MAC OS Panther
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- WildPony
Is it really worth paying $129 for it if you own Jaguar?
- Mimio0
Yes.
- waynepixel0
Exposé, a revolutionary new way to instantly view all open windows
It is worth the update just for that. Great idear
- brn0
it really is. tho they have taken away the aqua-lines on the windows...
- CX0
16 days: woohoo!
- sparker0
the funny thing is, that most of those "special, groundbreaking features..." CAN be done in other operating systems with a bit of tweaking....and that it ISN'T "the most advanced os in the world..."
it is unix with a pretty desktop environment...
- lindkvistcom0
YES
- isaiahryon0
not only worth $129 its worth the $199 for the family pack for all my apples.
Could you do that with windows? No. 5 seperate versions of xp. damn that would cost.
Not only Expose, but Font Book, Labels,,,, hmmmm good.
- sparker0
you can with unix/linux, and that doesn't cost a thing.
:)
- BrianMalcolm0
ya, definitely panther... plus, the up-to-date applies if you just bought a comp, or recently purchased a g5... 20 bucks!
- unknown0
with apple everything is the most advanced and the fastest, those fuckers lie all the time haha
give us the adobe and macromedia fam on linux and that's a wrap
- Mimio0
I'd rather pay $130 for OSX every year and a half and get tested and supported features. Linux is a pain in the ass.
- sparker0
"Linux is a pain in the ass."
huh????
with managers like RPM, PACMAN, APT, etc...updating a linux system requires you type a one line command?
How is that a pain in the ass?
"pacman -Syu"
done - everything updated, everything installed properly...latest software, latest patches, etc...
done.
Linux is hardly the old, hard, "geek" os that it used to be...
please don't confuse lack of knowledge with being a pain in the ass.
:)
- unknown0
if you can't handle linux don't bother with anything else
you must me a left handed wanker hahaha
- Mimio0
I was referring to finding/installing software.
- sparker0
like i said, with package managers and such, now-a-days it's not that hard anymore.
"pacman -A foo.pkg.tar.gz"
just as one example.
:)
probably my favorite distro.
i understand the lack of interest for linux due to it's past reputation for difficulty, but those times are fading faster and faster every day...and in most cases are completely gone already...as with OSX you can do things the new way or the old way...you can use shell/term just as you would on a linux/unix box in OSX. they're pretty similar in functionality.
that's why so many linux/unix geeks like osx.
i think it's a great system, i just don't like or buy into the idiotic hype of apple. that was my original statement.
:)
- Mimio0
Yeah, I like the idea of linux too, But like I keep saying it's not a supported platform by developers for my profession. For Instance I need Macromedia & Adobe products to do my job.
- sparker0
and that's the only place it falls short...
i long for a day macromedia ports their software...adobe, i could care less...it's bloated, slow, etc....but it would be nice to not have to run flash in an emulator.
:)
- unknown0
I'm w/ Sparker on the 'Apple hype' thing - used to have a lot of faith in Apple, but the change from OS 9.x to 10.x has been anything but pleasant and on an ordniray workday I still switch back and forth 3 or 4 times. Sure - a lot of things might become better w/ Panther, but I think we've decided to wait a couple of months and see 'what happends'
- Abby_Someone0
Panther rocks!!!
From what I've seen (nudge, nudge. wink, wink) well worth the $129. Switching back and forth to 9? Why? Nothing but happy days here since switching to X. No crash's.
Ok, a couple here and there but nowhere near as many as I had with 9 and the limited "Fun" I've had using windows 98/XP.
- mrdobolina0
lemmings