Well just got back from her house. I'm really thinking that it was a Windows Update that fouled things up. Turns out that all I had to do was add a password to the accounts on the laptop and the desktop. After that everything worked. Husband wasn't thrilled that he now had to enter a password whenever he turns on his laptop but at least I can blame Microsoft.

Come back soon.

Anyone with a Mac: I highly recommend OS 10.5 Leopard (so far)! First off, Apple seems pretty relaxed about sharing the software. Husband got one copy for Christmas, and we had no problems installing in on two machines. We had looked for other user experiences online first, and many people have done the same thing. I think Apple figures that the upgrade won't work on any machine they didn't sell in the first place.... unlike MicroSoft where all their profits come from software licensing.

Secondly, and more relevant to the sad, dead, computer thread, the new Time Machine feature of OS 10.5 is awesome! This automatically backs up your entire hard drive onto an external drive, and will periodically do so, even every hour--with (for me) no slow-down of current operations. Before you poopoo yet another automated back-up utility, the ease with which Time Machine helps you search for, retrieve, and restore data really sets it apart, in my opinion. You'd need to see it to see for yourself. It's part of the guided tour I linked to below. All computer hardware, no matter the manufacturer, are at risk of burning out and dying. I've never seen a more user-friendly way to maintain back-up data and search through it at will.

For anyone interested, you can watch Apple's guided tour on the new OS (pick which size you want to view): http://www.apple.com/macosx/guidedtour/

I really hope you get your working computer back, good as new (or even better) ASAP, ReyRey!

A catch to that I found out myself. Is when i upgraded to 10.5 with CS3 installed no problem. But later when reformatted and fresh install 10.5 alone it did not want to take my CS3 install.
So I messed with it and Adobe and Apple and finally just reformatted and went back and installed 10.4 and CS3 then up graded again to 10.5.

Just a quirk maybe but it may effect others and here is how to get around it. Marty

Huh! Good to know! I haven't needed to reformat, so hopefully it won't come up...

Some drivers are still not Leopard compatible out of the box, but they should be available on the manufacturer's websites (like for my new USB mouse).

So I've read this entire thread and I am glad that I decided to buy a mac. I'm getting it either tomorrow or friday. It comes with 10.5 leopard pre-installed. I'll be installing CS2 onto it and then eventually upgrade to CS3 (when I can afford it or my company decides to upgrade). Has anyone else besides Martrex had any problems with software installs or other wonky type things happening with leopard? Also, kinda unrelated, the video card it comes with is 128mb rather that 256mb. Can anyone tell me if there is a significant difference between the two when using photoshop? Oh yeah, is there a mac version of Microsoft Publisher? JK on the last one

Got my computer back!! It's all better.

Hooray HooREY for the MACTASTIC news times 2!! Congrats and good luck to both of you!

Now get chopping!

ps uses your main RAM, 128mb is more than enough for a video card, that is if you plan not to game on it.

Read between the lines and you'll see this really says:

I have been using an Intel Core Macbook for a year now, and have found that CS2 will run, but not as fast or efficient as CS3. CS3 is designed for Macs with the Intel Processor. CS2 will run under Rosetta.

Also, there is a huge thread on Apple's forum of people complaining and having issues with Wireless connections and battery problems with Macs running Leopard. Leopard still has a few bugs in it that needs to be addressed.

Have you checked out Apple's disscussion forums?

Nope, I'm off to Apple's forums now. Thanks for the info. As far as gaming is concerned, I'm not really a huge gamer. I enjoy some games, but this computer will be used mostly for photoshop and graphic design work. Besides the only games I'l probably be playing are really old ones.

read this...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070912095619AA19HD5

Thanks, but I was only kidding about Microsoft Publisher. I'm a graphic designer for a printing business. I find it really funny that people still use MP for design work. Our shop wont even accept those files.