always brings some pains, but those pains will go away and be overcome. Without change and pain, forward progression never happens.

BTW, the flat battleship gray is frickin awesome! Great choice for the UI. It's beautiful but does not get in my "visual way" at all. Stuff like this makes me happy.

right on!

Well said

I appreciate your positivity BUT some of the issues that users are dealing with on Leopard are exposing holes in Apple's QA process that you can drive a semi truck through despite the long wait (years!) for an updated OS...

1. Did any existing OS X users test Stacks? Either nobody did or Apple clearly chose not to listen to anyone because it's a junk feature in its current state.
2. Did apple test upgrade installations on a wde enough variety of platforms that were being used in real world conditions? I have to believe they did not because so many users are getting blue screens after installation.
3. Did anyone who uses a mac as a home theater get to test Front Row before it went out the door? There are a ton of graphics glitches (Red iTunes album art anyone?) and usability problems and now it being provided with 100% more ugly than the previous version.
4. Apple knew many people would hate the menu bar transparency - this is why they toned it down in the last few candidate releases. But how hard would it be to simply allow an option to turn it off or adjust it?
5. People have problems with login passwords longer than 8 characters. What?! Apple couldn't test some long passwords ahead of relase?
6. Icons - the new leopard icons are boring and not of enough contrast to differentiate one from another. I have to believe Apple did not listen to beta testers on this one.

There are other issues as indicated in these forums and I think it's not appropriate to dismiss these concerns away by attributing them to whiny customers.

Apple needs to form a customer council. Take some prominent members of the Mac community (how about the top 10 users on this forum?) and invite them to review and provide feedback to Apple. Someone needs to make sure Apple is not overlooking or misjudging the real world needs of its bread & butter - end users.

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