It's iWank Day For Apple Fans

The date is Friday October 26th and that can only mean one thing - welcome to iWank day.

Apple lovers up and down the United States are tingling in geeky excitement as the Cupertino based company unveils its new operating system, OS X Leopard.

Early reviews in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today have all been positive, and the early consensus is that while this isn't a hugely radical upgrade, it still urinates on Windows from a very great height.

Some of the most notable enhancements include:

Time Machine - an intuitive way to back-up files via a beautifully designed interface

Quick Look - a feature that lets you view any file in one click without having to open the application it's associated with

Spaces - a way to create multiple desktops to better organize open windows and reduce clutter

iChat - new enhanced video chat features that allow a user to remotely control the desktop of the person they're chatting with

Web clipping - "cut out" any part of any web page in Safari and your clipping instantly becomes a dynamic widget that will sit within Dashboard

There are other upgrades too - Apple cites 300 in total - but these are the biggies.

I've been a Mac user for over five years now and the old adage is true: "Once you go Mac, you never go back." My copy of Leopard is shipping from Amazon and should be with me on Monday or Tuesday. Once I get it installed, I'll post a full review.