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Whittle Mac Os Update
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Winter 2004
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Whittle Mac Os X
The problem of who I legally am in the world I live in has been vexatious throughout my adult life. Like other transsexual people worldwide, I face an inadequate legal framework in which to exist. Some of us live within states and nations that recognise the difficulties and attempt to provide a route way through the morass of problems that arise; others barely, if not at all, even acknowledge our being. We are simply 'not' within a world that only permits two sexes, only allows two forms of gender role, identity or expression. Always falling outside of the 'norm,' our lives become less, our humanity is questioned, and our oppression is legitimised.
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As you probably already know, Apple recently released the final version of its Mac OS X Leopard operating system. And, judging by its initial sales (more than 2 million copies sold already), Apple seems to have hit a major home run. So what’s the big deal about Leopard and why should you care? In this review we’ll answer those questions and we’ll take a look at what’s good and bad in Leopard.
Why the Hell Should I Care? I Don’t Own a Mac!
Some of you might be thinking “So what? I don’t own a Mac, what the hell do I care about Apple’s stupid operating system, Jim?” Well that’s a fair sentiment if you’re not a Mac owner since Leopard doesn’t run on any other hardware…yet. But as we saw with Apple’s switch to Intel processors a while back, what seems incredible or even impossible can sometimes be quite possible. There may come a day when Leopard or its successor is available on non-Apple hardware.
Plus it’s worth knowing what Leopard has to offer because Microsoft tends to use Apple as its research and development lab at times. In other words, if there’s a great feature on Leopard that’s not on Windows then you can bet Microsoft will steal…er…excuse me…borrow the idea for a future version of Windows at some point. Who knows…you may even see some of Leopard included in a future Windows Vista super-duper mega-patch or “service pack” or whatever Microsoft is calling it these days.
Installation
I installed Leopard on my new Intel based iMac and Macbook Pro.
Here are the stats for each computer:
iMac
- Model Name: iMac
- Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
- Processor Speed: 2.4GHz
- Number Of Processors: 1
- Total Number Of Cores: 2
- L2 Cache: 4MB
- Memory: 2GB
- Bus Speed: 800MHz
- Video: ATI Radeon 2600 Pro (256MB VRAM)
- LCD Resolution 1680 x 1050
- Storage: 300GB
Macbook Pro
- Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
- Processor Speed: 2.4GHz
- Number Of Processors: 1
- Total Number Of Cores: 2
- L2 Cache: 4MB
- Memory: 4GB
- Bus Speed: 800MHz
- Video: GeForce 8600M GT
- VRAM (Total): 256MB
- Resolution: 1440 x 900
- Storage: 160GB
I opted to do an upgrade rather than a clean install, something I would not have dared to do if I had been installing any version of Windows. But Mac OS X has a pretty good track record when it comes to upgrades, so I figured I’d give it a shot, and I wasn’t disappointed.
The install took about an hour or so on each machine and there wasn’t a whole lot for me to do while it was happening, so I opted to surf the web on my iPhone to whittle away the time during installation. Continued…
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