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Title: OSX Leopard
Post by: Andeda on January 06, 2008, 03:37:08 PM
Hi,

Im about to buy myself a new computer and like many others im not going to spend my money on any more Microsoft products (Not happy with Vista).
So now im thinking about getting a Mac or to be more precise, i have been looking at a Macbook.
So now my question is, how well does Leopard run on a 2Ghz Macbook with 1G memory?
are there any Macbook owners here? what do you think of the Macbook and Leopard?
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: Kronos on January 06, 2008, 03:40:44 PM
Well I'm typing this under Leo on a Mac-Mini, and it's quite o.k.

The Mini has a slighly lesser clock, 1GB and a slower (older) GFX-system intregrated into the Northbridge, so the MacBook should be o.k. too.
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: beller on January 06, 2008, 03:48:08 PM
As already reported it should scream!  I'm running Leopard on a twin 1.8 Ghz G5 system....best OS X yet!

Bob
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: motorollin on January 06, 2008, 03:53:19 PM
My MacBook is a 1.83GHz Core Duo, with 1.5GB of RAM and Leopard is *rapid* :evilgrin: Remember that the newer Intel Macs use Core 2 Duo processors, which are even faster!

Go for it :-D

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moto
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: Andeda on January 06, 2008, 03:57:44 PM
Thank you guys.

are these ads familiar:

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

 :-D
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: motorollin on January 06, 2008, 04:27:17 PM
Eugh, I *hate* those ads. They are childish and asinine. Apple don't need to stoop to such tactics. All they need to do is show people that they can do everything they do on their PC with a Mac (for those who don't want to switch because they don't think they can work on the Mac) and also show the benefits (to show people why it's worth switching). Those ads are just poking fun, which is not very classy.

Now the BSOD on the screen of the Windows Server icon in Leopard is a different story ;-)

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moto
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: bloodline on January 06, 2008, 04:56:56 PM
Quote

Andeda wrote:
Hi,

Im about to buy myself a new computer and like many others im not going to spend my money on any more Microsoft products (Not happy with Vista).
So now im thinking about getting a Mac or to be more precise, i have been looking at a Macbook.
So now my question is, how well does Leopard run on a 2Ghz Macbook with 1G memory?
are there any Macbook owners here? what do you think of the Macbook and Leopard?


I've not upgraded to Leopard yet, but Tiger is a dream... my computing needs are now totally met by OSX... should you find this to not be the case, then simply BootCamp into Windows :-)
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: poktis on January 06, 2008, 05:52:48 PM
Buy a macbook, fine choice today. I got the black one (160 Gb HD - *I added 1Gb RAM*). Know that with Parallel Desktop under Leopard, I can start Windows XP and, under the virtualized XP, another machine like AROS from VMWare. And Leopard works like a charm.

happy new year

Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: motorollin on January 06, 2008, 05:54:10 PM
Actually, if you can wait, don't buy until after the 12th of January. Apple are announcing new MacBook models in their keynote presentation.

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moto
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: Andeda on January 06, 2008, 06:23:11 PM
Quote

motorollin wrote:
Actually, if you can wait, don't buy until after the 12th of January. Apple are announcing new MacBook models in their keynote presentation.

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moto


ok ill have to wait then. Thanks moto
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: estik on January 06, 2008, 10:20:02 PM
quite right.
better speed clock rates and slight lower price.

Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: pixie on January 06, 2008, 10:37:52 PM
I dont see much advantages on Leopard over Tiger, namely because Tiger was already such a fine product.
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: Invisix on January 06, 2008, 10:43:45 PM
Am I the only one that actually understands the "Get A Mac" ads?

Notice the "PC" is a geek, and the Mac is more "hip / cool" basically its stating, PC's are for nerds, and Macs are for cool non-geeky people. It's not about PC's vs Mac. Besides, it's only fair for Apple to run those ads, considering that Vista is a poor attempt at making Windows more like OS X. Alot of the so called "features" in Vista are either blatantly stolen from OS X, or are uber crappy wanna-be versions.

By the way, I love the "Get A Mac" commercials!  :-D  8-)
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: bloodline on January 06, 2008, 10:44:27 PM
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pixie wrote:
I dont see much advantages on Leopard over Tiger, namely because Tiger was already such a fine product.


Well, Tiger is a proven mission critical OS... One would have to go a long way to find a more reliable system... for this reason I've have decided to stay with Tiger for the time being.
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: Andeda on January 08, 2008, 02:07:23 PM
Quote

Invisix wrote:
Am I the only one that actually understands the "Get A Mac" ads?

Notice the "PC" is a geek, and the Mac is more "hip / cool" basically its stating, PC's are for nerds, and Macs are for cool non-geeky people. It's not about PC's vs Mac. Besides, it's only fair for Apple to run those ads, considering that Vista is a poor attempt at making Windows more like OS X. Alot of the so called "features" in Vista are either blatantly stolen from OS X, or are uber crappy wanna-be versions.

By the way, I love the "Get A Mac" commercials!  :-D  8-)


I maybe weird, but i love them too  :-D

I must say that the guided Leopard tour on apples home page is great, it really tells you how awesome Leopard is.
 
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: Andeda on August 18, 2008, 05:24:40 PM
I asked you guys about OSX 7 months ago, today i have ordered my very first Apple product, a new Macbook 2.4Ghz with 2G of Ram.
It took me 7 months to make this decision, ok i had a lot of other things on my mind too me and my wife got married 2 weeks ago  :-)
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: cv643d on August 18, 2008, 05:30:14 PM
You should cancel that order, it is well known that Apple is going to launch new revisions of their portable computers during this fall.
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: Andeda on August 18, 2008, 05:35:44 PM
Well thats true, but if i always just wait for new products, then i cant ever buy anything. I have already waited for 7 months.
Title: Re: OSX Leopard
Post by: zylesea on August 18, 2008, 05:42:03 PM
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Andeda wrote:
...ok i had a lot of other things on my mind too me and my wife got married 2 weeks ago  :-)

Man, that's a cool wording. Congrats to your wife and her husband though ;-) . And congrats for ordering your 1st Apple, too - even while I personally think they are a bit boring (everything just works, no need to tinker around).