I'm still using v10.4 on all of my work and home computers. I told
myself a while ago that waiting until 10.5.2 was probably the best
plan. The cost of upgrading two home computers to 10.5 has made it easy
for me to wait. But now the day is at hand--10.2.5 is out. I'm
almost
ready to pull the trigger, but I keep hearing little things that worry
me.
Worry #1: Mail. I depend heavily on Mail, both at home and at work.
My primary email accounts are both IMAP, so I have access to all of my
email from both home and work. I'm really excited about the
enhancements to Mail in 10.5; however, I've heard some people have had their mail corrupted in 10.5. Have any of you had problems with Mail?
Worry #2: Backwards compatibility. I have a lot of software on my
computer. Most of it is Universal Binary, but I imagine there's a good
amount of old software (I can't remember the last time I used a Classic
application, so I don't think that's a concern). How has it been for
you? Have you had to upgrade a lot of software, or have you been unable
to run some software that you were able to run under an earlier Mac OS?
I guess those are the two main ones. There's lots to be excited
about in Leopard: Quick Look, RSS in Mail (although since I've
discovered Google Reader, that's less of an enhancement), Time Machine
(but I don't know how much we'd use it with our laptops), etc. I'm
usually not this hesitant to adopt a new OS. Should I go for it?
Critical Apps: AppleWorks (I know, but it's still useful), MS Office 2004, Mail, Firefox, Safari, Butler, Civilization IV (yes, it's CRITICAL).
Systems: MacBook Pro 2.16GHz, 2GBRAM; and MacBook 2.0GHz 1GB RAM.
Thanks.
