Leopard status - Page 2

**chevy** · #9 April 8th, 2007, 10:21 AM

Thanks for the info.

<off-topic> If you haven't done so yet, spend 2 hours in a theater to watch "Das Leben der Anderen", it is really worth the time. </off-topic>

Qion · #10 April 8th, 2007, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by chevy

Thanks for the info.

<off-topic> If you haven't done so yet, spend 2 hours in a theater to watch "Das Leben der Anderen", it is really worth the time. </off-topic>

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's movie debut focuses on the horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don't always think loyal to the party line.

Looks good.

/back to topic

I really, really want an update to our GUI. Also, AFAIK, there haven't been many changes in developer builds to the Finder... isn't it inexorability that the Finder gets some major updates? I'd be damned if all the hype Jobs created with his "hidden features" was *more* applications.

Lt Major Burns · #11 April 8th, 2007, 03:45 PM

yeah i think the last thing the mac community wants is more bloated apps. we want something tangible that says something to the Vista fanboys obsessed with their newfound graphical ability.

**fryke** · #12 April 9th, 2007, 05:06 AM

I have _that_ already. Whenever someone's just used Vista, let them move a few icons around a Tiger desktop, and they'll notice how everything feels more solid, working etc. Vista feels "dreamy, hazy" kinda, and most of the time you really _want_ to do smething, the screen darkens like a kernel panic and asks you whether you're human and really want to complete the task.

junkboyoh · #13 April 10th, 2007, 01:18 PM

This may be a stupid question, but as an owner of a G4 ibook, will leopard run on it or will I need to get an intel machine?

nixgeek · #14 April 10th, 2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by junkboyoh

This may be a stupid question, but as an owner of a G4 ibook, will leopard run on it or will I need to get an intel machine?

Leopard should run on it, but the G4 would probably be considered as the bottom of the barrel for support. I could be wrong. We won't know for sure though until it's actually released.

Lt Major Burns · #15 April 10th, 2007, 04:11 PM

i would be surprised if G3 iBooks couldn't officially run it. Tiger runs absolutely flawlessly on my 700mhz G3. and i mean, seamlessly fast. Leopard is just another extension of the same OS...

**fryke** · #16 April 10th, 2007, 04:45 PM

Yes, but Apple quite clearly simply defines a cut-off date for supported machines. They _could_ say that the G3 processor simply isn't supported any longer. Most of the flashy new graphics features wouldn't run on the machines, anyway - and new apps should theoretically be compatible with 10.3.9-10.5.x unless they specifically require things like CoreAnimation etc.

We'll see when Apple posts the requirements officially on apple.com ...