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Apple Sets Oct. 24th Release For Mac OS X 10.3
dricci writes "Yahoo! has posted a press release from Apple, regarding the release date of the next major Mac OS X update, 10.3 ('Panther'). The update will be available 8:00 p.m. on October 24th at Apple Retail Stores and Authorized Resellers for $129.00 US (Family Pack for up to 5 users will be $199). Pretty much the same pricing structure they had for Jaguar. It looks like 'old world' Beige G3 support has been discontinued -- the update requires a Mac with built in USB."
does it run on Windows XP?
Frankly, I'm tired of Steve Jobs claiming he has a "revolutionary" new upgrade for my Macintosh every year. I don't think that this is worth $129.00.
Expose? Boring.
iChat AV? Hi, NetMeeting called. It wants its hype back.
Brushed metal Finder? Ugh.
"Favorites panel"? It's been an irritating part of Windows since 2000. I don't want it.
Instead, I implore all freedom-conscious netizens out there to send me, Seth Finklestein a copy of Mac OS X 10.3. Or, send a serial number so that I may liberate it off of KaZaA Plus.
I'm not Seth Finkelstein. I still speak the truth.
That's OK - the six guys to whom that would actually apply are still waiting for their copies of 10.2 to boot up.
This version has special built-in protections to keep it from biting you in the neck while you're taunting it in front of your friends. And since its ferocity has been turned down, I suppose I can also expect that I'll need to pet it every once in a while.
Panther requires a minimum of 128MB of memory and is designed to run on the following Apple products with built-in USB support: iMac,(R) iBook(R), Power Macintosh(R) G3, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube.
Thank god I didn't get a G5.
I for one am with you 20%.
Ellen Feiss doesn't like it
8P
"There are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare." - Blair Houghton
Don't you mean "Just install Gentoo and you'll be upgrading the OS for the rest of your life?" :)
Did I mention I'm getting married Saturday? "Honey, I know we just got back from the honeymoon, but this is PANTHER!!!"
Sorry, but a real Mac fan would have said "Honey, I know we're still on our honeymoon, but this is PANTHER!!!"
Of course, your average /. reader would more likely only be able to say "Honey, it's sweet and comes from bees."
Are they going to force you to use little USB doggles to let you log in? Seems like a strange requirement for an OS.
They sure don't. I received Jaguar the day before the official release. Damn them, I wanted to wait.
I tried every decent and legal way I could think of to resolve the issue w/the business before I rented the chicken suit
Ya wouldn't happen to mean touting win2k.1 as a whole new operating system (XP)??
nahhh.. never.
...and you just found them all!
-Looking for a job as a materials chemist or multivariat
I never thought about it before, but my new dual G5 is measurably faster than my WallStreet, which has, yes, shown certain signs of age since it was released in 1998. In retribution, I will not only download Panther, but shoplift a 17-inch PowerBook and steal Steve Jobs' turtleneck collection.
OS X Panther
Malcolm X
Black Panther Party
Steve: "Well, we'll just give all the G5 people the free upgrade, the powerbooks are shit out of luck."
Lackey: "What if the angry powerbook owners storm the building, and take it?"
Steve: "How much damage can they do? Those powerbooks wouldn't even dent my skull. Now, if the G5 owners got pissed, wielding their G5s like clubs, then I might shit my pants. Those things are big. Let's keep them happy."
Lackey: "Good thinking, master. I will alert your minions."
Steve (to self): "Yes... Angry G5 owners...damn....Shit my pants..."
Hmm... There are so many things wrong with that statement, I don't know where to begin.