Review of Mac OS X 10.3

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Posted by michael on Thursday October 23, 2003 @01:54AM from the cheap-at-any-price dept.

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."

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well then... by xao+gypsie · 2003-10-23 01:58 · Score: 5, Funny

. It finds the new Expose feature and other security features
it also rubs the lotion on its skin....

xao

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hehe by austad · 2003-10-23 02:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Hackers and academics have uncovered one Windows security hole after another, turning Microsoft into a frantic little Dutch boy at the dike without enough fingers

I don't know about you, but the image I got in my head was definitely not G-rated.

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Re:Huh? by seanadams.com · 2003-10-23 02:13 · Score: 5, Funny

I've been using Panther in a mixed environment with Jaguar, Cheeta and Puma releases with no fights.

I think there's a job opening for you at the Mirage...
How about 10.4 by verloren · 2003-10-23 02:18 · Score: 5, Funny

So it's too good for a 0.1 release, but not good enough for $130. Hmm...

How about a 0.2 release, and $99? Or we could leave the price, and bump the numbering up to 10.5 - that would be worth $130 of anyone's money!

Cheers, Paul
Re:And for those on linux.. by ZorinLynx · 2003-10-23 03:08 · Score: 5, Funny

>If I look at your laptop and see "Plan for World Domination.rtf," I know you're planning something, even if I can't read the file.

If I looked at your laptop and saw a file named "Plan for World domination.rtf", I'd probably lose a lot of respect for you. Using such an obvious filename for your plan isn't very smart.

I'd probably call my plan for world domination file "ILikefluffyKittens.rtf" or something equally innocuous. Or better yet, "readme.txt", since nobody ever reads READMEs.
Re:expose by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 03:21 · Score: 5, Funny

There may be lots of nice new features, but I ain't paying $130 for them, especially if they're labelled as a dot release.
Why do you care how they're labelled? Do you, by any chance, have pointy hair?
Re:Encrypted home directories? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 04:36 · Score: 5, Funny

How many AES-128 encrypted files have you broken into?

(crickets)

Then shut the fuck up.

In that sense, for the overwhelming majority of Mac users, it wouldn't matter if the cryptosystem used DES, or even pkzip-encryption; a determined attacker is going to break the system with the password.

You fucking idiot. You're completely missing the point! For the overwhelming majority of computer users--not just Mac users--there are no determined attackers! What are you storing on your laptop? Confidential business information, and confidential personal information. Stuff that you would prefer no one read. No national secrets, that's for damn sure. Who's going to throw a million CPU-hours at cracking your home directory? NOBODY. Because the people with a million CPU-hours to spend sure as hell don't give a rat's ass about reading your dirty iChats with Janet in Marketing.