Re: Leopard
On Oct 22, 2007, at 6:02 AM, Bob wrote:You have sent several emails talking about leopard but you have not weighed in yet. Should we all be upgrading now or should we wait to see how the roll-out goes?
You caught me!
I can easily drum up enthusiasm for the CONCEPT of something new and zoomy, but I always wait a bit before I say “It actually works, and won’t blow up in your face!” You won’t hear anything like that until I’ve actually had time to test it out myself, and read a BUNCH of hands-on reviews. I would hate to say something rash and cause a bunch of unhappy folks to lose important work or something.
It might be a good idea to wait a few days before taking the plunge.
I promise - I’ll be very regular and informative in my writings, keeping everyone up to date. This is the biggest, most technologically-advanced operating system upgrade I can ever remember, and it holds great promise, but it also holds the possibility of messing with the ways that we’ve done things for a long time.
For instance:
If you are using a program that runs in “Classic” mode (such as the Clients & Profits ad agency business management software), it absolutely will NOT work with Leopard on your computer (without spending an additional $1600 for the newer version), since Leopard does not support OS 9 at all. However, I found a really cool way for older programs like that to continue onward without any problems - Just run Clients and Profits on an older Mac across the room, running an older operating system, and use a program such as Chicken of the VNC to remotely operate that computer as if you were sitting in front of it. At current network speeds, it’s downright pleasant to use… Just one click of an icon, and you’re staring at another computer’s desktop and programs!
