Making Headlines

Too soon? Apple's recent release of its new operating system, dubbed Leopard, has certainly been met with some lukewarm reviews this far.

Several Fort Lauderdale computer repair experts, even some of those known to use, lean towards and favor Apple products in the past, have said that this new system, Mac OSX Leopard, was likely released before it was fully ready.

This marks a drastic change of pace for Apple because - as often noted in Mac-PC comparisons - Microsoft historically releases its large-scale upgrades but must follow up with numerous patches, while Apple has frequently called attention to and taken pride in its fully-prepared, tested software.

Apple has already issued an update on its website to fix some issues - a lot of bug fixes are now out, from email to its "iCal" to Finder and much, much more.

Often cited as one of the worst Leopard woes discovered thus far is a snag involving the system's "Finder," the Apple equivalent to Windows Explorer.

The gist? As Finder moves a file from one hard drive to another, it actually deletes the file from the original hard drive, without at first determining that the file in question arrived safely on the second (destination) drive.

If anything goes wrong during the file transfer, such as a power glitch, Fort Lauderdale computer repair experts say the file would be destroyed on both hard drives. Not exactly the kind of assurance you look for.

So far, Ft. Lauderdale computer repair services have not reported any major shift in Mac user loyalties due to this and other glitches.

Will that trend continue, though, if more bugs are discovered and Apple computer service providers become more difficult to track down?