Desktop
The desktop wasn’t changed to any great degree, for good reasons because it works and we’re happy with it. The desktop has the following changes:-

• New Menu Bar
• Improved Dock
• Stacks – clean up desktop
• Consistent window look
• Prominent active window

New Finder

• New Sidebar
• Search other Macs & Servers
• Easier sharing of files/folders
• Back to my Mac – Internet networking
• Cover Flow – view the cover of each file like a slide show

Quick Look

• Live file preview – preview a file without opening its application
• Works with text files, images, movies, PDF, Word, Excel, and more
• Plug-in model – if your file is not supported you can easily add it in
• Full-screen previews

64 Bit

• 64-bit from top to bottom
• 64-bit goes mainstream – it will run 32-bit and 64-bit simultaneously – only one version of Leopard (no 32-bit and 64-bit versions – just a 64-bit version)

Core Animation

• Developers will be able to make more intuitive applications
• Items such as text, 2D graphics, OpenGL renderings, and video are placed on thousands of layers – when content changes so does the visual
• Supports multi-core processors
• Developers can create animations automatically that can react to user input

Boot Camp

• Now built into Leopard
• Runs Windows XP and Vista at Native Speed
• Completely compatible
• No CD burning to install drivers

Spaces

• Group applications into separate spaces
• Instantly switch between Spaces
• Easily move applications between spaces
• Bird’s eye view of all Spaces

Dashboard

• Over 3000 widgets now available
• Cool movie widget included with Leopard
• WebClip – easily make your own widgets through Safari, you really have to see this feature in action – you can grab a component off any site and make it a widget (so when the website updates, your widget will update with just that component)

iChat

• Better audio quality with AAC-LD
• Tabbed chats
• Photo Booth effects
• iChat Theatre – show your desktop or applications through iChat (will make Video Conferencing very easy)
• Backdrops – change your backgrounds without the need of a blue/green screen on the fly

Time Machine (Backup)

• One click set-up
• Automatically backs up everything
• Backup to a local hard drive or network server
• Search for lost files – this feature works really well, another feature you need to see in action to get an understanding of how well it really works
• Preview previous files with Quick Look

The pricing for Apple’s Leopard is US$129! With no different versions (no basic, no ultimate), everything is included in the US$129 version.