Tomorrow Apple releases it’s latest and greatest OS yet. I will probably get a copy somehow, but I’m not sure whether I should be excited about it or not. Apple’s website lists about 300 new features, but I’ll have to be honest, there appears to be only a few features that even strike me as being features that I can be excited about. Here they are:

1. Time Machine - From the reports about the Time Machine feature, it looks as though with the help of an external hard drive you can back up all your files very easily, thus making it convenient to find files that you’ve deleted at some prior date. The time vortex of power interface also looks nice.
2. Desktop - With a more 3D-ical dock, the new desktop attempts to redefine the way we use a desktop. For example, the new desktop sports a new feature called “stacks.” These stacks allow you to remove the clutter that we all have on our desktops, including the grouping of files that have been downloaded.
3. Spaces - There have been third party virtual desktop solutions for awhile, but spaces gives it to you built-in to the operating system. I have tried a couple apps to accomplish this same task, but have been unable to find a completely satisfactory option. We’ll hope this feature does the trick.
4. Finder - The new finder features a more iTunes-like layout and style, including the popular coverflow view. You will also be able to do what is called “quick look” which allows you to view the contents of a file without opening a separate application.

So, out of the 300+ features that are supposed to be “new” in Leopard, these four have been the ones that I’m most interested in having. I’m sure I’ll find some other niceties along the way, but I guess I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out.

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