There are a LOT of things that 10.5 does better and reasons to switch.
The Finder is a LOT faster.Connecting to network shares is a piece of
cake now (not that it was hard to begin with). Performance is generally
better all around even on older machines. Spaces in an amazing thing as
well. Being able to run Logic in it's own little space, then switching
over to email or the web. Clutter is gone, and I'm not clicking on a
window I didn't mean to.
Finale simply is not stable in 10.5, so, I have to reboot into 10.4 to
run it. Same with SmartMusic. Who knows when the MakeMusic people will
release a fix for these two programs. I'm not expecting anything soon,
perhaps Jan or Feb 08. I'd stick with 10.4 for Finale. Sibelius seems to
run really well in 10.5, and the support for Leopard's file preview
thing from finder is there as well, so you can see a little of your
score before opening it up in Sibelius.
Probably won't see that in Finale until Finale 2009, and they will
charge you for it, and add it to the new features list (like they did
that one year with the copyright symbol thing) along with whatever fluff
they are working on.
Randolph Peters wrote:
I'm finding that in addition to the problem of Finale crashing on
quitting in Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) there is a problem with okaying or
cancelling some dialog boxes. It takes multiple clicks on the OK or
Cancel button for them to kick in.
For example, I can't close the Staff Attributes dialog box without
clicking on the OK or Cancel button 3 to 6 times. Does anyone else
have this problem?
By the way, I haven't found anything in Leopard that makes me want to
abandon Tiger as my main work environment. Tiger's latest version was
mature, while Leopard still needs a lot of fine tuning. This is to be
expected with a new OS. Applications load slower in Leopard, many have
conflicts, and the new "features" aren't worth the fuss, so far. I
like "Spaces", but I lost Finale (as in, couldn't see any window
belonging to the program) one time when I "hid" it and I couldn't get
it back without force-quitting.
Your meterage might vary...
-Randolph Peters
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