When it comes to tomorrow's release of OS X Leopard, Apple is being its usual secretive self. We've got a few PC Mag operatives picking up copies of the OS today, and you can expect a full hands-on preview of the software on PCMag.com by tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, the usual suspects (read: the same folks who got iPhones ahead of everyone else) have already gotten their paws on OS X 10.5.
The reviews, perhaps not too surprisingly, are largely--if not universally--positive. The upgrade is admittedly not as large a jump as the one Windows experienced between XP and Vista (the last true large-scale reimagining of the OS was arguably the move to the first iteration of OS X, back in 2001). As such, the review sentiments thus far seem to be that, as The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg puts it, OS X 10.5 is an "evolutionary, not a revolutionary" release. Which is to say, while it isn't likely to convert any Apple haters, it will almost certainly appeal to existing Apple users and to those who have been looking to make the switch.
As expected, it includes Apple's new backup program, Time Machine. Improvements to the finder, the proprietary IM aggregator, iChat, and the virtual desktop app, Spaces, are also getting good marks.
Here's what they're saying:
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