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Mac OS X 10.4.3 Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the using-safari-on-acid dept.

parry writes "Software Update just delivered the Mac OS X 10.4.3 update to my PowerBook. Key changes include improved responsiveness when searching in Spotlight, Safari now passes the Acid2 test, better performance for MS-DOS formatted volumes and numerous bug fixes."

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  1. What will it be for early downloaders... by xactuary · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trick or Treat?

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  2. Yes, it is snappier! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... even my old Dell inspiron running Win XP is snappier now that 10.4.3 is out!

    1. Re:Yes, it is snappier! by skinfitz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Windows runs faster with a clean desktop too. They must have copied that from Microsoft...

    2. Re:Yes, it is snappier! by derflammenhund · · Score: 4, Funny

      Macs did have a proper file structure before OS X: it was whatever you wanted it to be. Personally, I stuck to the Applications/Documents format Apple presented me with on our first mac back in 1995. I still use this format, but the OS let you create as many subfolders wherever you wanted, so whatever organization scheme worked best for you was the one you used. Unfortunately, with OS X, and especially with the removal of things like Favorites-as-a-default, the HD icon is the only folder you see on the desktop at startup, so it's probably quite a bit more compelling to put things in there if you don't "know any better."

      I'd guess there's some compulsion to try to simply drag files to My Computer on windows machines for some people.

      As a more stereotypical guess, mac people tend to have relied on visual layouts in folders to deal with filesystem issues, so those people like to see all of their files in one view. A professor I have to deal with during the course of my job is like this; he has 400 files on his desktop, and then on top of that he keeps nested folder after nested folder of files for his class presentations on his drive. I have no clue whatsoever how he gets anything done, especially as one of his main subfolders is labled with his name.

      Ugh.

  3. Crash/Quartz 2D Extreme? by tgv · · Score: 2, Funny

    My dual 2.5GHz G5 crashed after upgrading. Second time around, it booted well. Perhaps it was due to the fact that I had Q2DE turned on...

  4. Insight from ArsTechnica on this. by interactive_civilian · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the ArsTechnica Mac.Ach 10.4.3 thread:
    Posted by MightySpoon:

    Quote:why has apple dropped the development of Q2DX in tiger?

    To avoid potential lawsuits from Vanilla Ice.

    (Say Quartz Two Dee Extreme out loud and then try not to shoot yourself in your face. You can't do it.)

    The truth hurts, doesn't it? ;p
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