Mac OS X Leopard desktopThe next release of Apple’s Mac OS X will be available in a few months’ time, and Steve Jobs recently let the world know just what they can expect from it. Leopard is billed to have over 300 new features (though what actually counts as a ‘feature’ is somewhat nebulous), and at a recent keynote speech Mr Jobs went through a few of the most impressive.

It’s pretty safe to say that I was blown away by the demonstration – I was almost literally drooling, almost as much as when Apple revealed their iPhone. Many have already said that the new Windows Vista was still behind OS X Tiger in many ways, and Apple’s new version, Leopard, will raise the bar yet higher, leaving Windows well and truly out in the cold. So what’s all the fuss about?

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