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Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard [5-User Family Pack] | ![Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard [5-User Family Pack]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JcgilFn0L._SL160_.jpg)
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Category: Software
List Price: $199.00
Buy New: $135.00
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Rating:  105 reviews
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X Intel, Mac Os X
Color: 5-user
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: 5-User Family Pack
Operating System: Mac OS X Intel
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.1 x 0.8
MPN: MB577Z/A
Model: MB577Z/A
UPC: 718908999783
EAN: 0885909240555
Publication Date: October 31, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The Mac OS X Leopard Family Pack is a single-residence, five-user license | | • | Introduces more than 300 new and enhanced features to OS X, including a new desktop and updated finder enabling easy browsing and sharing between multiple Macs | | • | Preview files without opening an application using Quick Look | | • | Easily and automatically back up and restore lost files or a complete Mac with Time Machine | | • | Take advantage of the latest developments in processor hardware with full native 64-bit support, multi-core optimization, and new Core animation |
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Product Description
The newest edition of the easiest operating system to use has just gotten better. Mac OS X v10.5.4 Leopard is packed with over 300 new features, installs easily, and works with the software and accessories you already have. BRBR iChat - Connect face to face with high-quality video conferencing ? now with effects, backdrops, iChat Theater Spaces - Group related application windows into separate spaces and switch between them Safari 3 - now has better tab control, improved Find capabilities, inline PDF controls Parental Controls Boot Camp - Run Windows XP Vista at native speed on your MacMinimum System Requirements Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor 512MB of physical RAM DVD drive for installation The Family Pack Software License Agreement lets you install and use 1 copy of Leopard on up to a maximum of 5 Apple-labeled computers at a time as long as those computers are located in the same household and used by persons who occupy that household. ?Household? is defined as a person or persons who share the same housing unit such as a home, apartment, mobile home, or condominium, including student members who are primary residents of that household but reside at a separate on-campus location. This license does not include business or commercial users
Hello, tomorrow. The biggest Mac OS X upgrade ever, Leopard features 300+ innovations. Explore the Mac of the future today. /p table width="125" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"p align="center"bimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leapard-desktop-stacks.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="170" /br / /b/pbrsmallbiCreate Stacks from anything to access quickly in one place./i/b/small /td /tr /table table align="left" width="517" tr td align="center"pimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-desktop-th.png" width="517" height="296" align="left" border="0" /br / brbrsmallbiEnjoy a gorgeous new look and organize your files in Stacks./i/b/small /td /tr /table pfont size="+2"bDesktop./b A neat place to work./fontbr From the menu bar to the stunning new Dock, the Leopard desktop isn't just about design. It's about enjoying the time you spend on your computer and getting more out of it. /p pbAn eye-opening experience./bbr Start from the top. The menu bar hovers transparently above your workspace, letting the desktop image--perhaps a favorite from your iPhoto library--take center stage. Dock icons rest on a reflective floor with a bright active application signal. And the look of Leopard extends to all applications: Every window has a consistent design theme, and active applications are even more distinct, casting deeper shadows. pbStacked in your favor./bbr Take a look at your desktop. Is it cluttered with files you downloaded or saved there (somewhat less than) temporarily? You're not alone. Everybody does it. Time to clean house with Stacks--a brand-new feature in Leopard. Create Stacks from anything you want to access quickly from one place: a handful of documents, a group of applications, an entire folder. Files you download in Safari or save from an email are automatically directed to a Stack in the Dock, and when the download is complete, the Stack signals that a new item has arrived. When you want to see the files in a Stack, all you have to do is click--Stacks spring open from the Dock in an elegant arc for a few items, or in an