After being delayed from a morning to afternoon delivery, my Leopard family pack is finally here and I’m installing it on my first test machine.
The first machine installed will be my very first Mac, a PowerMac G4, Dual 1.33 GHz. I use this machine for my iTunes server for my Apple TV. It also runs various long running server type functions for me.
3:35 PM Started OSX 10.5 Leopard install.
4:24 PM Holy Temporal Stasis, Batman! It took this long just to verify the integrity of the install DVD!!!!
4:32 PM Finally figured out how long it thought it was going to take. 2 Hours 58 Minutes!!!!
4:33 PM Now it thinks it is 1 hour and 43 minutes. The time estimate routine must have been written in Redmond.
4:44 PM I could be in line at the Apple store waiting to buy Leopard, instead I’m going to go to Costco. A minute ago, it said 1 hour 53 minutes, now it says 28 minutes. What am I to believe?
6:13 PM Back from Costco. Yum, free samples fried chicken and shortbread. Leopard install is asking my Apple ID. Which one should I use?
6:15 PM Software updates, already?! Oh, it’s only Backup and Remote Desktop Client.
6:30 PM Yeah, OK, it’s nice and all. Seems like it might be a bit faster.
I missed seeing the intro movie. I had heard it was a masterpiece of post-modernist angst. Perhaps I’ll catch it on DVD.