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Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Dakota Courtois — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:12:36 EDT

With a lot of the internet fads these days, I had a diffrent "cat" for Apple.

Mac OS X "Longcat".

Because Longcat is looooooooooooooooong.

Dakota Courtois

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

QWERTYthon — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:36:50 EDT

@bdkennedy1: I always thought that Lion would be 10.9 due to the whole "king of the jungle) thing...

QWERTYthon

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

kahri — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:27:20 EDT

OS X "ThunderCat"

kahri

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

kgelner — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:23:24 EDT

I've also seen performance go up on older computers - I have one old Powermac 400MHz I help maintain, that has Tiger and is faster than with previous versions of OS X.

For the question about laptops and Time Machine - I don't know specifically how it will work in practice, but since underneath Time Machine works based on file modification times, in theory when you connect back to your Time Machine external drive at home it could update all the various timed backups as if it had been active all along. I was also thinking about creating a partition just for Time Machine and doing local backups to that until I returned home, but I don't know if you can tell Time Machine to synchronize a smaller repository with a larger master one.

kgelner

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

myheaditches — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:05:36 EDT

In 2003 Apple trademarked a bunch of cat names, the unused ones are now left to Lynx and Cougar.

myheaditches

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

AndyDuncan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:59:03 EDT

The next version of OS X is always "OS X Pussy", It's like "Generation Next"...

AndyDuncan

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Wegmans — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:56:05 EDT

Boring... I want a review to show off maybe the top 10 biggest changes...

Wegmans

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

SonOfMagicFact — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:36:31 EDT

@ottermann: That would be awesome!

SonOfMagicFact

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

ara — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:33:28 EDT

@bdkennedy1: I've experienced the opposite effect, every new version of OS X I've installed on my old mac has been faster than the previous one. This time they decided to drop the support for it (too slow CPU) so I guess I won't be experiencing the same again.

ara

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ottermann — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:10:03 EDT

OS 10.6, Code name: Snagglepuss

New shut down sound: "Exit, stage left, even."

I'd buy it.

ottermann

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Johnny Chimpo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:54:35 EDT

@Kaiser-Machead: HA!

Johnny Chimpo

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

chafnerjr — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:02:57 EDT

@MOO083

Fear not... Trillian is coming to Mac!!!

@INFINITELOOP

I doubt that ol' Stevie would allow OSX on non-apple hardware. I think that he's got the right idea at the current market share... but if things keep going this way they are going to have to look at this option in the future. The fine line between "niche" product manufacturer and monopoly is market share.

chafnerjr

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

iDeadman — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:52:50 EDT

Or if they come out with a tablet and an new OS

OS X GODMODE

iDeadman

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

hanswurst0815 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:40:14 EDT

OS X Ocelot would be fine with me.

hanswurst0815

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

JRo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:30:35 EDT

You didn't ask them about HD support? Aw Giz!

JRo

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:29:58 EDT

@iHeartApple: @Johnny Chimpo:

Smells like sex in here.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Johnny Chimpo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:25:57 EDT

@iHeartApple: Judging by your name and your comment it appears my joke hit a little too close to home.

Relax big boy. I'm sure you'll get your's before you're 30.

Johnny Chimpo

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:03:58 EDT

@Johnny Chimpo: Judging by your photo, im surprised you know what pussy is.

i<3Apple

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

moo083 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:55:17 EDT

@wsder: Well, AIM, .mac and Jabber. I don't know why Jabber isn't in there, but its been supported since Tiger. In fact, Tiger server has a Jabber Server built in. But yeah, if you use MSN or Yahoo or ICQ, Adium it is!

moo083

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

bdkennedy1 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:54:50 EDT

@digitalgimpus

As with any old Mac I've upgraded, performance goes down about 25% with a new OS version. It works and can be used, but 25% is a pretty big performance hit. Maxxing out the RAM is all you can do.

bdkennedy1

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infiniteloop — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:53:00 EDT

I maybe speaking crazy talk but somewhere along the line I heard that you could install Leopard on a regular PC. I happen to think that such a choice would be a very smart move for apple. But, looking at the 'system requirements' for Leopard, it says 'Mac computer..." Oh well.

infiniteloop

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

bdkennedy1 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:52:10 EDT

I believe 10.6 is supposed to be Lion, but that was 2 years ago. Apple's supposed to go in a new direction after 10.6, but calling OS 10, OS X is so popular I don't know what else they would call it.

bdkennedy1

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

digitalgimpus — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:51:09 EDT

The one thing I really want to know: will it suck on a lower end machine? Or will it play nice. There are still a fair number of gen 1 Mac Mini's, PowerBooks, etc who meet the specs. Is it even worth it?

digitalgimpus

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

EMoShunz — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:49:21 EDT

Giz: Will Leopard come with iLife '08?
Apple: No. If you buy a new CPU with Leopard, you get the new verison of iLife. If you have an older system with Tiger, you have to buy both the iLife upgrade and Leopard upgrade.

