Leopard
I finally got around to installing and playing around with Leopard. It’s amazing. If you have an Apple computer, you really should use Leopard, and if you don’t have Mac, you should. The myth that they’re slower and more expensive than Windows PCs has been debunked all over, I’m not even going to break it down. I’m not an Apple-cult defender and they don’t pay me to endorse ‘em (though they should, damn it)… just go try out a machine at the Apple store. Surf the net, send out some emails, play around with the UI.
It’s not too far away from what computing should be like. “Using a computer” (IMO) should be the enjoyment and functionality of a 20+ finger touchscreen with full 3D, motion, speach and handwriting detection, on a slightly convex surface, smooth, and both back and frontlit. Having a “digitizer” surface with a 2048 degree of pressure WACOM pen would be nice, too.
Leopard is fun and easy to use. Time Machine will save casual users.