[X4U] Leopard Features

[Vince Lewis]

On Aug 8, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Charles Howse wrote:

>
> On Aug 8, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Michael J. Prevost wrote:
>
>> What are people thoughts on Leopard's upcoming features like Time  
>> Machine? Do you buy into the numbers that Steve gave regarding  
>> people who actually perform backups (26% do backups of some sort,  
>> but only 4% do regular, tool assisted backup).
>
> I backup weekly, using a custom bash script that consists mainly of  
> tar and rsync to a mounted volume on another computer.  Currently  
> backing up 15 GB.
>
> Leopard looks good to me, I like that Spotlight will now have an  
> application launcher.
> Also like the idea of virtual desktops (Spaces).  An old Linux  
> trick, eh?
>
> I haven't researched the hardware requirements, reckon it will be  
> ok on my PowerMac G5 1.8GHz PPC w/ 1 GB ram?
>
> My main concern is what will it cost?
> Anyone care to hazard a guess....Janice?
>

I noticed on one of the sneak peek pages at Apple that they reference  
G-3s. Not as an official techspec, only in passing.

My guess on pricing: US129/US$199. Or you could pick it up NC with a  
new computer around St. Patty's Day.
ciao,
Vince
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