So, I just bought a new system with 10.4 and ilife '08. When I install 10.5, I can port over ilife, right?

EMoShunz

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

wsder — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:37:01 EDT

On the website, it says that ichat will work with AIM and .Mac. So i guess I'll still be using adium...

wsder

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

OldCrow — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:24:22 EDT

OS X (6.0) "Pussy" as in sexy

OldCrow

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

dagamer34 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:22:58 EDT

The most important questions is how will Time Machine work with any laptop? I'm going to be using it while not connected to an external HDD, so will Time Machine cache changes until I reconnect it again? How long will it cache changes until it starts dumping stuff?

dagamer34

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Wilcry — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:20:39 EDT

OSX.6... "kitten"

Maybe "Liger"

Please don't take me too seriously

Wilcry

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xThadd — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:45:52 EDT

Mrwaow.

xThadd

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

clemonator — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:45:40 EDT

@Jeff_Mcawesome:

This isn't Microsoft. They are the same.

Snip from store.apple.com:
Minimum System Requirements

* • Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
* • 512MB of physical RAM
* • DVD drive for installation

clemonator

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

MikeSWelch — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:43:31 EDT

@mattw6789:

You can buy extra megahurtz in the form of NOS stickers at your local auto parts store.

MikeSWelch

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

phi — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:41:46 EDT

was it confirmed that leopard would have resolution independence?

phi

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Jeff_McAwesome — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:32:26 EDT

Here is a question that I'm not sure has been answered. Will there only be one version of the Leopard software, or will there be seperate Intel and PPC versions? I want to get the family pack to save some cash, but will it work for both PPC and Intel, or would I have to buy a seperate version for the 2 processors? I'm wondering because all of the 10.4.X updates have been seperated into PPC and Intel versions.

Jeff_McAwesome

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:31:24 EDT

I'd buy iLife if not for the fact that I only use iPhoto.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

blazedshaggy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:28:08 EDT

OS Team Ramrod

blazedshaggy

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

mattw6789 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:28:06 EDT

@RONNSPROCKET
my bus speed is 800 MHz

mattw6789

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

mattw6789 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:27:25 EDT

thanks guys. i think i might have read my info wrong. my processor is 2.4 GHz on an Intel Mac and memory is 2GB 667 MHz. i guess that is enough, i get a little confused with which is which haha

mattw6789

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ronnsprocket — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:26:29 EDT

wtf is everyone talking about. his bus speed is 667mhz.

kid, you will be fine.

ronnsprocket

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Joseph — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:20:34 EDT

Giz: Are Widgets from Leopard going to be made to work across all Apple platforms (i.e. iPhone)?
Apple: Widgets will work in Dashboard and will continue to work in Dashboard.

DUDE YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED IF DASHBOARD WILL WORK ON THE IPHONE!?

Joseph

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Toastercookie — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:19:03 EDT

""867MHz or better"!!!??? my MacBook Pro has 667MHz. is this bad? how do i bring it up?"

I think your RAM is 667 MHz. They don't and never have make MPB's with a processor speed any slower than like 1.83 GHz.

Toastercookie

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njbrideau — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:17:19 EDT

@mattw6789 I'm pretty sure your MB pro has a processor speed higher than that.

njbrideau

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Johnny Chimpo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:15:46 EDT

funny that apple names there software after cats. probably the closest most fanboys ever get to pussy!

Johnny Chimpo

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Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:13:48 EDT

@mattw6789: you can most likely get around that problem. Ive done it before but I cant remember how....

i<3Apple

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

mattw6789 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:12:53 EDT

"867MHz or better"!!!??? my MacBook Pro has 667MHz. is this bad? how do i bring it up?

mattw6789

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Aloof — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:10:05 EDT

Hairball?

Aloof

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Hvedhrungr — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:07:00 EDT

They already have the big metal "X".
Why not go all geek and call it "Sabretooth"?

Hvedhrungr

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:02:39 EDT

the next version should be called "Thunder Cat"

i<3Apple

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

atbrown0717 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:58:40 EDT

Im already excited about OS X Saber

atbrown0717