at-a-glance grid for more. Pretty neat. p table align="right" width="523" tr td align="center"pimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-finder-th.png" border="0" width="522" height="299" align="right" / brbrsmallbiBrowse your files like you browse your music with Cover Flow./i/b/small /td /tr /table font size="+2"bFinder./b Give your files the rock star treatment./fontbr Imagine if browsing the files on your Mac was as easy as browsing music in iTunes. That's the idea behind the new Finder in Leopard. Now you can access everything on your system from an iTunes-style sidebar and flip through your files using Cover Flow. table width="148" height="383" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-finder-sidebar.jpg" width="124" height="216" / /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-finder-search.jpg" width="124" height="121" / brbrsmallbiGrouped sidebar items help you find what you need fast./i/b/small/td /tr /table pbThe sidebar steps up./bbr Leopard brings new power to your old friend, the sidebar. Now items are grouped into categories: places, devices, shared computers, and searches--just like the Source list in iTunes. So with a single click, you're on your way to finding what you need. pbSee what you seek./bbr Bring your files to life with Cover Flow in the Finder. Just as you use Cover Flow to flip through album art in iTunes, now you can use it to flip through your files. Cover Flow displays each file as a large preview of its first page. And you can page through multipage documents or play movies. pbSearch party./bbr Stop looking and start finding with Cover Flow and Spotlight. Click a prebuilt search like "yesterday" or "all images" in the sidebar and Cover Flow displays your search results in the perfect at-a-glance format. Leopard comes with a number of helpful prebuilt searches, but it's easy to create your own customized searches as well. pbCloser connections./bbr With shared computers automatically displayed in the sidebar, it's far easier to find or access files on any computer in your house, whether Mac or PC. All it takes is a click. But here's where things get really interesting. By clicking on a connected Mac, you can see and control that computer (if authorized, of course) as if you were sitting in front of it. You can even search all the computers in the house to find what you're looking for. pbAnd now, back to my Mac./bbr Ever need something on your Mac when you were thousands of miles from home? With Back to My Mac and a .Mac account, you can connect to any of your Macs at home from any Mac on the Internet. Your home computers will appear in the shared section of the sidebar just as they do when you're in the living room. table width="338" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"bimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-finder-spotlight.jpg" width="338" height="78" //b brsmallbiImproved spotlight searches./i/b/small/td /tr /table pbLook deeper./bbr From the Finder or the menu bar, Spotlight in Leopard lets you search for more specific sets of things. Use Boolean logic to narrow search results by entering "AND," "OR," or "NOT" into a search request. You can also search for exact phrases (using quotation marks), dates, ranges (using greater than [] and less than [] symbols), absolute dates, and simple calculations. table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-quicklook-th.png" width="576" height="324" border="0" / brsmallbiView, play, and read files without even opening them./i/b/small /td tdpfont size="+2"bQuick Look./b Look before you launch./fontbr / Using Quick Look in Leopard, you can view the contents of a file without even opening it. Flip through multiple-page documents. Watch full-screen video. See entire Keynote presentations. With a single click. /p pbOpening files is so 2006./bbr / So you're flipping through files in the Finder. But you're looking for something specific and you don't have time to open lots of files to find it. Enter Quick Look. It gives you a sneak peek of entire files--even multiple-page documents and video--without opening them. /p pbSee everything./bbr / Quick Look works with nearly every file on your system, including images, text files, PDFs, movies, Keynote presentations, and Microsoft Word and Excel files. Click the Quick Look icon or tap the Space bar to see a file in Quick Look. Then click the arrow icon to see the same file full screen--even video as it plays. /p p /p p/p/td /tr /table pfont size="+2"bTime Machine./b A giant leap backward./fontbr More than a mere backup, Time Machine makes an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac--digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, and documents--so you can go back in time to recover anything. pbSet it, then forget it./bbr You can start using Time Machine in seconds. The first time you attach an external drive to your Mac, Time Machine asks if