Comments on: Apple ships the first Leopard update

Almost three weeks to the day after Leopard was released, Apple has updated Mac OS X to version 10.5.1, with fixes for several bugs identified in the early days.

[whoknowswho]

Where are all the drones

Ok.. now it is time for the normal process, where is everyone who would have(Does) jump all over Microsoft for such bugs and bad code? I don't here / see any of the apple fanboys taking their own medicine.

My take - sofware will have bugs doesn't matter who makes it.

[ittesi259]

Bugs and Software

Being a user of both platforms....at least the Apple fixes things that went bad 3 weeks ago, and not patching exploits bugs that have been documented for over 6-12 months as Microsoft has a history of.

Software will have bugs whoever makes it....but the better companies fix it in a timely manner.

[ServedUp]

Speaking about "Fanboy"...

I think you've put yourself in that category, otherwise why would
you feel the need to complain about Mac users' point of view,
unless underneath that hardened MS Fan interior of yours, you
actually believe them.

But sure there will be updates to improve fixes on both
platforms XP/Vista & the Mac OS. But it's usually far worst on the
PC platform only because Microsoft has so many independant
platforms to serve - homemade & commercial - which makes it
a very difficult system to predict; on how, when and which to
update. I like to call this the "Microsoft Con-Fusion System",
cause it mostly seems at times, they might be sure about their
product then they play the "no comment" card which bascially
means they haven't a clue on what to do. I sometimes see Jim
Allchin's clueless face when thinking about it. Although, he is
retired, which makes it, not as much fun. :)

For the Mac side of things though, which for life of me I don't
understand why some big corporate companies (in this day age)
hold out on using it for business, is a tightly organized well
integrated system serving all of their computers, older and
newer. Heck I'm running OS X Tiger on a 7 year old Graphite all
in one G3 iMac with a refurbished hard drive, and it still runs
beautifully. For business, Mac's have a shelf life of about 8 years.
Now that their on Intel, my guestimate would be even longer.

With PC's you'd probably have to upgrade parts constantly which
will cost more time and money as the PC ages.

[McBlayde]

The first poster must be the biggest drone

by your own definition.

[veggiedude--2008]

110MB? Mine was only about 40MB.

When I downloaded the update, I think it was only about 40MB
large - unusually small I thought. The article states that it is
110MB. I wonder if the smaller version is for Intel only machines?
Maybe the larger one is a Universal Binary.

[Tom Krazit]

Weirdness between software update and download

I've noticed a few other places reporting the same thing, that if you downloaded the update through Software Update it was only 40MBs, but if you look on Apple's page, it's clearly 110MB. I'm not sure what to make of that, I'm running Windows here at work and can't test it out.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1051update.html

[McBlayde]

Ditto

Mine was 39M. I strongly suspect the download size quoted is for
the standalone package which would certainly be a universal
binary.

[Lenter101]

Applelites against the wall

New York Times reports, "Apple has patched over 150 vulnerabilities in the eight security updates it has issued so far during 2007." Darn, I thought this Apple thing was suppose to be so secure and superior? What happen dudes?

For the Applelites who can now only brag about how fast Apple corrects their problems - I say a quick fix that has to be fixed again ain't much of a fix.

Let's see if these quick fixes actually work before we start praising your beloved, over rated Apple software.

BTW, Apple stock closed down yesterday at $160.30, down about $28.00 from its high 2 weeks ago. But, hey, the P/E ratio is now down to 41. Woohoo!

I'm not sure who is more diluted about this company, the Applelite bloggers or the Applelite investors.

[ReverendRob]

"Diluted?"

First off, I think the word you're looking for is "deluded."
"Diluted" is something you do to cut the strength of a solution,
like the Kool Aid you Astroturfers drink. (How much does M$ pay
you guys these days?).

And, even if a patch still has a bug to fix, I say, it's better to only
have to wait a couple of weeks between updates than... How
long has it been since Vista came out? Where's that 1st Service
Pack? Whatever your answer, tell it to the poor people who had
to go back to XP or the smart ones that stuck with it so far.

If you hate Mac OS so much, why are you even reading a Mac OS
article? Maybe you need to get out of the hose more often!

[McBlayde]

Brain-Lites against the facts

[i]Let's see if these quick fixes actually work before we start
praising your beloved, over rated Apple software. [/i]

Fine, how many exploits in the wild have you heard about?
None? Hmmm, I guess the fixes actually work.

[i]Apple stock closed down yesterday at $160.30...[/i]

Not sure if you know how the stock market works, but in case
you haven't heard, there has been a great deal of volatility in
general. Most EVERYTHING was down. Even Apple is subject to
overall fluctuations. I agree that whatever you are drinking is
what needs to be diluted or maybe given up entirely?