Leopard Roundup

Later this week I'll let you know how to get a legal copy for only around 109 (with free shipping)

. . or one could get that $109 (inc carriage) deal from Amazon . . .

Apple has always been overpriced, it's not a surprise that they'll charge 13 dollars less for students

. . or one could get that $109 (inc carriage)

Including 'carriage'? What carriage?

 

Apple has always been overpriced

Yeah right Top of the line microsoft vista - around 400.00. Top of the line Apple OS X 10.5 - 129.00. Do the math, then count your blessings

Leopard will be worth the money.

Including 'carriage'? What carriage?

. . definitions here.

Yeah right Top of the line microsoft vista - around 400.00. Top of the line Apple OS X 10.5 - 129.00. Do the math, then count your blessings

 

Well you do have me there, however when it comes to COMPUTERS, Apple has always been overpriced. Even with dealing poor college students

why is leopard such a big deal. its gone flashy just just like vista did.

It's "gone" flashy. Are you implying Tiger was not? With its...

• brushed metal windows
  
• Expose
  
• transparent Dock
  
• rippling Dashboard widgets
  
• Dock magnification
  
• genie window mineming
  
• etc.
  

While Leopard's reflecting Dock and semi-translucent Menu bar are pure eye-candy, TimeMachine, Spaces, Stacks and Finder's coverflow are all useful UI systems that are equally easy on the eye.If anything, Leopard has been toned down on the flash with a consistent window theme (no more metal), the matte look (iTunes look) in folders, and a much less transparent Menu Bar that was originally planned. How you looked at the updated Leopard screens on Apples site?As for Vista, it has...transparency out the a** (which is horrible when windows are cascaded) and Windows Flip 3D (an Expose rip-off that only shows one window at a time, requiring the user to scroll through them, defeating the purpose of such a system).That's about all M$ could do in five years...

...when it comes to COMPUTERS, Apple has always been overpriced. Even with dealing poor college students

Hmm...compared to what? Dells and HPs? If you were blind and had no appendages to feel your computer you'd have a point. I'll assume you aren't blind and limb-less, so maybe you should elaborate. Dells and HPs are ugly systems with wires coming from everywhere and some still come with 256MB of RAM and 40GB HDDs. All Apple computers (desktops and laptops) come standard with 1GB of RAM or more, 80GB HDD or larger, 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo or faster, and the ones that come with built-in screens are all very high resolution. Oh and if those standards aren't enough, many come with...

• scrolling trackpads
  
• tiny but quality webcams
  
• mics and speakers (you'd be amazed how many PCs lack these)
  
• backlit keyboards
  
• FrontRow remotes
  
• Bluetooth and WiFi in desktops and laptops (most PC desktops lack these)
  

Now maybe you're comparing similarly speced Lenovos or Alienware PCs. Those are similar in price. You get what you pay for and I know I'm sounding preachy, but with Macs you really get more than what you payed for...if that makes sense.

puppy your missing the core concept of my post and thats OPTIONS - you should b able to go to default menu bar without transparancy and none flashy dock as tiger and panther have proven to be efficent. I mean even windows allows you to turn options off and with mac hardware over priced and units mostly only sold because of its OS without options just boggles me why apple doesnt include these features and make a lot more happy.

Remember that Leopard has some under-the-hood enhancements like Mulitcore.

Link: http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/multicore.html