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Mac OS X Panther 10.3 Reviewed

Posted by simoniker on from the like-it-like-it-love-it dept.

JigSaw writes "OSNews posted a (constructively) critical, but also favorable review of Mac OS X Panther 10.3. The article discusses the new features, what works great and what's still sour, and it also includes a plethora of screenshots." The review's conclusion suggests Panther is "...a worthy operating system, easy to use, easy to set up, easy to get pleased by it. It just works."

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  1. Not doing the hard work is why Apple is #2 by rufusdufus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I noticed that with Jaguar and I noticed the same with Panther: about 10-20% of the third party applications just won't load anymore, or they will crash on load. I understand that this policy has dsitinct advantages, but that's a lot of incompatable apps (out of 7,000 available for OSX) and while most of these will be recompiled in the next few months by their authors, the inconvienience caused is already there.

    I have never understood why Mac developers and users tolerate Apple screwing them over every couple of years. Say what you will about Microsoft, but they do spent enormous effort trying to avoid this problem on each release, and the effort shows in their market share. And of course open source doesn't require you to wait a few months to recompile...

    And when I said #2, I wasn't talking about their position in the market.

  2. Re:For those who've bought macs recently... by Ilgaz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What a shame? USA/CAN only?

    Enough... I pirate it than...

    (a G5 owner for 2 days only)