Hi, I think if you're going to do a podcast about Leopard, you should at least know what the major features are. Not knowing about the iChat upgrades is unbelievable, they were announced over a year ago (screen sharing).

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Hi, I think if you're going to do a podcast about Leopard, you should at least know what the major features are. Not knowing about the iChat upgrades is unbelievable, they were announced over a year ago (screen sharing).

Thanks for the note, Guest -- I haven't (yet) listened back, but I do remember acknowledging that iChat had a bunch of new features, and even listed screen sharing as one of them. As indicated, though, this wasn't intended to be a show listing all the new features (there's plenty of that happening already). This was about installation guidance, some less-popularized features, tips for right now, and laying out the path for what's to come on MGG. Regarding iChat, for example, we mentioned it only as part of an agenda for a future show when we've truly had the ability to dig in and -- most importantly -- help when questions from you folks come in about it.

Since my Leopard install didn't go very well on my G5, I wasn't able to spend as much time on exploring the updated applications. You can be sure that once I get both of my machines upgraded, Dave and I will be geeking out on the updated applications, including iChat.

Hi Dave, I just finished listening to the Leopard podcast (great show, by the way), and wanted your impressions on how Leopard is running on your iMac G5. I'm debating on upgrading at this point and wanted your opinion since it seems you upgraded your G5 machine. I have an iMac G5 (with isight), with 2.5 gigs of ram. Runs well? Fast? Slow? Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks!

John

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Hi Dave, I just finished listening to the Leopard podcast (great show, by the way), and wanted your impressions on how Leopard is running on your iMac G5. I'm debating on upgrading at this point and wanted your opinion since it seems you upgraded your G5 machine. I have an iMac G5 (with isight), with 2.5 gigs of ram. Runs well? Fast? Slow? Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks!

John

Hey there -- actually, it runs *great* on my iMac G5. I've got 1.5GB of RAM, and it screams. Really snappy, no delays. I'm quite happy with the upgrade there, and it's installing (Archive and Install with Migration, thank you) on my MacBook Pro as I type.

My roommate also had the blue screen of death during install. He then did a archive and install but when the system booted his account had no admin privileges. To solve the issue we logged into Root account and gave the old admin account back their privileges.

We have identical machines but my install went much smoother. The only main difference is that my roommates machines has a lot of 3rd party software installed and several OS modifications. I mostly run Apple software with no major modifications.