I finally got the new Mac OSX (10.5) Leopard up and running. I had attempted to do a regular upgrade, but that ended in a blank blue screen staring back at me after restart. I attribute that to either the fact that the image size of Leopard is 6.66 GB (the number of the beast!) or more than likely, months ago I installed some third party system level app that I completely forgot about. A quick “Archive and Install” resolved the issue.
First impression, it’s pretty nice. Seems faster (spotlight seems usable!) and there’s some gratuitous visuals that bug me. I’ll post a full observation after putting this cat threw it’s paces over the next couple days.
Update: Turns out my installation issues stemmed from my Logitech trackball driver. Apparently Logitech doesn’t know how to properly write Mac OSX drivers for it’s mice and relies on hackie third-party solutions. Providing users of it’s software hours of fun when trying to upgrade to Apple’s latest and greatest operating system.
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Great, I hope you have a follow up on the trackball issue, because I’m probably going to experience the same thing…
The solution to the trackball issue is to either make sure you have the most current driver or do an Archive & Install.
My advice would be to do an Archive & Install.