Apple has announced the much anticipated Leopard version of its OS X operating system. The platform introduces some new features never before seen in an operating system and claims to raise the bar even further on the industry. A mere eight months after the launch of Windows Vista, which finally managed to catch up on features included with OS X in 2004, Apple has once again introduced functionality that is years ahead of the competition – more than 300 new features, according to Apple.

Looking at the highlighted features Apple is pushing as the most exciting, we must admit to being impressed. The first of these is Time Machine, a feature built into the operating system that allows users to roll back specific components to any time in the Mac`s past, since Leopard`s installation, of course. What makes this particular feature so powerful, according to Apple, is its ability to roll back applications as opposed to resetting the entire operating system. Time Machine does require you to allocate dedicated and preferably external storage space to saving application history, but the functionality it unlocks will certainly be worthwhile.