{"id":752,"date":"2007-10-28T19:35:11","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T02:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2007\/10\/28\/newsletter-413-preview-the-night-owl-special-report-the-leopard-review\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T10:12:31","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T17:12:31","slug":"newsletter-413-preview-the-night-owl-special-report-the-leopard-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2007\/10\/newsletter-413-preview-the-night-owl-special-report-the-leopard-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 413 Preview: The Night Owl Special Report: The Leopard Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Night Owl <strong>Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/star-rating-for-reviews\/images\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/star-rating-for-reviews\/images\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/star-rating-for-reviews\/images\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/star-rating-for-reviews\/images\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/star-rating-for-reviews\/images\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first time you gaze at the Leopard upgrade kit, you wonder how something that does so much fits into such a small box. But Apple has taken its environmental pretensions to heart and reduced the extra stuffing in many of its latest software packages &#8212; except, of course, for the new Logic Studio, which is positively huge &#8212; and rather heavy to boot!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s even a tiny manual that contains something more than a short installation guide for once. In its 80 pages, you actually learn about many of the ultra-slick features that Apple has wrought in Leopard. But you&#8217;ll still need the Help menu if you want to explore matters further.<\/p>\n<p>What you really want to know, though, is just how loudly this cat roars, and it&#8217;s deafening!<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the most telling comparison I can make between Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista is the fact that the former installs reliably, works as advertised and then some, and doesn&#8217;t possess any invasive online activation and forced upgrade schemes. 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