1. I like reading all the articles in the normally sycophantic Apple (AAPL) magazines promising to fix the 10 Things You Hate About Leopard.
2. I like to think about the meetings they had at Apple, in which the Development people fought with the Marketing people over whether the product was ready to be brought to market. Obviously, the Marketing people won.
3. I like to imagine what life is like for the Apple PR Department, which does such a good job positioning the company as an innovator and a creative force, and now has to deal with hoards of infuriated people who don’t understand why stuff that used to work, doesn’t anymore.
4. I like to hunt around for my wireless connection when it disappears from my Airport toolbar. Where did it go? Who are all these other people whose wireless networks appear, where mine does not? Should I get to know them? Do they mind me poaching their hookups when mine disappears?
5. I like wondering why my file sharing protocol between computers on my home network seems just ever so slightly kerflooey.
6. I like bumping into comments online and in the magazines confirming that the file sharing protocol in Leopard is a little kerflooey.
7. I like the mental picture of technicians at Apple working day and night to fix the teeny-weeny crazy stuff that people seem to care about — like whether certain features display their contents in alphabetical order from the top down or the bottom up, or why there is no built-in growl notification in I-Chat. How much dough is spent to correct issues like that?
8. I like realizing there are many, many people out there who are angry that the Dock has become transparent. There must not be enough problems in this world.
9. I like the idea that a whole little industry has popped up of third-party developers who are making money providing fixes to Leopard. That’s what I call stimulating the economy!
10. I like going back to my old laptop, firing it up and going back to the operating system that served me well for so many years. Give ’em hell, Tiger!