Did we just experience a software change?

[Woochifer]

FF2 on my Mac is noticeably slower than Safari. I blame Windows for my experience - I'm sure they're running interference with Safari, just don't know how.

Apparently, MS last week issued a security bulletin on Safari. Here's their advice on Safari -- "Restrict use of Safari as a web browser until an appropriate update is available from Microsoft and/or Apple." Well, apparently part of the problem is with how XP and Vista handle downloaded executable files, and can actually be solved by simply switching the default file download location. Yet, here's MS warning people not to use a competing browser! (Yuh, like IE7 is a model for security and stability)

So Windows 7 will have some of the wow the earlier development versions of Vista tried to include? Cool.

I just wonder how much in the way of computing resources this new version of wow will gobble up in the process. Apple's already rolling out multi-touch on its newer laptops and the latest update of Leopard. How many OS X updates will have come out by the time Windows 7 rolls around?

I don't have Leopard yet - not likely to get it either, work owns the machine and they load the OS. But come to think of it, I think I get a new one in the fall and it'll probably have Leopard. I play with it in the store or when I use someone else machine. Haven't dug too deep yet though.

IMO, Time Machine alone is worth the upgrade. It's by far the easiest and most intuitive backup program I've ever used. It has already saved my backside a couple of times -- once when I accidentally overwrote a file, and another time when my root directory became unreadable and I had to restore the entire drive. Leopard had its share of glitches at the outset, but once version 10.5.2 came out, it has been rock solid. And w/ Leopard, my iMac's benchmark scores went up almost across the board compared to Tiger. Can't say that with any of the Windows upgrades I've used.