Leopard Impressions

Ok well let me start by saying that Leopard does not offer any performance increases unless you have a 64 bit processor. This has been stated before, but it really is true. My computer is no faster than it was under Tiger, if anything its slower. I’ll get more ram and hopefully that will sort it out.

Secondly, it runs hot. Apple finally wised up and made the fan speed adjust according to temperature, but honestly I would prefer if they just let me control them myself like I did before, because averaging at 65˚ C is not acceptable.

But aside from those two factors, Leopard kicks ass! It’s really just plain sexy. I can’t wait to get some downloads-stack love from Firefox…Coverflow in Finder is awesome and very responsive (videos not as much as images), the new dock is pretty, the translucent menubar is cool, the new Photobooth features are pretty cool, Spaces kicks so much ass…It’s all in all a very solid update, methinks.

But the fans not running fast enough is getting pretty annoying…

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