you'd like to use that drive as your backup. Say yes and Time Machine takes care of everything else. Automatically. In the background. You'll never have to worry about backing up again. pbBack up everything./bbr Time Machine keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac. That includes system files, applications, accounts, preferences, music, photos, movies, and documents. But what makes Time Machine different from other backup applications is that it not only keeps a spare copy of every file, it remembers how your system looked on any given day--so you can revisit your Mac as it appeared in the past. table width="545" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-timemachine-th.png" width="545" height="312" align="right" border="0" / brbrsmallbiGo back in time to restore any file on your system./i/b/small /td /tr /table pbGo back in time./bbr Enter the Time Machine browser in search of your long-lost files and you see exactly how your computer looked on the dates you're browsing. Select a specific date, let Time Machine find your most recent changes, or do a Spotlight search to find exactly what you're looking for. Once you do, click Restore and Time Machine brings it back to the present. Time Machine restores individual files, complete folders, or your entire computer--putting everything back the way it was and where it should be. pbPreferential treatment./bbr Customize Time Machine by modifying the following behaviors in System Preferences: ul liBackup disk. Change the drive or volume you're backing up to. Or back up to a Mac OS X Server computer. liDo not back up. By default, Time Machine backs up your entire system. But you can also select items you'd rather not back up. liEncrypt backup data. Turn on encryption to store your backup securely. liBackup storage time limits. Manage older backups so your backup drive doesn't fill up. /ul table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-spaces-th.png" width="465" height="266" border="0" / brbrsmallbiDrag windows to different workspaces and unclutter your Mac./i/b/small /td tdpfont size="+2"bSpaces./b Room for everything./fontbr / You do a lot on your Mac. So what happens when projects pile up? Easy. Use Spaces to group your windows and banish clutter completely. Leopard gives you a Space for everything and puts everything in its Space. /p pbRearrange the rooms./bbr / Create a Space for work. Create a Space for play. Organize each Space the way you want it just by dragging in windows. Keep all your work projects in one Space and that fun flick you made in iMovie in another. Create a communication Space for iChat and Mail. You can even rearrange your Spaces with drag-and-drop ease--shift a Space and every window in it comes along for the ride. /p pbMake yourself at home./bbr / Moving from Space to Space is easy. Get a bird's-eye view and select the Space you want or toggle between Spaces using the arrow keys. Even the Dock is down with Spaces: When you click a Dock icon, Leopard whisks you to the Space (or Spaces) where you have that application open. /p pbPick your patterns./bbr / Configure your Spaces by visiting the Expose Spaces pane in System Preferences. Add rows and columns until you have all the real estate you need. Arrange your Spaces as you see fit, then choose the function keys you want to control them. You can also assign applications to specific Spaces, so you'll always know where, say, Safari or Keynote is. /p/td /tr /table table width="476" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-mail-th.png" width="476" height="273" border="0" / brbrsmallbiEmail personalized stationery, write to-dos, and take notes./i/b/small /td /tr /table pfont size="+2"bMail./b Think outside the inbox./fontbr Leopard transforms email into personalized stationery. Notes you can access anywhere. To-dos that change as your errands do. For everything you do with email--and some things you haven't thought of yet--there's Mail. pbSincerely yours./bbr Mail for Leopard features more than 30 professionally designed stationery templates that make a virtual keepsake out of every email you send. Mail Stationary From invitations to birthday greetings, stationery templates feature coordinated layouts, fonts, colors, and drag-and-drop photo placement--everything to help you get your point across. You can even create personalized templates. And messages created using stationery in Mail use standard HTML that can be read by every popular email program on the market--for both Mac and PC. table width="150" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-mail-note.jpg" width="145" height="120" //td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-mail-tasks.jpg" width="120" height="100" / brbrsmallbiNotes and tasks help you stay organized./i/b/small/td /tr /table pbNoteworthy indeed./bbr Ever email yourself a reminder that gets lost in your inbox? Mail lets you write handy notes you