In a message dated 11/16/02 5:30:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Phew! How many version numbers will it have to go through before it's really sorted I wonder. Hope it's not as expensive to maintain as it's namesake......getting more nervous by the day<BG>
Well it's 10.1.5, which is an update. I've got 10.2 on my iBook, but haven't dared upgrade my desktop G4 yet. 10.2 is excellent, though. Cheers Richard >> Dear Richard My confusion over the numbering stems from some Mac people using X to denote ten which I have now learnt it doesn't. Some just skip the 10 after the X and call it one. As I understand it OSX will have lots of updates through its life. This is because it is essentially UNIX and UNIX has lots of updates. The basic programme stays the same but small tweaks which might make one programme perform marginally better will keep getting added. Whether there are charges for all the updates is another matter. OSX 10.2 onwards is theoretically able to suit all currently available and future programmes for years to come. There is no suggestion that anything after that denotes that earlier versions were Beta or incomplete. It might be that a future programme will perform a function slightly better with a patch on the OS. One reason why some printer drivers are slow in appearing in OSX is because Epson & HP have realised there are many improvements that can be made if they start again from the ground up. One reason why there seem to have been a lot of updates in a short period is that Apple used a video card which was not compatible with screen redraws on Quark because Quark just haven't been keeping up with new developments. This problem has now been solved with the latest OS version. The problem will also go away because Quark are making very slow progress in bringing out a new version which will have at least the features of Indesign2 and work fully on OSX. Quark has even lost some features on OS 9.2 and haven't issued a patch. Any copies of Quark sold after January will be a miracle. However, unlike photographers who want the latest bells and whistles there are some successful businesses out there still using Quark 3.2 on very old versions of Mac OS and on very old machines. Yours Bob Croxford =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
