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Ars Technica OS X 10.1 Review

Posted by timothy on from the letters-with-numbers dept.

Joystickit writes: "John Siracusa over at Arstechnica has posted his review of OS X 10.1. He comes to the conclusion that 10.1 is much improved but still leaves much to be desired. It is an excellent read. He always seems to have the most in-depth reviews. Check it out." John's earlier OS X reviews are excellent as well; seeing what Apple does right and wrong is informative reading no matter what OS you prefer.

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  1. screwy update distribution by Hollins · · Score: 1, Troll

    The article states that the update is obtained:

    1. From a developer's conference,
    2. Free on a CD-ROM from stores that sell OSX, or
    3. For $20 by mail.

    However, no update is available by download. That's getting kinda screwy. Even MS makes service packs available by download. Did a bean counter at Apple figure out that distributing tons of free CDs to stores is cheaper than the bandwidth? Yet they must be making a profit on the mail orders, as a CD-ROM costs only $1 to stamp and package, then add a few bucks for postage and let a distributor take care of the rest.

    Anyone else find this weird?

  2. Re:OS X seems to be Unix done right... by drodver · · Score: 1, Troll

    Open "My Computer" right click on CD drive, select create shortcut. Click yes. Your problem is now solved.

  3. Memory recommendations absolutely astounding by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 2, Troll
    The author of the Ars article appeared to recommend in all seriousness that users have a minimum of 512MB and preferrably more.

    If this is what is required to make OSX useable, Apple is finished. Memory is cheap but you have to market to what the average Mac owner already has.

    I can practically assure you that very few Mac users have 512MB desktop systems.

    Good luck Apple.