Panther Analysis Getting Underway

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Panther Analysis Getting Underway

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 1, 2003 @02:34AM from the beware-the-symlinks-that-bite dept.

Durin_Deathless writes "Think Secret has posted their first article analyzing the changes from Mac OS X 10.2 to 10.3. In this first installment, they look at the changes to the Installation, System Requirements, the Finder, and some other things. They have some nice images available too."

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"They have some nice images available too." by PhoenixK7 · 2003-07-01 02:38 · Score: 3, Funny

Translation: It'll only take 5 seconds to slashdot 'em.
1. Re:"They have some nice images available too." by Bob+Wehadababyitsabo · 2003-07-01 02:43 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Quote: "Posted by CmdrTaco on Tue Jul 01, '03 10:34 AM" /.'ed by 10:40. Not too far off the mark!
  
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2. Re:"They have some nice images available too." by drinkypoo · 2003-07-01 02:59 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They are well-slashdotted at this point. I guess the name of the site is appropriate though. "This website will self-destruct in five seconds."
  
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Panther before LongHorn?? by jkrise · 2003-07-01 02:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Looks like reverse bio-engineering. Predators normally come after the prey!

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interesting by Boromir+son+of+Faram · 2003-07-01 02:43 · Score: 2, Funny

I see that they don't touch on the 64- vs. 32-bit issue. Not surprising, since the 64-bit G5s aren't available yet. I'm curious as to how much of an impact that will make.

Also, as cool as Panther looks, I expect Jaguar to stick around for a while yet. I haven't seen anyone mention this, but I realized the other day that since Jaguar is fully 32-bit, you should be able to take 64-bit hardware and run two full instances of Jaguar on it in parallel. Give each instance its own CPU on a dual G5 system, and you have two fully functional OS X systems running in real time on a single boxen!

I wouldn't even be surprised to see Apple start shipping systems in this configuration. It's great for companies on a budget (and who isn't these days?).

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1. Re:interesting by platypus · 2003-07-01 02:53 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I haven't seen anyone mention this, but I realized the other day that since Jaguar is fully 32-bit, you should be able to take 64-bit hardware and run two full instances of Jaguar on it in parallel.
  
  Hmm, I'd like to know what kind of esoteric idea of "bitness" of cpus let's you conclude that.
  At least, you seem to share it with one moderator.
2. Re:interesting by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-01 02:55 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  I can't wait until I can run 8 copies of Commodore Basic on a G5.
  
  Of course it'll never happen, because Steve Jobs insists on keeping the specs of his beloved "computers" secret, locked in a safe deep in his dungeon office, watched over by his gimp.
  
  I hear there is a two year back log of Mac users waiting to be the gimp.
3. Re:interesting by avalys · 2003-07-01 02:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Ok, it doesn't work that way. That's like saying two arms is better than one because you can reach things twice as far away.
  
  Just like having two arms, having 64 bits is an advantage, but not for the reasons you state.
  
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4. Re:interesting by moonbender · 2003-07-01 03:00 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Also, as cool as Panther looks, I expect Jaguar to stick around for a while yet. I haven't seen anyone mention this, but I realized the other day that since Jaguar is fully 32-bit, you should be able to take 64-bit hardware and run two full instances of Jaguar on it in parallel. Give each instance its own CPU on a dual G5 system, and you have two fully functional OS X systems running in real time on a single boxen!
  Running two (32- or 64-bit) processes in parallel on a dual-CPU machine, okay. But running two 32-bit processes in parallel on one 64-bit CPU? Um, no, that's not how it works. In fact, it's so stupid an idea that I am willing to think that I am misreading your message and it's not even what you meant.
  
  I'm also not sure why exactly a typical user would want to run two operating systems on a single machine, especially not if it's the same OS in both cases and none is virtual. Meh.
  