can access from anywhere. Brainstorm ideas, jot down meeting notes, scribble a phone number--notes can include graphics, colored text, and attachments. Group notes into folders or create Smart Mailboxes that group them for you. Since your notes folder acts like an email mailbox, you can retrieve notes from any Mac or PC. pbMuch ado about to-dos./bbr Forget manually entering a new item to your to-do list every time an email hits your inbox. Mail Tasks Simply highlight text in an email, then click the To-do icon to create a to-do from a message. Include a due date, set an alarm, or assign priorities. Every to-do you create includes a link to the original email or note, and to-dos automatically appear in iCal, complete with any edits or additions you make. And since to-dos are stored with your email, you can access them from Mail on any Mac. pbSpotlight on Mail./bbr With smarter relevance ranking in Spotlight, you'll find the right email at the top of the search results list. And everything you create in Leopard Mail--to-dos, notes, and, of course, email messages--appears in a Spotlight search of your system. pbStop the presses./bbr Subscribe to an RSS feed in Mail and you'll know the moment an article or blog post hits the wire. Even better, you can choose to have new articles emailed to you. Sorting your news is easy, too. Use Smart Mailboxes to organize incoming news articles according to search terms that pique your interest. Mail shares its unread RSS feed count with Safari, so your reading list always stays in sync. pbData, detected./bbr Say you get an email invitation to dinner. What if Mail recognized the address of the restaurant and let you map directions on the web? Or let you click once to add the date to your iCal calendar? With Leopard, it does. Mail even recognizes combinations of data in phrases like "lunch tomorrow at 12 p.m. at 701 Baltic Ave, San Francisco, CA," making it easy to make plans. pbSetup made simple./bbr Now you can set up a new Mail account in one easy step. Just enter your current email address and password and let Mail do the rest. Mail works with the most popular email providers to automatically configure all those cryptic server settings for you. table width="476" align="left" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-ichat-th.png" width="462" height="265" border="0" / brbrsmallbiAdd effects to video chats and make remote presentations./i/b/small /td /tr /table pfont size="+2"biChat./b Not being there is half the fun./fontbr Filled with fun new features, iChat turns any video chat into an event. Video backdrops, Photo Booth effects, photo slideshows, Keynote presentations, even movies on your Mac--you can share it all using iChat. table width="200" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-ichat-effects.gif" width="186" height="139" / brbrsmallbiTransform your video chats using Photo booth effects./i/b/small/td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-ichat-theater.jpg" width="187" height="119" / brbrsmallbiShare your files with friends using iChat Theater./i/b/small/td /tr /table pbChat for effect./bbr / Transform your video chats using new Photo Booth effects. Choose an effect and your image changes instantly--iChat detects your background and adds the effect only to your image. And the reverse is true for iChat backdrops: Drag an Apple-designed backdrop or your own photo or video into the video preview window to create an effect that will fool your buddies into thinking you're chatting from your living room, the beach, or the moon. pbShow off (without showing up)./bbr Why wait for a darkened room and a projector to present vacation photos or Keynote slides? Now you can do it all remotely, right in iChat. Put on an entire photo slideshow, click through a Keynote presentation, or play a movie--in full screen, accompanied by a video feed of you hosting--while your buddy looks on. In fact, you can show any file on your system that works with Quick Look. pbChatting for the record./bbr Now you can save your audio and video chats for posterity with iChat recording. Before recording starts, iChat notifies your buddies and asks for their permission to record. When you're done chatting, iChat stores your audio chats as AAC files and video chats as MPEG-4 files so you can play them in iTunes or QuickTime. Share them with colleagues, friends, and family or sync them to your iPod and play on the go. pbCrystal-clear audio./bbr iChat uses the AAC-LD audio codec to deliver the clearest possible sound during audio chats. A wideband codec that samples a full range of vocal frequencies, AAC-LD sounds great with any voice. pbStill the best for text./bbr Sure, iChat has a lot to offer for video and audio chats, but text messaging also gets a boost in Leopard, thanks to these additions: ul liTabbed chats liMultiple logins liInvisibility liAnimated buddy icons liSMS forwarding liCustom buddy list order