Apple has reportedly [1] seeded a new build Mac OS X Leopard late last week. The new build, numbered 9A303 improves performances and fixes several bugs.

Reports point out significant performance improvements on Rosetta when using Mac OS X 10.4.8, the latest update to Tiger.

MacWorld claims [2] that, according to its benchmarks, applications running on Rosetta under Mac OS X 10.4.8 are 30% faster than when running on an earlier version of Tiger.

Meanwhile, readers and other tech sites report that Microsoft's recently released Windows Vista (Corporate only), is already available through pirate networks along with crack tools for its protection by activation.