Leopard is coming! Many of us can't wait for the new release. If you are one of those, stop and consider a few things before inserting the DVD in your drive.
What is it that you want from the new release? Are there features hat will make your work or life easier? There are good reasons to move to the new release but as with any new software, you need to be prepared for the worst, and hope for the best.
Are all your critical applications certified to run in Leopard. If not, when will they be ready? There is nothing worse than installing a new operating system only to find that some of the things you depend on, no longer work. This is very common in new software releases. This can be an issue for any applications but it is much more prevalent in add on extensions to the apple applications. In fact, you should go into the upgrade telling yourself that they will not work.
In general, I would recommend that even the most interested users who want to get the new features should wait at a minimum one week. Many people, including some of the software developers, will get it instaled and in that first week, there will be a flurry of releases of updates to fix issues.
The other thing to consider as you make the decision to upgrade is what the upgrade will cost in terms of update costs for your applications. If you run current releases of software, you can figure on getting a free point release that will make the current release compatible with Leopard. But if you are running old releases, you may need to upgrade the software just to get it to work with Leopard.
Again, let others deal with the pain. In the first week after release, others will try it and report what the issues are. This week will allow all this testing to happen. Set the REAL date for your upgrade to be November 2nd rather than October 26th ans save yourself allot of grief.
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