Leopard is a good code name for Apple's new version of the Mac operating system. It's fast and sleek. In contrast to Microsoft's Windows Vista, it isn't a memory hog. Apple says it can run just fine on an older Mac with 512 megabytes of main memory. Vista really needs something like four times as much to run all applications smoothly. Indeed, Leopard, or the Mac OS X 10.5 as it is officially called, isn't a fat pig.
Apple's new operating system has more than 300 new features, making it the biggest upgrade in a long time. You can see them listed on Apple's Web site at www.apple.com/macosx/features/. I like it because a lot of the features allow you to do things more quickly and more easily.
Apple launched the Mac OS X (Cheetah) operating system in 2001, and Tiger, the last big update, debuted in 2005. While it took Microsoft more than five years to do a major update, Apple has a big advantage. It has a more stable platform and good security, giving it a foundation to make more frequent updates. That allows Apple to put its engineers to work on refinements that make a difference to users.
by Dean Takahashi
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