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In my youth, I enjoyed installing new operating systems, even beta operating systems. As I’ve grown older this fascination has escaped me, and now I treat installing a new operating system with the same sense of trepidation that I typically reserve for connecting jumper cables to a car – it could go well and it could go very poorly.

My growing tolerance of Leopard has faded, and now I’m thinking screw this cat. Apple typically does a great job with the things they do. I love my iPods. I love my iPhone. While I wouldn’t say I loved 10.4 Tiger, I can say that I had no significant complaints about it. You know what they say about good design, often it’s so transparent that you don’t even notice it. Well I’m noticing Leopard a lot these days, and not in a good way.

In Leopard, my apps crash for no reason. Occasionally I can’t click on any icons on the desktop. I don’t use Spaces and I hate Stacks. Quick Look is a nicety, although for my purposes it’s not dramatically more useful than dragging things to the Preview icon in my desktop. I dislike the new iCal. Frankly, Leopard has been very little upside and mostly a hassle. Leopard reminds me of an unwelcome house guest, one who moves things around without asking. I suspect I’m about a week away from switching back to 10.4.

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