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Old 10-11-2007, 06:30 PM
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is Leopard really worth au upgrade?
hi again,

so i bought my first mbp when the 2.4 version came out... i waited and waited for that purchase... now i (think) im considering upgrading to Leopard. Is it worth my time and trouble? is it compatible with cs3? AND if i do i will also be buying an external hard drive, so wheres a good place to buy one?

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Old 10-11-2007, 06:33 PM
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Leopard is worth every cent in my opinion!

I am finding new features I love every day!
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Old 10-11-2007, 06:35 PM
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I'm not sure about CS3. Heard it wasn't compatible?

Check up on Adobe's website for Leopard news re: CS3.

Otherwise, worth every cent (especially if you're a student ).
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Old 10-11-2007, 06:37 PM
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Leopard is worth every cent in my opinion!

I am finding new features I love every day!
Ditto best upgrade I have ever bought, I never think about Tiger now. Just me spoted pall

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Old 10-11-2007, 06:57 PM
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There are issues with the CS3 installer but if you have the apps installed then just do an upgrade to 10.5 then things should work.
And yes its worth every cent
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Old 10-11-2007, 07:02 PM
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There are no issues with the CS3 installer, I have tried it myself.

It's definately worth the upgrade - I've put it on all my Intel Macs.
Just for the updates to Mail, Safari, the Finder etc. it's worth it.
It also has better driver support for Intel Macs - my MacBook has noticeably improved with it's graphics.
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Old 10-11-2007, 07:04 PM
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I don't know if I have done anything wrong, but leopard just seems slower in some areas, but faster in a few others. It's slower with all the graphical things (dock, dashboard) and starting up apps, but it's faster with spotlight and other things.

Going to get 2 gig of RAM as a result, but might even get tiger back
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Old 10-11-2007, 07:20 PM
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Apple may fix those troubles up with a 10.5.1 update, time will tell.
Are you on PowerPC or Intel?
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