liFile transfer manager liSpace-efficient views /ul pbAIM to please./bbr iChat works with AIM, the largest instant messaging community in the U.S. You and your buddies can be either AIM or .Mac users. Text, audio, and video chat whether your buddies use a Mac or PC. Sign in with your AIM account and all your buddies appear in your iChat buddy list. p table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" tr td width="8%"bimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-ical-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //b/td td width="92%"biCal. Your schedule is clear./bbr / Leopard introduces a new look to iCal, along with an easier-to-use interface that makes scheduling and rescheduling a breeze. Add new group calendaring features, and iCal works better for business or pleasure. /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-photobooth-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbPhoto Booth. Say cheese./bbr / Come on. You know you want to. Your built-in iSight or USB camera just begs to take your snapshot. Open Photo Booth--now built into Leopard--and have a little fun./td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-dashboard-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbDashboard. Where there's a will, there's a widget./bbr / Leopard lets you create your very own Dashboard widget from any website. And new .Mac syncing keeps all of your widgets on all of your Macs. /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-frontrow-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbFront Row. Put on a show./bbr / Looking for a great way to enjoy all the cool stuff on your Mac? Front Row in Leopard works like Apple TV to play digital music, movies, TV shows, and photos on your Mac using the ultra-simple Apple Remote. /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-safari-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbSafari. Still the world's best web browser./bbr / Now your favorite web browser is also the fastest on the planet. With page load speeds to rival every other major browser, Safari for Leopard also introduces a few new features to the mix. /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-dvd-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbDVD Player. Very entertaining./bbr / DVD Player in Leopard probably boasts more features than the DVD player in your home entertainment system. And you don't have to leave your Mac to enjoy it. /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-parental-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbParental Controls/bbr / Give your kids a safer, happier Mac experience. /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-accessibility-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbAccessibility. More user friendly./bbr / Leopard offers new features destined to make it the most accessible Mac OS yet. New voice technology in VoiceOver, along with Braille support, Breakthrough Browsing, and extended keyboard capability, give users with visual disabilities more control over the Mac than ever. /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-bootcamp-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbBoot Camp. Run Windows on your Mac./bbr / Leopard is the world's most advanced operating system. So advanced, it even lets you run Windows if there's a PC application you need to use. Just get a copy of Windows and start up Boot Camp, now included with Leopard. Setup is simple and straightforward--just as you'd expect with a Mac. /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-automator-icon.gif" width="70" height="70" //td tdbAutomator. Your personal automation assistant./bbr / Automator brings remarkable speed to any task that's often repeated on your computer. Leopard adds even more muscle to Automator, making it easy to automate more kinds of tasks. /td /tr /table p table width="521" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="15" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-technologies-th.png" width="521" height="288" align="right" border="0" / smallbiA host of new features that make life easier for every developer./i/b/small/td /tr /table p pbfont size="+2"Rock-solid foundations./font/bbr Explore the core technologies that power Leaopard. pb64-Bit. Advanced precision in one OS./bbr Leopard delivers 64-bit power in one, universal OS. Now the Cocoa application frameworks, as well as graphics, scripting, and the UNIX foundations of the Mac, are all 64-bit. And since you get full performance and compatibility for your 32-bit applications and drivers, you don't need to update everything on your system just to run a single 64-bit application. pbMulticore. Fire on all cylinders./bbr Today's Mac computers offer astounding performance with up to eight cores of processing power. So how do you take full advantage? Simple. With Leopard. A rearchitected system, finely tuned key