I work for an email service provider, and our development platform is Java and Flex. Our development machines are Macs. I have a really nice 2.8Ghz 24″ iMac with 4GB of memory. The company just bought us all OS X Leopard, so I decided to do the install this morning. A couple of my co-workers have already done the install, with mixed results. One seemed to have performance issues after upgrading. Another one did a complete wipe of his machine with a brand new install, as opposed to upgrading. His worked nicely. My boss upgraded his notebook, and gained some performance boosts. So, with all these mixed results, I was a little hesitant to upgrade mine. But, I took the plunge.
I’m happy to say that, so far, things look good. The install took a little over an hour. It would have been less if I realized I could skip the DVD consistency check prior to the install. But, for some dumb reason, I didn’t see the “Skip” button on that window. The upgrade was smooth, and when the system came back up, everything looks pretty much as it should.
I’m literally just 15 minutes into using Leopard, so I have nothing really to report, good or bad, except that my experience with the upgrade process was flawless. One minor thing to note is that the installer will install all the printer drivers. This takes up a whopping 1.6GB of hard drive space. If you’re low on space, you can limit the install significantly. I think it was the EPSON drivers that took up the most (769MB). I installed all of them ’cause I have plenty of space to spare. You might choose differently.
