I’ll admit it, I’m a huge geek for all things Apple Mac. I have my hands up and I’m totally unashamed about it. My copy of Leopard that arrived this morning has just reinforced my love of my shiny Macbook Pro.

First of all there are cool new features. As someone who loses things regularly (I blame my appalling filing system) the ‘Time Machine’ feature for backing up is going to be a Godsend. Between that and my dot Mac account, I should keep a decent grip on all the important stuff.

I’m still getting to grips with a lot of the new features, but visually, it’s lovely. I like the fan effect from the documents in the dock and the ‘Spaces’ option is rather cool too. I like the fact that I can abandon all my work in one space and switch to a different space entirely for my fiction - and this different space needn’t even have IM going to distract me. It’s organising me without me needing to do anything! I’m in love with the Cover Flow system already. How ever did I manage without it?

I’ve quite enjoyed the ‘Front Row’ software too. I’ve only played with the music part of it this far, but it’s very slick and visually gorgeous.

Many happy hours entertainment ahead. Thanks Apple. This one’s a winner