The root of my Leopard problems appeared to revolve around my use of the software RAID functionality enabled by the Mac Pro. Apparently, Apple has a new version of RAID called AppleRAID version 2.0 which is required for Leopard compatibility.

I remade the RAID and used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone from my backup drive (a single drive) back on to the RAID. I selected the RAID as the startup disk and rebooted and…voila! Now I’ve got the same configuration I had under Tiger.

Leopard seems dramatically faster than Leopard on the Mac Pro, though less so on my MacBook. One of the purported features is better use of multiple cores, so maybe the fact that I’m using a quad-core Mac Pro is making a bigger difference now.

Overall, Leopard seems like a dramatic improvement. Not only is the interface much slicker, but performance is better and everything feels more responsive.

Apparently there were hundreds of people lined up at the Apple Store in Cambridge. I don’t understand it. I had my copy at 10:30 AM with free FedEx overnight delivery. Why wait in line? And before you bring up the iPhone, that was different! There was a real, albeit unwarranted, fear that the iPhone would sell out within hours. Furthermore, Apple made no promises of delivering online orders even close to the launch date.

I guess they gave out free T-shirts at the Apple Store Leopard launch. I think I can do without those.

Though if you’ve got an extra…

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