>> Thanks. I'll have to check to see if that will work for my laptop.
>> I have plenty of other stuff on my plate though, so this particular
>> issue has sort of moved to the back burner...
Bob> If it runs 10.2, it'll run 10.3. You'll probably notice better
Bob> performance,
On Mar 3, 2005, at 11:08 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
Thomas> I don't know where to find the release dates for different
Mac
Thomas> OS X revs, but Other World Computing is offering Panther
for
Thomas> $49:
Thomas> http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/specials/
Thanks. I'll have to check
Thomas> I don't know where to find the release dates for different Mac
Thomas> OS X revs, but Other World Computing is offering Panther for
Thomas> $49:
Thomas> http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/specials/
Thanks. I'll have to check to see if that will work for my laptop. I have
pl
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On 01/26/05, Skip Montanaro imposed order on a stream of electrons to say:
>
>Bob> It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to buy 10.3 now,
>Bob> because 10.4 is definitely more than a few weeks away, but you
>Bob> certainly wouldn't b
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:16:05 -0500, Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Obviously they're not going to repackage boxes when they're about to
> clear them off the shelves. I think Apple *did* have a contingency for
> users that had very recently purchased the prior release. Did you ask
> th
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:37:49PM -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>
> Bob> It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to buy 10.3 now,
> Bob> because 10.4 is definitely more than a few weeks away, but you
> Bob> certainly wouldn't be getting "full value" from it because it's 15
> Bo
Bob> It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to buy 10.3 now,
Bob> because 10.4 is definitely more than a few weeks away, but you
Bob> certainly wouldn't be getting "full value" from it because it's 15
Bob> months old (Oct 24 2003) already.
Where would an interested person fin
On Jan 26, 2005, at 21:43, Skip Montanaro wrote:
Thanks for all the responses w.r.t. upgrading Mac OSX. My bad
experience
was when migrating from 9->X on an older iMac. It couldn't have been
more
than a few weeks after buying 10.1 that 10.2 came out. It just never
dawned
on me at the time to
Thanks for all the responses w.r.t. upgrading Mac OSX. My bad experience
was when migrating from 9->X on an older iMac. It couldn't have been more
than a few weeks after buying 10.1 that 10.2 came out. It just never dawned
on me at the time to do any sort of investigation of OSX release schedule
Skip Montanaro wrote:
>
> I really hate to say this, but in this respect backward compatibility in
> Windows seems to be much better. Am I missing something?
>
I think you will find that Windows will quickly catch up in this regard
when they (finally) release LONGHORN and they, too, discover t
On Jan 26, 2005, at 1:14 AM, Brian Lenihan wrote:
On Jan 25, 2005, at 7:53 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, but is the only
Mac-specific
mailing list I subscribe to, and Mac OSX versioning seems to affect
MacPython and many apps built with it. I was promp
On Jan 25, 2005, at 7:53 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, but is the only
Mac-specific
mailing list I subscribe to, and Mac OSX versioning seems to affect
MacPython and many apps built with it. I was prompted to write after
seeing
Brian Lenihan's post abo
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From: Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This is probably a bit off-topic for this list,
That's OK. This list is the only one I'm on where folks that seem to
really understand OS-X reside as well.
> It seems that Apple's upgrade policy almost forces me to buy new
On 1/25/05 8:13 AM, "Skip Montanaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> Am I missing something?
>
> Charles> Umm . . . Software Update?
>
> Software Update won't take me from 10.2 to 10.3. I'm as Software Updated as
> I can be on my laptop, but it's still 10.2.
You made it sound as if this
>> Am I missing something?
Charles> Umm . . . Software Update?
Software Update won't take me from 10.2 to 10.3. I'm as Software Updated as
I can be on my laptop, but it's still 10.2.
Skip
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:53:38AM -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Here's the rub. Apple seems to rather quickly drop support for what appear
> (numerically) to be minor releases. 10.1 is long gone. I have 10.3 on my
> G5 and 10.2 on my laptop. I'm loathe to buy 10.3 at this point for my
> lapto
On Jan 25, 2005, at 10:53, Skip Montanaro wrote:
This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, but is the only
Mac-specific
mailing list I subscribe to, and Mac OSX versioning seems to affect
MacPython and many apps built with it. I was prompted to write after
seeing
Brian Lenihan's post about
On Jan 25, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
It seems that Apple's upgrade policy almost forces me to buy new
versions as
soon as they are released. If I snooze when new releases come out I
quickly
get left in the dust and wind up either skipping a version or upgrading
right before the ne
This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, but is the only Mac-specific
mailing list I subscribe to, and Mac OSX versioning seems to affect
MacPython and many apps built with it. I was prompted to write after seeing
Brian Lenihan's post about PySol for Mac OSX. Visiting the page I saw "10.3
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