ryan005869 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 First i would like to apologize if this topic is in the wrong place or if i asked without looking in the right place im still figuring out this forum, anyways, my question is on the mac os. Im completely new to Mac OSX never really used it though i love the gui much better then windows and well windows is a joke im sure we can all agree to an extent, anyways im a big fan of linux so i dont find myself having to much trouble with configure and what not however im not really sure what the difference is between leopard and tiger though i believe the one i want is leopard. Is leopard just an update i can get from tiger? (I believe tiger is the one im downloading it V10.4.8) and maybe someone could tell me exactly what the differences are and which is more popular/better thanks for the help and sorry for the noobish stunt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87763-mac-beginner/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent-squirrel Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Leopard is 10.5 and is not just an update. Its the next version of the OS like xp and vista. It has transparent menu bars and a more unified feel to the GUI. The itunes sidebar is included in finder as is coverflow. I prefer Leopard but thats just my opinion. Leopard also has a shelf-like 3d dock that reflects the icons and windows placed on/near it. Tiger has a flat slab for a dock. Some people prefer it to leo's dock but meh. Welcome to the World Of Mac! Enjoy your stay! Click Here For More Info Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87763-mac-beginner/#findComment-624989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gufus Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 @agent-squirrel: I think you mentioned only the eye-candy stuff :-) For me, an important new feature is time machine, which creates incremental (and afterwards browsable) backups every hour. This feature alone is worth the $129 leopard costs in my oppinion. What I find extremely helpful is quicklook, a tool (at the moment almost only in finder), where you can press spacebar on a selected file, and you will get an instant preview of the files content without starting the corresponding application. Spaces helps you manage Virtual screens (a feature which has been in linux for ages now). There are also a lot of under-the-hood news which you will never encounter but are very important for pro-people. All in all, I recommend leopard over Tiger, but Tiger itself was also a very nice release. In Tiger, the most important new thing was spotlight, which I EXTREMELY miss whenever I get to a panther installation. By Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87763-mac-beginner/#findComment-625225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reveeen Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Of course you fail to mention what kind of hardware you have. Like Vista, Leopard is not really for us "hardware challenged" folks. I run Tiger on an old P4 computer I rescued from a dumpster, I would not consider running Leopard on it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87763-mac-beginner/#findComment-626773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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