Originally Posted by mshan
Would you consider Leopard just another evolutionary release of Mac OS X, or is it really the start of Mac OS XI (i. e. is it radically different under the hood, with OS X moniker just kept for marketing purposes)?
I have only used Panther through Leopard but I must say from my perspective it seems that Leopard is closer to a XI release than the other releases. 10.5 is incredible over 10.4 not just with stability and speed but with the added features in the gui and file system. The added programs, tightly integrated like Time Machine make 10.5 the OS to beat in today's marketplace in my opinion.
With Bootcamp and VM Fusion (I favour this over Parallels) a Mac can become the perfect workstation or desktop/home computer.
Those that want to run FOSS exclusively will always turn to linux or *bsd and those that want gaming will likely always have to remain in the Windows camp unless they are willing to dual boot on the MAC.
Yet for everything else I find that my work flow has improved and the ease of use has increased and time to do monotonous tasks has decreased. With integrated scripting with Apple Scripts, even monotonous tasks can be easily done away with.