Review of Mac OS X 10.3

alphakappa writes "The NY Times has a review of all the new Panther features which states that the 150 odd features added are so good that calling it a 0.1 upgrade is not fair. It finds the new Expose feature and other security features (like being able to encrypt/decrypt the entire home directory on the fly) extremely appealing. Gripes include the $130 price tag and the (somewhat) lack of backward compatibility."

Comments

parent +2 informative? how about Score=0 Luddite

[johnpaul191]

Almost everything they make (along with others) doesn't work on pre-10.2, and that should change to 10.3 in the next few months. Upgrade or perish.

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i don't understand? do you mean newly written software might at some point utilize features built into the new operating system? THOSE BASTARDS!
If you don't want to upgrade, then don't. Many many many people still use OS9. At some point there will be less choice for web browsers supporting the latest features, but most everything else will work as it does today and did 2 years ago. My mom still runs OS9 and she can still check email, and she still will after 10.3 hits the shelves tomorrow.

In terms of running the NEW os and running OLD apps, that's generally fine. OS X has this thing called classic mode and i can run old OS9 software pretty ok. Till Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver etc upgraded, i could run them in classic with very acceptable results. For example, i did layout for a few full color CDs, used Photoshop to tweak the graphics and Quark to do the layout. Took the files to the plant and got back CDs looking 100% as i wanted. I was able to keep working on websites using Dreamweaver without rebooting to OS 9. I really had no problems using Dreamweaver in classic mode.

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Re:Decency?

[Politburo]

Oh, but this is software and no physical manufacturing analogies apply.

Yup. So why did you fucking bother?