Mac OS X 10.4 - more bling than bang?

Another point of view

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/05/26/tiger_ui_review/
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We've pretty much concluded that the MacOS X OS is fantastic.  And indeed, Tiger makes a great OS even greater.  But what about people who had the previous version of MacOS X? Well..not so much.

Andrew Orlowski, at The Register, knows the Mac inside and out and has released his long-awaited take on Apple's new masterpiece.  Check it out.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just out of curiousity: Why does the above "Apple's" in the article pull up a sponsored ad?

VERY good article. I ended up getting Tiger with the purchase of a new Powerbook, so the price of the upgrade wasn't too much of a concern. Others in my department are more reluctant to purchase it, however (even on their incredible NIH-funded budgets). For the 10.3 crowd, Tiger doesn't offer a whole lot more in usability than they already can accomplish.

My advice: If you've already got a Mac with 10.3, don't fork over the money for Tiger unless you really want the newer features. If you're getting a new Mac with it installed, however, enjoy!
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Very nice indeed. You can read more on the UI here Link. In depth info can be found at the link also
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm a Mac Mini user who has his Minilith hooked up to a Sharp Aquos display. Tiger fixes lots of display issues on the Mac Mini. The Apple discussion boards were filled with users who complained of overscan, excess jitter, etc. on LCD displays from many different manufacturers. It seems like a fix I would have gotten in a free Windows Update from Microsoft, but at least it is a fix.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
(With 30MB free memory - on a machine with 1.5GB of RAM - Dashboard claims half of what's available when invoked. It doesn't matter how many widgets are active. The memory is slowly reclaimed by the garbage collector, and this compares very favorably with Konfabulator, a clunky rip-off of Stardock's DesktopX product for Windows.)


At least they know.