Mac OS X Leopard and beyond

Well, long story short I've got my hands on a copy of the retail version of Apple's new Mac OS X Leopard. I installed it on Friday morning and am currently writing from the MacBook (SIMBA!!!) that it's running on now :). So far the experience has been pretty smooth. A few applications have had to be upgraded and a few tweaks here and there to get some programs to work properly (e.g. Journler) but on the whole, I think it's great! I don't use spaces as much as I thought I would though. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's just like virtual desktops that you'd find on Linux. Shut down seems to be quicker, booting up takes fractionally longer and surpisingly battery life seems to be better. I've had the battery time tell me it had over 6 hours left at one point. Previous record was something like 5 and a half. Not sure what's going on there but it was a nice surprise. Connecting to Windows network shares no longer creates an icon on the desktop. I think I miss that :(. As many other sourced have pointed out too, the icon for Windows network share computers is a monitor with a Windows 9x-ish Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD). The interface is a lot nicer now too. The menu bar is semi-transparent now and I think I remember some place saying that it's vector-drawn now instead of bitmaps. Shadows of windows seem darker and I'm liking the new shiny look of the dock. I've also read a few complaints about Java not working properly or something but it must be a developer thing as I've had no problems whatsoever running my java programs or online java applets. I haven't tried the new BootCamp yet aside from installing the update on the Leopard install disc. Nothing seems to be different on it though just from the brief look I had. I'll have to update my Mac Apps list soon. I've taken to using osx.iusethis.com along with AppFresh. Unfortunately this doesn't work with Leopard yet so I'm kind of holding out until it does.

Now to the beyond... This is the more personal section :P I've started working fulltime now. I've moved up a bit and taken over the position of someone who decided to leave and run his own business. This has left me pretty flat-out but it's still been good :). I've also been told I probably have chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia :(. If you don't know what they are well... Google is your friend :) It'll probably do a better job of explaining than I can. Anyway, this is why working fulltime has left me pretty flat-out. Thankfully, my boss is pretty understanding of this so it's working out well. Not much more to report...