wow factor

The time was right to plunge into Leopard despite the "blue screen of death" postings everywhere

There are three Macs in the house. First cab off the rank was the MacBook Pro and the upgrade was seamless.
Next the better half's little G4 which wouldn't let the upgrade get to the first furlong.
The various forums repeatedly said that any third party addons could stop it like a ton of bricks. So, the missus gets out the screwdriver, removes the additional 512k ram and bingo, it installed faultlessly. Slotted the ram back in and it's purring like a kitten.

The iMac is next and should be fine.

First observations are it looks sharper, runs faster and Spaces is nifty, especially on the smaller laptop screens.

I'm not an early adopter of anything more expensive than a good wine.

When it comes to computers, phones, audio etc, I'm as slow as a wet week.

This has downsides. Whatever I buy, especially from Apple, is usually followed within milliseconds by the next best version.
Within a month of purchase, our iPod, MacBook Pro and Imac made quantum leaps.

However it does have upsides. Just ask Jeffrey Zeldman

My next Tech Toy has landed in OZ and I'm still procrastinating. Maybe the iPhone will be debugged and available by the time I make a decision.
And don't even ask me about upgrading to that very spotty Leopard. I'm reading everything John Gruber writes on it, if I can find it, before jumping in boots and all.