Ready

I’d been on Windows for years, reinstalling XP every few months just to keep it from falling apart. Mac OS X changed everything—you installed it, and it worked. It stayed good. You stopped having to maintain your operating system.

When Leopard came out in 2007, I was genuinely looking forward to it. Not because there was anything wrong with the current version, but because I actually had reason to believe the next one would be better. That’s rare for software. It’s the feeling of anticipating something that’s probably going to deliver.

I don’t remember all the features now, but I remember that relief of just trusting that it would work.