Leopard looks like it's got some good stuff in it - Time Machine and Spaces especially look good, and the new Terminal looks like it might replace iTerm.
But it looks like they've done the Dock no favours. The Finder changes don't sound to great either. I use Quicksilver and Path Finder, though, so I'm not too bothered about them, and I have a feeling that going forward, I'm going to have to upgrade to get any of the latest toys working.
But anyway, until they fix Java, I can't upgrade, so that's that. Early adopters around the office have found that Eclipse is totally broken on Leopard at the moment, and that's a show-stopper.
Update: Lifehacker on the new Terminal. Also, Richard and Jeff on why it doesn't matter that Java's broken on Leopard. It does matter, though - if Java won't run on Leopard, I won't upgrade to it, and I won't buy a new Mac, either. My loss, but Apple's loss too. I'm a consultant - I don't always get to choose the platform I work with, and many of my clients choose Java.
Posted to Mac by Simon Brunning at October 30, 2007 09:51 AMI have a Macbook now.
And am getting Leopard "free" as part of the ADC.
The Java thing (which I was unaware of until now) is quite annoying but I don't actually do any Java development on it at the moment (I stil use my Linux desktop for that).
I mainly use it for photography stuff.
But I'd still like to at least have the option of Java on the Mac.
I expect I'll probably still upgrade anyway. :-)
Posted by: Darren on October 30, 2007 11:29 AM"don't always get to choose the platform" - I've been freelancing for over 12 years and I don't think I've ever got to choose. I might have had a bit of sway, but never actually got to choose.
Some how I don't think my clients, or yours, are suddenly going to say "You know what, let's go with Ruby and Objective-C because that's what comes on a Mac".
Posted by: Jez on October 30, 2007 04:56 PMWhat do you mean by "Eclipse is *totally* broken"?
I'm using Eclipse on Leopard right now and the only quirk I see is that a second Eclipse icon shows up on the dock with the blue dot next to it.
Any links as to what kind of problems people are facing?
Posted by: Prasanna on November 6, 2007 05:40 PMPrasanna - as in, couldn't open any files. There's a patch now, though, and it seems to be working fine.
Posted by: Simon on November 7, 2007 10:00 AM