Apple Computer has announced that its newly designed operating system , Mac OS X v10.5 (code-named Leopard) will hit store shelves this week.

PC Magazine calls it “. . . by far the best operating system ever written for the vast majority of consumers, with dozens of new features that have real practical value”.

That means more bells and whistles – about 300 of them – for those who upgrade their Apple computers or purchase new ones. 

And what does Apple’s Leopard have to do with online schools?  

Actually, each time computer technology moves forward, online learning moves forward as well. Many of Apple’s new innovations will likely be used by millions of online students in completing their e-learning classes. In other words, upgrades to personal computers become upgrades to online learning.

One of the new features in Apple’s Leopard system, called ‘Time Machine’, is an automatic, regular back-up of everything on the computer. This feature will help students to avoid losing all of their data in hard drive crashes. In the case of a disaster, a recovery mode is available to find and retrieve lost documents.

Currently, the Mac OS  X v10.5 sells for $129.00 for a single user when ordered directly from the Apple website. The Family Pack is $199 for mutiple household computers; and shipping is free.

New Apple computers will already be configured with the new operating system.

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