There has been a spate of recent software updates recently.
ATI seems to have fixed their initial problems with their updates
(http://www.ati.com). Please note that there are two versions of their
drivers updates, for 10.2 and 10.3 respectively. Please especially note
that the update is ONLY for the retail video cards NOT for the OEM
video cards that Apple installs in your machines -- it takes a vary
careful viewing of ATI's footnotes to glean this important bit of info
out of the rest.
Apple has also released quite a few updates to its Pro line of software
(DVD Studio Pro, Shake, etc.)
Also Apple released its BlueTooth Firmware updater which is supposed to
make things work better for those sorts of things.
For older legacy systems, Ryan Rempke has released and updated
XPostFacto to version 3.08. This piece of software allows you to
install Panther on the older systems -- previous to the G4 chips, such
as the PowerMac 7xxx - 9xxx series along with some of the older G3
systems. The latest version includes improvements that allow you to
make 10.x CDs that will boot on the older systems. Not all hardware
thingies are supported (sound inputs is still troublesome), but if you
have an older pci style Mac that has been upgraded with a G3 or G4
card, reports are that Panther runs quite well on them (and yes, better
than Jaguar did).
Just hit version tracker or the respective company's website(s) for the
updates.
Jerry
p.s. Hey Lee, how is the battery holding up in the BlueTooth mouse?
| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
| be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
