Welcome to 2009. Is it time to embrace change yet? Just because it’s offered on your Mac, and in the computer press, doesn’t mean change will work for you.
Apple introduced Leopard’s version 10.5.6 last month, but even after a few weeks the latest release is still reported as a show-stopper for some Macs. Keeping up with all of the potential woe is a task best served with visits to two Web sites, macintouch.com and macfixit.com. Neither of these has stopped posting reports about failures caused by 10.5.6 installations. Mail quits after launching. Installation that kicks off a startup Loop, AirPort, Bluetooth problems, MacFixit reports. There’s plenty of cautions in the air on this one, as you can see at the link. Apple tells you nothing about problems, while some Web sites say nothing, either.
I’ve got this version installed on a Mac mini and haven’t seen any features go dark, but the tide of user reports about problems has not yet receded. You’ll want to be careful about generalized advice about upgrading. Up at bmighty.com, a publisher’s Web site devoted to small business, there’s an article by Alan Zeichick that tells us all it’s time to take the upgrade. Alan’s probably got a Mac like mine — at least I hope he’s got one — that took the 10.5.6 upgrade and swallowed it down without gagging.
That doesn’t mean it’s time to start advocating adoption. Sure, the new release has got significant improvements. But the potential for damage still seems high on this version of the OS, less than two weeks old. It’s standard IT practice to let a new release settle in for a few weeks before putting it on production machines.
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