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OS 10.5.2 Update Settles Leopard Down - OS X Odyssey 915
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If you've noticed that I haven't been complaining as much about Leopard lately, that's because I've been finding less to complain about. The OS 10.5.2 update and companion Leopard Graphics Updater seem to have settled the operating system down substantially. That, and the release of WindowShade X 4.2b1 bringing windowshading to Leopard, has made me a much happier camper.
In fact, the combination of WindowShade X with Leopard's Spaces, which I quickly got addicted to, makes workspace management slicker and better than ever.
Temperature management also seems improved. Oddly, my PowerBook seems to run hotter for a day or so after a system reboot, and then settle down so I can leave the Energy Saver Processor Performance setting at "Automatic" with the cooling fans almost never cutting in. That's a lot better than in OS 10.4.11 Tiger, where the fans run half the time if I don't set processor performance to "Reduced," and even that doesn't keep them entirely quiet.
Did I mention that I utterly hate, loathe and revile fan racket in laptops?
The much-improved Stacks implementation in version 10.5.2 is a plus as well, although it was only a second-echelon annoyance in the previous version, and I still prefer the simple folder in the Dock motif of OS 10.4 Tiger and earlier. Time Machine remains a tremendously convenient innovation eliminating the tedium of configuring and running data backups. Now I just plug in the backup drive and let it do its stuff.
It's not all sweetness and light, however. POP 3 email throughput is still abominable, and while its reliability has been significantly improved from version 10.5.1, Spaces still craps out after several days of uptime, seemingly at random, requiring a system restart to restore its normal functioning.
All things considered, however, OS 10.5.2 has meant, at least for me, a major improvement in my Leopard experience, and while I pine wistfully for email that works properly, I'm not for turning back, but there's still plenty of room for improvement in OS 10.5.3.
Charles W. Moore
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