EyeTV seems to work in Leopard even smoother than in Tiger. For example when pausing a recording and then continuing, there is no that small "hiccup" in the beginning of playback as there was with 10.4.11. And this is while multitasking - usually I have 4-5 users logged in to the iMac, and some of these accounts are doing things in background, such as reading dvds or cds or downloading things (such as software updates) from the net. Usually I have 5-10 different programs running on these accounts (no need to shut them down, is there?).

But I do have the new iMac (2.4 GHz, 4 GB of memory, 750 GB disk), which is a quite nice machine in terms of performance.

Yesterday I watched a recorded movie with EyeTV (version 3), while simulaneously recording two programs (I have the Diversity model). And at the background I was ripping a dvd with Handbrake using all available cpu capacity. In addition, on different accounts I had an e-mail program, Last.fm etc. software running. Everything was as smooth as can be.

Today I switched on Time Machine, and the first backup is currently in progress. So far I haven't had any trouble (listening to iTunes, watching tv, listening to Last.fm).

Perhaps I'm just fortunate? I do hope this feeling of satisfaction with Leopard continues.

Now I'm learning to use Spaces. Several years ago (in 2001 perhaps) or so I was using a similar system in Gnome and KDE (running under Mac os X), but those virtual desktops were worse implemented. And Quick Look is definetely helpful in checking what a file contains.