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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Here's a link to a review of Leopard by
PC Magazine<br>
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href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2207556,00.asp"
>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2207556,00.asp</a><br>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="-1" color="#000000">If you're in the
market for a new machine, it's time to look seriously at a Mac,
especially now that all Macs can run Windows along with OS X through
the built-in Boot Camp feature that lets you install Windows and
Leopard in separate partitions. Even better, third-party software
from</font><font face="Verdana" size="-1" color="#313BB0"><u>
Parallels</u></font><font face="Verdana" size="-1" color="#000000">
or</font><font face="Verdana" size="-1" color="#313BB0"><u>
Vmware</u></font><font face="Verdana" size="-1" color="#000000"> make
it possible to run a Windows program in a window on the OS X desktop.
It's even possible to set up OS X so that Word documents automatically
open in the Windows version of Microsoft Word. I'm going to wait until
early 2008 before buying a new Mac, however, because I want to use the
Mac-native version of Microsoft Office in its forthcoming 2008
version, and because I want to restrain my Leopard-envy until Apple
releases an update or two.<br>
If you're thinking of upgrading an existing Mac, I would definitely
plan on doing exactly that, but, again, I plan to wait until early
next year. If, like me, you still use one or two "Classic"
applications on a Power PC-based Mac ("Classic" has never
worked on newer Intel Macs), be warned that Leopard won't let you run
Classic applications even on Power PC machines. My advice to potential
upgraders is to find a cheap, bootable external hard disk (you
probably already have one) and install Leopard on it, and use it to
boot your existing Mac. I did this with my two-year-old Mac, and I've
been able to experiment with my existing applications to find any
incompatibilities so that I don't get any nasty surprises after an
upgrade.<br>
Leopard again raises the question of whether to switch from Windows to
a Mac. I've found Vista to be a major disappointment that tends to
look worse the more I use it. I still use Windows XP for getting
serious work done. But OS X is easier to manage and maintain and I
vastly prefer OS X to Windows for Web-browsing, mail, and especially
for any task that involves graphics, music, or video. Leopard performs
all such tasks even better than previous versions did-and Leopard is
the only OS on the planet that works effortlessly and intuitively in
today's world of networked computers and peripherals. Leopard is far
from perfect, but it's better than any alternative, and it's getting
harder and harder to find good reasons to use anything
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Victoria L.
Herring, Attorney in Des Moines, Iowa</b> - Civil rights,
Discrimination & Employment Law, http://www.herringlaw.com.
Ph. 515/255-4475; iChat AV: victoriaherring@mac.com;
Skype: vlherring.</font></div>
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