Existing users, 
This version is the best IBM ever brought out. BUT: Don't intstall the stdandard version. The underlaying Eclipse system still is very very very slow.
My Tipp: install the basic version. It's much faster and runs on PPC-Mac, too, and, of cource, if your sys admin allows it, use the 8.5 template together with the Domino server 8.5:-)
Lotus Notes
Messaging & collaboration client.
Version: 8.5.1
Best Notes ever
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Contributed by: Mac-Fan No 1 Sunday, February 01 2009 @ 01:12 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: YES
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Best Notes ever - Mac-Fan No 1
Thanks for this response. I have a MacPro with 2 x 2,66 GHz Dual-Core and 4 GB RAM under 10.5.6. I think, my machine isn't that bad and the standard version still is very slow. Don't get me wrong. I'd like to have the nice new features and so, but compared to the basic client the speed penalty is too high. And if you worked the whole day intensivly with notes (not only eMail but a bunch of applications, too) you would agree:-)Monday, February 02 2009 @ 05:24 AM PST
Best Notes ever - Jeff Mincey
Blanket advice to download only the basic version is wrongheaded. It all depends on your own Mac model and how much horsepower and system resources you have available. It's possible to run the standard version of Notes 8.5 with perfectly acceptable performance if you have certain models of Macs.Reply to This
Sunday, February 01 2009 @ 08:34 PM PST