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Summary: Fixed network setting problem with Tiger
Comment: I decided to solve the problem "network setting have been changed by another program", received after I installed a recent Mac security update, with an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. I had exhausted the possibilities offered by the Mac Fix It forum, and I had not been able to access the internet for a long time. Apple, it seems, has not offered a fix.
Leopard installed easily, and I did a custom install, choosing to not install printer drivers, non-English languages, and a Unix module, saving myself 5 or so gigs of space. The dial up internet is now working great, and surfing on the Web is much faster than with Windows XP, with many less problems. I also installed the recent 10.5.5 update.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Software
Comment: After hearing about how great Time Machine is, I bought Leopard for this alone. Time Machine is amazing. Did the upgrade install and it worked out well.
Recommend Leopard although I heard rumors of Snow Leopard as well.
Short review, but Leopard is worth it.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Nightmare 10.5
Comment: Basically beware. You WILL have to do a complete clean install. Once you do so, many applications that formally worked fine, will no longer. Some will not even work with the new system. Many apps will need to you re-install, others will ask you again for serial numbers and activations. Make sure you have all those numbers handy. Sorry for those who have "borrowed" applications, chances are, you'll never be able to use them again.
I had gotten Leopard as a door prize at a motion graphics event. It took me a year to have a free weekend where I thought why not. Why not turned into about three weeks of trouble-shooting, borrowing wired keyboards from work and having to turn down freelance projects because I had to re-install apps, re-install the plug ins and even at this point there are two 3D applications I use that I now have to pay for the upgrade on in order to use them.
In the end, not only wasn't it worth it to upgrade, but the bells and whistles are more of a gimmick than something that would help me in my daily workflow. Time Machine became so annoying I turned it off, yeah great, it's there, but it eats up all the space on your external drives until you chose to delete older saves. Spaces? Why? Full screen iChat? I don't like to talk on the phone let alone see someone on my screen and have them see me, yuck. So in a word, yuck!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Needs more kinks worked out
Comment: Leopard still has a number of bugs which can be limiting in its use compared to the very stable and bug free 10.4. Wish I had waited. So frustrating to go from trouble free to a number of issues which limit my computer use and are difficult if not possible at this time to resolve with Apple.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great OS (though X11 is messed up)
Comment: Like Tiger before it, Leopard is worth every penny. Time machine works seamlessly (if you don't make the same mistake I did and use a LaCie drive for backup - it will fail sooner rather than later). Most new features are excellent. Unfortunately, the new X11 that ships with Leopard is badly messed up (at least when I installed it a while ago). Luckily, you can download the latest build from http://xquartz.macosforge.org is you need to use X11 professionally. Overall, Leopard is great and worth the upgrade!
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