Leopard? What'll be the big deal?

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How long until Steve declares the PowerPC dead like he did with OS 9? Maybe we should start a pool ...

[MacMagus]

> How long until Steve declares the PowerPC dead like he did with OS 9?

I wonder what he'd put in the coffin... a 6100?

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I just did that. A 6100/60 and a 7100/66

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How did you do it? I still have my 7100/66 in the garage. I just can't let it go ...

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MacMagus Wrote:
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> Like control panels that aren't chained to that
> one clumsy window.

Yeah, much better to have 30 or so objects in a folder.

> Like being able to add stuff to the Apple menu and
> organize it yourself.

Right--you could use a real simple method like dropping the things you wanted to add on an alias of a folder. They'd be simple to sort too: You'd just put spaces and other characters in front of the item names as needed.

> Like a "find file" program that can quickly search
> for files by name across your whole drive.

Or, you could use Tiger's method: enclose the name in quotes and find what you're looking for instantly.

> Like being able to look inside of font suitcases
> just by clicking on them.

Great idea--everyone has been clamoring for that!

> Like being able to play sounds in the Finder with
> a double-click.

Great idea--too bad the old Mac OS could only perform that trick for SND files.

> Like being able to have multiple system folders on
> the same hard drive.

Yep--that's another one everyone has been HOLLAing for: the ability to get their systems (and themselves in the process) all fsck'd up.

> Like having small helpful programs (call the
> little widgets "Desk Accessories" or something
> like that) that can be run from a special menu
> without having to hide your foreground application
> or losing the ability to keep working on a
> document with the Desk Accessory running.

Huh? You don't seriously think the old DA system was superior to Dashboard! Say it ain't so...

> Like being able to play Indeo video codec from
> within QuickTime.

First, that was always possible. Second, my guess is that few people are interested in videos made by Fred Flintberg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeo

> Like being able to run software from the Classic
> Mac OS in a transparent emulation layer.

Like you have always been able to in Mac OS X? Yeah, that's a good idea for those interested in running antique software.

So, if you having any idea of Leopard's new features, let us know.

[MacMagus]

> So, if you having any idea of Leopard's new features, let us know.

Somebody had too much coffee today.