Leapin’ Leopards: Another Update
It’s only been seven months since Leopard leapt onto the scene but Apple’s now on its third major update with the release of OSX 10.5.3 (Note: There really should be names associated with these updates to give them some more marketing appeal because 10.5.3 does nothing to capture the imagination!)
Coming in at a whopping 450 420MB, 10.5.3 fixes a whole bunch of things (MacWorld reports that it’s precisely 70) that will surely make your Mac running better, faster, smarter and even better than Vista - or something like that. It does make you wonder, however, why there’s been three major upgrades for a product that was in development for four years.
Yeah, I know operating systems are complex beasts and software development always involves bugs but this is Apple we’re talking about - the king of design, ease-of-use, etcetera.
In any event, it is interesting to see how Apple updates are received differently than Windows updates. With Apple, most people say, “Cool, a Leopard update and proceed to download it right away”. With Windows, there’s a lot more skepticism to upgrade at a time when many people would love to downgrade from Vista.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Its true but I think you mean “love to downgrade from Vista.” And thanks for the heads up. I had not planned on checking sw update today.
Its true about the difference in platforms/embracing updates/upgrades. Apple just has a bit of a better track record than windows as far as that goes with their share of screw ups too though. I remember one in tiger I believe it was where it would erase a fire wire hard drive when you plugged it in. “Oops!” So they don’t always nail it but most of the time they do pretty good.
Cheers!
May 29th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I’ve found that when Apple does screw up, it is likely more severe than Windows (as you mentioned).