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Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" Reviews Pour In

Posted by pudge on from the the-verdict-is-spotty dept.

hype7 writes "The reviews on Apple's new Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" are starting to come through. The New York Times (free reg required) heaps on the praise: 'Mac OS X 10.2 is the best-looking, least-intrusive and most thoughtfully designed operating system walking the earth today.' MacCentral is positive: 'From what I've seen Jaguar is leaps and bounds ahead of Mac OS X 10.1 in both speed and functionality.' MacWorld has also chimed in: 'for most users, there are a lot of important improvements in this upgrade: performance boosts, improved printing, and interface enhancements will be immediate benefits. And over time, Mac OS X 10.2's new technologies (including Quartz Extreme and Rendezvous) will make the update even more valuable.'"

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  1. Re:I see... by gorilla · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not an american resident, so the only zip code I know is 90210. I suspect that anyone asking for zipcodes gets a heck of a lot of people answering that.

  2. Mac's are walking now?? by bembleton · · Score: 5, Funny
    'Mac OS X 10.2 is the best-looking, least-intrusive and most thoughtfully designed operating system walking the earth today.'

    RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! The Macs have become self-aware and created legs to run around and reak havok!

  3. Windows users can compare and understand better by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mac OS 10 is showing us how a good operating system is designed. That's useful so that Windows users can compare and understand better what they are getting.

    1. Re:Windows users can compare and understand better by crawling_chaos · · Score: 4, Funny
      What have they borrowed from Microsoft for OS X?

      Well, it still does crash occasionally, and they charge a lot for the upgrade. You could say they ripped those two features off...

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  4. Jaguar? by mikeee · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear MacOS X is great and all, but am I the only one who hears "Jaguar" and thinks not "lithe jungle cat" but instead "pretty but unreliable British automobile"?

  5. Re:Jaguar? by techstar25 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think "ahead of it's time, kick-ass, console gaming system from Atari that no one bought, forcing Atari out of the hardware business", but that's just me.

  6. Atari.... by purrpurrpussy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just can't get Atari out of my head? Y would Apple port OS-X to the Jag? O! I C!

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  7. Re:Jaguar? by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, the British don't build computers, they couldn't find a way to make them leak oil.

  8. Re:Jaguar? by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someone has already pointed out that:

    Jag-wahr = Jungle cat.
    Jag-yu-ahr = British pronunciation/car

    I'll point out that:

    Jag-wire = OS X update.

    You're not supposed to pronounce it like the cat. There should be no confusion when you *hear* the word. This is not mentioned in any documentation, it's just how Steve pronounces it in keynotes.

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  9. Re:Unfortunately, they got one thing wrong. by Afrosheen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not half as reasonable as a free linux install :)