Could you tell us how it compares to Jaguar 10.2.8 in terms of speed etc.
Also what kind of processor and memory do you have?
I am thinking about taking the plunge myself. I have a 9600 with a Sonnet
G3/500 with 740K of Ram.
So far, it seems a lot snappier, especially with Quartz Extreme-related stuff. Menus and scrolling everywhere are noticeably more responsive and quick compared to 10.2.8. (I enabled QE manually; Had to do it that way since the PCI Extreme application doesn't work with Panther. The manual way, is the same way as you do it in 10.2.x, however)
Even the "spinning cube" animation you see when you do the fast-user-switching thing (only with QE enabled, that is) is silky-smooth and fast. I assumed this would be slow and stuttery on an OldWorld machine when I first heard about it, and wow was I wrong.
My machine's specs:
PM9600, Sonnet G4 800mhz, 896MB RAM (generic OWC non-EDO, interleaved), ACARD/66 IDE card, Radeon 7000 Mac Edition video, RTL8139 Ethernet, USB2/Firewire combo card (generic), 40GB Quantum Fireball HD (split into 3 partitions), HP9510i CD-RW, HP841c USB printer, standard Apple ADB keyboard, Kensington optical wheel mouse, Iomega Zip-100, standard floppy, 19" KDS monitor.
Everything listed above was plugged into the Mac the whole way through the install, with no problems.
With the speed increase, plus the new features (especially the fast-user-switching, very useful if you have a wife and 3 kids that like to use the Mac sometimes, and you have apps running that you don't want to close ;-) ), I think it's a worthwhile upgrade, even on an OldWorld machine.
-Stace
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