<p>Hi, I wanted to title this ‘is anyone getting their kid a Leopard for Christmas’, but wasn’t sure who would hit on it…</p>
<p>S. has just mentioned that he might like to upgrade to the Leopard for his mac laptop (purchased in August 2007). I don’t mind getting him something he actually wants for Christmas, but am wondering if it is a good idea (there are conflicting reports on Amazon, etc.).</p>
<p>Is it better/worse that the OS the laptop came with? Slower? Have fancy bells and whistles?</p>
<p>I am afraid- I have a macbook pro and too many reports of the keyboard becoming non reactive- I already have a stinky keyboard.</p>
<p>I would wait a little.
( I got mine in Sept)
but if he has the time to dink with it, in case it causes problems- sure- but I already was ****y cause my pro is brand new & I had to leave it off to have the dual layer DVD drive replaced.</p>
<p>I really like it, but it’s honestly not very different, just a few cool new features. One really nice feature is the Time Machine program that will back up your computer automatically to an external hard drive. Other than that, though, I don’t think I actually use any of the other new features.</p>
<p>If you do purchase Leopard, I would recommend getting it from Amazon, as it seems to be almost $20 less there.</p>