Empty Spaces But Many Smiley Faces
I was one of those folks that bought Leopard on the day (night, I should say) of release and have been using it to no ill effect since. The only incompatible application I have is Shapeshifter and that’s a non-issue. I had initially been wooed by the Cover Flow-like Finder view and the Quick Look feature but I’m not exactly sure if they made my file browsing faster or not. I suppose that in order to take full advantage, I need to get used to the search too. However, I’m rarely looking for files so I’m not in any rush to get melded with those features.
The features I’ve been looking to take advantage of are Spaces and Time Machine. With Time Machine, I’ve become serious about backing up my data. Before this “life altering experience” (heh heh heh) I only used to backup my files (writing, development projects) and downloads (mods and stuff) and only rarely (once or twice a year). Now, I just plug up my external drive once each night and Time Machine takes care of the rest. As for Spaces, I’m still in the process of actually getting used to it. I need to expand on the default 2×2 and better organize which application resides in which desktop. I’m thinking of keeping web browsing, coding and design stuff in one row, while the second will have email, writing and multimedia.
Boot Camp has also caught my eye and I’ve used Boot Camp Beta before and thought it was good stuff. There’s a very specific reason for having Windows on my Macbook so I’m going to try to make the install as small as possible. The process in beta was very smooth so I’m hoping it’s still the same.
Besides those features, the recent prompts of executing something that I recently downloaded and faster boot up and shutdown times (boot up is kinda miniscule but shutdown is much faster than before), the upgrade to Leopard has been pretty transparent. Me likey.
