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Leopard's 300 New Features
by , 11:30 AM EDT, October 17th, 2007
Apple is touting Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard, and the biggest update to the Mac's operating system to date. For those that are curious just what the 300-plus new features tucked away in Leopard include, Apple is now listing them all on its Web site.
While some of the listed new features feel like a bit of a stretch, like additional smileys in iChat, new backgrounds in Photo Booth, or new screen savers, other features seem completely worthy of the "new" tag.
Some of the notable new features in Leopard include improved security with enhanced VPN compatibility and application sandboxing, multiple virtual desktops with Spaces, location-aware printing, new Mail and Safari applications, and group scheduling in iCal.
The full list of new Leopard features is available at the Apple Web site.
Mac OS X 10.5 will be available at 6PM local time on Friday, October 26. It will be priced at US$129, or $9.95 for customers that purchased a Mac on or after October 1.
Observer Comments
Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:30 pm Subject: Now your talking. Apple is showing the 300 new features
Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:03 pm Subject: Yeh! Just like Tigers hundreds that we have . . .
yet to find or were told were there and have yet to surface.
I'm still looking for the self maintenancing OS that the corporate Apple rep told us to our faces, while in line, there was in 10.4. We have to do an awful lot of Repairing Permission to be Maintenance Free.
I can't wait to see the list.
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