applications, and powerful new tools for developers make Leopard the perfect OS for your multicore Mac. pbSecurity. Safer by design./bbr Every Mac is secure--right out of the box--thanks to the proven foundation of Mac OS X. Apple engineers have designed Leopard with more security to protect your personal data and make your online life safer. pbCore Animation. Drag-and-drop-dead gorgeous./bbr Welcome to the next level in computer animation. No, it's not a feature film--it's your desktop. Core Animation is an API that makes it simple for Mac developers to add visually stunning graphics and animations to applications. Without any esoteric graphics and math techniques, you can create fluid, stutter-free effects and experiences as groundbreaking as Spaces and Time Machine. pbUNIX. The UNIX you know. The Mac you love./bbr What can the fully UNIX-compliant Leopard do? It can run any POSIX-compliant source code. Help you make the most of multicore systems. Put a new, tabbed-interface Terminal at your fingertips. Introduce a whole host of new features that make life easier for every developer. So, really, what can't it do? table width="515" height="296" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="10" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/leopard-developer-th.png" width="480" height="266" align="left" border="0" / smallbiCreate stunning Mac applications more quickly./i/b/small/td /tr /table p /p pbfont size="+2"Ready. Set. Code./font/bbr / Discover developer tools you can build on. pbXcode. Build fast. Work smart./bbr Xcode 3.0 delivers better performance, as well as innovations that let you create stunning Mac applications more quickly. Enjoy a graphical IDE in which form focuses your functions. Delight in a debugger so groundbreaking, you'll make mistakes just to see it in action. pbXray. Apps, the developer will see you now./bbr When you need help debugging, Xcode 3.0 offers an extraordinary new program: Xray. Taking interface cues from timeline editors such as GarageBand, Xray lets you visualize application performance like never before. pbDashcode. Widgets without the wait./bbr Ever wish you could make your very own Dashboard widget? A handy RSS feed of your favorite blog, maybe. Or a miniature photocast of your iPhoto library. Something uniquely useful, uniquely you. Say hello to Dashcode. Now you can get a widget up and running in minutes, even if you've never written a line of code in your life.
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Ms. Swenson November 16, 2008
N. J. Swenson (APO, AE United States)
I like the Leopard, and I have shared it with family members who also have a MAC. They agree that it is easy to use. The only thing I had to do...that I'm aware of ... is update RealPlayer. But that was very easy. This has some interesting ways of reminding me of things, and there are still some things I can't find. But I'm a slow learner, and I have to get with my "tutor" to be able to upgrade my brain. But so far, I have not found anything I don't like about it.
 Prompt and perfect OS X! October 30, 2008
Mary Lasater (Victoria, Texas)
Much needed OS X update works beautifully on my "ancient" G4 Mac. Thank you for being so prompt!
 A Disaster for "Power-PC" Macs. October 28, 2008
C. Lambeth (Portland, Oregon)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This OS is nice and well enough designed for Intel processor machines, but for "Power-PC" processor Macs, it's a debacle. I have one of the last of the G5 iMacs (20") and it never crashed at all with Mac OS 10.4. But with 10.5, IT WILL CRASH EVERY SINGLE TIME I use iTunes. Sometimes it crashes when I'm using iTunes, and sometimes it will crash after I use that program and quit the application. It doesn't seem to matter what I do. And yes, this is a legal, registered version of the OS. And yes, I have re-installed it twice, all to no effect. Apple has some serious work to do to make this latest OS viable for their not-too-distant machines. I hear they are completely giving up on their G-Series machines with OS 10.6, so if you have 10.4, hold on to it and don't let go. Until Apple figures it out (IF they even try), users should avoid this OS. br / br /Thanks for reading, br /-CL
 Don't Buy Family Pack October 12, 2008
ahassel4u
Only ONE single DVD install disc comes in the family pack (for 5 users). You cannot create duplicate install discs for each user - any copies created look/verify as perfect but are not bootable, so cannot be used for emergencies. Not good a good buy for families with busy, independent teens who need their own install disc!
Good follow-up to Tiger October 10, 2008
Eduardo Porras (Gainesville, FL)
Network-based spotlight, simpler and better automound + sharing, and built-in spaces make this a worth-while update. I made the full jump with an intel book and Tiger and haven't looked back.
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