Sorry for the silence, Leopard is coming!

Sorry for the silence as of late. The primary excuses are an obvious Halo 3 centered mind and a not so obvious issue with the build of Safari 3 in the newest build of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 9A559. I've been running the latest build for about a week and have been loving it, but there is a flaw. The build of Safari I have doesn't play nicely with blogger.com and it's been a pain to try and post. 

The new Leopard is amazing though. The new look aside and the little tweaks are fun, but there is a huge overhaul under the hood that is really making itself known on 64-bit processors (Intel Core 2 Duos and Xeon processors in the Mac Pros.) One thing I am really happy Apple seems to have put a lot of focus into is Spotlight. 

Now searches on my laptop are virtually instant. No longer does the hard drive go to work and have to go through it's massive index file to find a common program or a vague email I was looking for. It is truly amazing and I've been using it as a primary app launcher because it is so much faster than going into my Applications and especially utilities folder. Good job Apple.

Another thing I really have been liking is the new iCal and new Mail. The system now recognizes dates, numbers, names and addresses. When you hover over a persons name or their signature on an email you can get a map, add them to your address book or send them an email without having to select, copy and paste. The computer knows what you mean! It really is a next generation of computer intuition.

From what I've seen in this release, which only has two known errors, we are VERY close to a release. Along with the news that Apple yesterday announced to Boot Camp Beta users that their Windows installs will expire at the end of October, really nails home that they are almost ready to announce a street date and ship this guy! If you have a newer Intel Macintosh I cannot stress strongly enough how much you will benefit from the upgrades they've put in here for you. Keep your ears perked because this cat is ready to pounce!