It was launched just 2 hours ago ( I check the time countdown counter )and I know that it’s all intended for marketing purpose, but i know when i see it that it’s not just MS-ish whistle and bells demo… Just take a look at the new desktop, it’s as clean and tidy as Tiger desktop, but subtle difference let you know that it isn’t Tiger, namely the perspective look of the Dock. Look deeper, and you find Stacks, Cover Flow view, Quick Look and all other hoo hah hidden neatly in simplicity.

Then take a look at Time Machine, now that, is backup system done right… Really, it has visually great looking interface, let you freely roam into backup filesystem as if you’re working with your current files, but with time dimension added. It let you do preview, full view of the files in question, and restoring is a simple click away, right down in file level.

Spaces, hmm, I’ve using this in Linux machines for quite a while ( years actually, right from the start ) but now I can have it built in OS X is simply a great news. Expose is cool, Spaces make it even cooler…

Other stuff like iChat are cool also but I don’t think I will use it as much due to lower internet bandwidth I have here at home, Mail also greatly improved and it works much like Google Calendar with the date recognition.

So, this is how a desktop OS should be done, simple, no fuzz, with everything you need right there when you needed them. I’m not trying to start a OS war, but comparing to Vista ( yawn ) it is waaayy cooler… I tried to setup Vista on my sister’s new laptop to connect to home wireless network, and it was a pain, the OS gets in the way, asking too much security confirmation … Hell, what am i doing, i’m not trying to break into DoD here… and then i just knew that it was just a simple checkbox to turn on the wireless module… worst thing is that checkbox was hidden under one of wireless setting which there are several different types of them lying around. No wonder MS have so many user certification for it’s product, let alone all those books and tutorial teaching you simply how to use the OS, and you’re not even close to being productive with the OS and application that run on it. And with all that flashing button, semitransparent look and 3D stuff, what the hell was that for ? I don’t mind with all those flashy stuff, i certainly do mind if they become the cause of animated waiting circle on *every* click i made, even in 1Gb RAM machine.. sigh…

I’m not kidding you, but even Linux has done much better job on this department than Vista tried to claim to be.

Anyway… I just can’t wait to get my hands on Leopard upgrade DVD now