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Desktop Meme

This meme has been making the rounds and my friend T.J. recently posted it. You simply take a picture of your computer’s desktop and post it.

I specifically held out because I knew the newest version of Apple’s operating system, Leopard, was coming out today. At 8:30 this morning, the FedEx guy dropped mine off and I installed it immediately. It’s kind of fun because it doesn’t officially come out until tonight at 6PM, so I felt like one of the early birds.

So this is my desktop. Yeah, I know the dock is a mess. This is my personal account. I have a work one that I keep separate, but it has personal info on it so I thought I’d share this instead.

Leopard is a pretty solid release, as I’d expect from Apple. I did have a panic attack when I first upgraded, because my whole system slowed down to a snail’s pace. I put it to sleep and went out for lunch, then came back and it’s just fine. Perhaps it needed a rest after the big changes it had endured.

It has a ton of gloss and drop shadows, which can be a bit rough on your average computer. They looked faster on Apple’s demo, which probably had a truckload of RAM installed.

But all in all, it’s fast and even more useful than Tiger was. It’s another homerun from Apple. And back to the point of this post, here’s my desktop.

Fri, Oct 26, 2007 @ 2:50 pm | Filed in Blogs | Permalink

8 Comments

Looking good my friend…looking good! I really think my next computer will be a Mac.

Posted by TJ on Fri, Oct 26, 2007 @ 3:10 pm

Now you don’t need two different accounts. Use Spaces!

Posted by Howard on Fri, Oct 26, 2007 @ 3:21 pm

I’ve been enjoying my first mac w/ Tiger. This weak first-generation Mac Mini wouldn’t be able to keep up with Leopard’s prettyness though!

Posted by Kory Kinnick on Fri, Oct 26, 2007 @ 5:43 pm

Envy is such a bad feeling.

Posted by danny on Fri, Oct 26, 2007 @ 7:16 pm

Now ain’t that just cute? I’ve decided a while back my next computer will be a Mac. I’m so sick of Windows!

Posted by Lika Starr on Fri, Oct 26, 2007 @ 7:20 pm

Pretty snazzy!
Are you using an iMac?

How did you get your name in the upper corner?

Posted by Jason on Sat, Oct 27, 2007 @ 12:12 pm

When I get my laptop this January, I’m trying to decide if I’m going to get a Mac or not. I really want one.

Posted by Daniel on Sat, Oct 27, 2007 @ 11:22 pm

You introduced me to httpmail awhile back, Thank you so much! You must have noticed it no longer worked with Leopard. Here is the download link for the leopard version. Enjoy.

Posted by Andrew on Wed, Nov 14, 2007 @ 11:05 pm