It’s been out for awhile, and my brother has already installed Apple’s new operating system (codename: Leopard), OS 10.5, on both his MacBook Pro and his desktop Macintosh. I, however, have not installed it yet. Here’s why:

My desktop is a G5, which is certainly compatible and can run the new OS easily. It has plenty of punch with more than enough memory and storage. However, the machine I want to test the install on first, is a bit dated. My 12″ G4 PowerBook 867mhz with 648MB of RAM will get the luxury of testing out the Leopard install first at my place. Fortunately, my PowerBook makes the grade and OS 10.5 can be installed on it.

Look for more reviews of all the great features the new operating system offers in coming posts. Here’s a sneak peak at what I’m excited to try:

Time Machine
Spaces
and some new features with iSync