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5. Re:interesting by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-01 03:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The only flaw with your idea is that each copy of OS X will only get to use half a mouse button.
6. Re:interesting by Eric_Cartman_South_P · 2003-07-01 09:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  haven't seen anyone mention this, but I realized the other day that since Jaguar is fully 32-bit, you should be able to take 64-bit hardware and run two full instances of Jaguar on it in parallel.
  And I would like to know: Is that FULL SPEED 32bit or HIGH SPEED 32 bit?
Images by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-01 02:45 · Score: 4, Funny

"They have some nice images available too."

had
Re:I love the Places sidebar! by nattt · 2003-07-01 02:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Copy and paste works great. I've been using this forever with OS X.

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No wonder... by dereklam · 2003-07-01 02:47 · Score: 2, Funny

I was surfing around MacRumors and ThinkSecret today, and I hit the ThinkSecret article. The article didn't come up, and I thought ThinkSecret was down.
Now I know the real reason...
LOL by 2nd+Post! · 2003-07-01 02:49 · Score: 5, Funny

In case you didn't realize it, the Finder is supposed to be the computer, in a user-centric model.

So the physical device the Finder emulates... is your computer :)

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1. Re:LOL by Thuktun · 2003-07-01 05:27 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  In case you didn't realize it, the Finder is supposed to be the computer, in a user-centric model. So the physical device the Finder emulates... is your computer :)
  
  So why not indicate that through a more appropriate name than "Finder".
  
  How about, say, "My Computer"...
  
  (ducks and runs)
Re:/.ed already by Draoi · 2003-07-01 02:49 · Score: 2, Funny

wonderful OSX
Well, according to NetCraft, their server is running FreeBSD. Go figure ...

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Re:Now with nice images! by Mikey-San · 2003-07-01 02:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Pretty pictures are better than white, monospaced error text on a big blue background. ;-)

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The new finder already exists! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-01 03:01 · Score: 1, Funny

Its called 'ls, cd rm, cp, chmod, and mv'!
Because, As We All Know... by Greyfox · 2003-07-01 03:30 · Score: 2, Funny

The real world device metaphor always works well.

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Re:This looks like a strong release by Arslan+ibn+Da'ud · 2003-07-01 03:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Imagine being able to place windows anywhere around your head that you liked, or perhaps all over your room, and then manipulating them by hand rather than by mouse.

I don't want to think about where pop-up ads are going to appear! If they can appear anywhere in my room, at least.
And the only way to deal with them will probably still involve only my middle finger!

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Re:Expose! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-01 04:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Expose yourself, buddy. The friendly people at the ISO toiled for years just so we could type Exposé on Slashdot.

(PS Slashdork hackers: fix HTML entities. Thank you).
Steve's Own Words... by irving47 · 2003-07-01 04:28 · Score: 4, Funny

"We call it aqua because it looks so good, you want to lick it." -Steve Jobs. MacWorld San Francisco Keynote. OS X's first big demo.

So what now? We lick the metal-brushed windows? They'd better be nice and smooth or I'll get metal splinters in my tongue. Wait... What if they're not warm enough? I don't want to get those things frozen stuck on my tongue!
Give me my aqua, por favor.

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MAC Target Audience by wo1verin3 · 2003-07-01 04:38 · Score: 5, Funny

A quick glace of Apple's Panther Preview Page reveals to me the level of techical ability that Apple sees in its target market.

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Panther will include a final X11 window server for Unix-based apps, improved NFS/UFS, FreeBSD 5 innovations as well as support for popular Linux APIs, IPv6 and other important acronyms.
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I wish they'd lay off the acronym support until they get those vowels working properly!
1. Re:MAC Target Audience by shiva600 · 2003-07-01 05:54 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It's funny. Laugh.
  
  This was a joke Jobs made during his presentation.
  A pretty well recieved one at that.
Re:Brushed metal and laptops by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-01 06:19 · Score: 1, Funny

On my iBook I can read it just fine, I clearly see:

Panty Analysis Getting Underwear at the top of this window!