Leopard is the very latest Apple Mac OS, and it’s leapt out of the cage to give Mac users an astonishing array of features.

The new dock of Apple Mac OS 10.5 has a stacking feature to prevent your desktop from being cluttered. See your files in a 3D environment, and review their contents without even opening them!

The Time Machine feature allows you to go back to any point in time, as it keeps an up-to-date copy of your Mac’s contents. Go back and recover what you need – all that’s required is an external disc drive to act as back-up.

Those who have a favourite PC application have often been cautious about making the leap to the Mac. Apple Mac OS 10.5 gives you Boot Camp, letting you run Windows XP or Windows Vista at native speed. Return back to the Apple Mac system whenever you like. A legitimate 32-bit Windows disc is required for this feature.

Write and edit your documents, keep on top of accounts and set up a powerful presentation, all with the trio of office applications you’ll find in iWork ’08.

Organise your numerical data in the way you prefer. Numbers ’08 can let you resize and sort tables without ruining other data. Create 3D or 2D charts at the click of a mouse. Import/export with Microsoft Excel and various other spreadsheet formats.

Streamlined word processing with a touch of style, Pages ’08 lets you create media-enriched documents without hassle. Track your text edits, and take advantage of a vast amount of well-designed templates. You can import/export with Microsoft Word and other word-processor formats.

Deliver a visual impact with Keynote ’08, letting you produce jaw-dropping presentations swiftly. An array of tools help you out with animations, image scaling and text effects. Record and deliver narrated scenes. Export to YouTube, your iPhone or iPod. You can import/export with Microsoft PowerPoint and other presentation formats.

The Apple Mac is the computer of choice for video producers and editors, with a serious footprint in the TV and film industry, and an arsenal of software features for the HDTV era.

With the iLife ’08 suite that comes with most new Macs, is iMovie ’08, a flexible video editor that can hook up with your camcorder. Supporting standard and high definition video, you can add in transitions, photos, music and a voice-over recording.

Final Cut Express 4 is affordable and ideal for those who want a professional touch to their video projects. Allowing you to including many different video formats in the timeline, and the advantage of drag-and-drop editing, this package gives you the same precision tools used by movie-making professionals.

Add effects and filters on the fly, and watch them back thanks to Dynamic RT, which provides a draft view of your project without having to wait for a render! Add impressive text with LiveType, letting you have animated titles in a near instant. Final Cut Express 4 supports 1080i and 720p HD as well as standard digital video.

Final Cut Studio 2 doesn’t just give you the Final Cut Pro 6 video editor. You get professional DVD creator tool DVD Studio Pro 4 which has been used for commercial DVD and HD DVD releases, Soundtrack Pro 2 which lets anyone to create music even if they can’t play an instrument, Color for advanced colour-grading, Compressor 3 for exporting content to DVD/HD DVD/Blu Ray formats, the web, mobile phones and iPods, and Motion 3D for producing 3D animated graphics.

Virtually any video format is supported by Final Cut Pro 6. You can handle high definition video at an umcompressed quality in the file size you’d expect from SD, thanks to Apple’s new ProRes 422 format. Mix up to 24 channels of audio on the visual mixer, and enjoy the flexibility of the huge filters and transitions libraries.

You can go from camera to a completed disc when you have Final Cut Studio 2 installed on your Apple Mac. An unrivalled suite of video editing and production tools.

Firmly established as the computing choice for creative users, it’s no surprise to see the Apple Mac cater for photographers and artists, thanks to outstanding software.

With the iLife ’08 suite that comes with most new Macs, is iPhoto ’08, letting you easily import images from your digital camera, scanner, picture CD or the internet. All major image file formats are supported. Remove red-eye, adjust contrast and brightness. Print high quality photos with coloured textures, specialised borders and impressive effects on your printer.

An all-in-one post-production tool for the demanding photographer, Aperture 1.5 brings you incredible processing functions. The beauty of the non-destructive image processing policy lets you carry out extensive edits on your pictures – white balance modifications, hue/saturation/luminance adjustments, edge-sharpening and more – all without affecting your original RAW file.

Every avid photographer has wanted to review their collection of images after a photo session. Impressive compare-and-select tools in Aperture 1.5 let you place multiple images on screen, and examine two full-size photos at once. Zoom up to 1600% at the touch of a button, and take advantage of the Light Table.

Creating a website is incredibly easy with an Apple Mac and the outstanding web design software…

With the iLife ’08 suite that comes with most new Macs, is iWeb ’08, letting you set up a website with your own text, podcasts and movies, all in a layout you control.

Index all your photo and movie pages onto one stylish page. Choose from 26 themes, letting you set up your blog, podcast or other creations online with a sense of style. Earn money from Google AdSense by placing ads on your site, with the Google integration tools.

Apple Web Objects lets you create web services and Java server applications. Generate HTML, XML and SMIL from reusable templates. Among the suite of web tools is the facility to reverse-engineer your database, modelling all tables, columns and relationships.

The intuitive environment and creative potential offered by music compositing software on the Apple Mac is a sound investment.

With the iLife ’08 suite that comes with most new Macs, is GarageBand, acting as your personal recording studio. Targeting both first-timers and experienced musicians, this application lets you assign instruments and styles. Change the speed, alter the arrangement, and add looped samples. Lay down new take recordings in your track.

Create professional recordings easily and simply. Logic Express 8 is the affordable set of music creation tools that lets you capture your musical inspirations. With multitrack recording, professional mixing, precision editing and a comfortable interface, you can write, record, edit and mix compositions that will astonish the listener.

Logic Studio brings you Logic Pro 8 for multitrack recording, editing and mixing, enhanced with such features as effortless multi-take recording, surround mixing and processing, MIDI creation and support for other notable music applications.

You also get MainStage to allow musicians to perform with software instruments and effects, letting them harness the power of guitar rigs, keyboard racks, keyboards, drum pads and other set-ups. Soundtrack Pro 2 lets you quickly produce a musical track even if you have no music-writing ability. Studio Instruments is the largest software instrument package you’ll find in one box. Studio Effects is a collection of 80 professional effect plug-ins. Studio Sound Library comprises all five Jam Packs and EXS sampled instruments. Convert any audio file to an Apple Loop, add sonice effects to your composition, compress sound to Dolby Digital AC-3 and professionally write to CD with the Utilities suite.

Jam Packs are collections of samples that fit within the GarageBand and Logic applications, letting you expand your creative scope within a variety of genres. Rhythm comprises of drums, grooves and other rock instruments. Remix is the choice for creating hip-hop, R&B, electronica, trace and house. World Music delivers exotic sounds from across the world. Symphony furnishes your composition with orchestral sounds. Finally, Voices brings the talents of soloists, back-up singers and even an entire choir to your project.

Mix and match Jam Packs to create the perfect track. Looped sounds and playable software instruments add a touch of class to your music.