I've been surprised at the lack of "Panther" traffic on this list. Other lists I inhabit have been agog with talk of it. Personally I think it's the best upgrade from Apple for ages. It's the first time since X came out that it actually feels like a finished OS rather than some half baked thing that Apple shoved out the door to keep people interested. I did an upgrade install over a very messy jaguar that was full of drivers and extensions from third party apps just to see if it could handle it. I was going to format the drive but couldn't be bothered backing it up and thought if it's a disaster I'll erase it and start again but it all worked flawlessly and my Mac (G4-450, 640MB RAM) feels way faster and more responsive in all apps not just the finder, which by the way is a million times better than the Jag finder but still not as good as classic Mac OS (IMHO).
My Epson- SC580 works straight out of the box with the optional CUPS drivers installed (no configuration required at all) which was worth the price of admission alone just to actually see that work! ;) I have a MOTU-828 firewire 8 Channel Audio A->D box and with the MOTU Panther firewire drivers I can route all core audio through it which is a miracle. No switching amp inputs every time I switch from Digital Performer or Reason to iTunes or anything that requires system audio. Apart from all the fanfare of fast user switching and Expose I think the control panels, networking and everything else if better integrated and overall it just feels "finished" or at lest a good part of the way there. A lot of the transparency and "bells and whistles" stuff has gone or at lest been toned down in favour of a more responsive interface which is great! Cheers Rob -- MacTherapy Australia Pty Ltd ACN : 101-488-635 Phone - ++61 (0)414 487256 Fax (Australia) ++61 (0)8 6210 1533 US Phone ++1 206 666 5622 Fax (International) ++1 208 493 7821 P.O BOX 381. Mt Lawley. Perth. WA. 6050 Australia http://www.mactherapy.com MacTherapy provides innovative solutions to Mac Users around the World. Ask about our Low cost upgrade solutions for your Mac. On 30/10/03 1:58 PM, "Mark Secker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have 3 copies on order through our educational supplier, none have > arrived yet and not really in a rush to install it on anything other > than my sand box G4 - though this did have the beta installed for a > number of weeks and did run it quite well. > Getting conservative in my middle age maybe? > > > >> Andy Dent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I really want to get a Mac setup with Panther this weekend for >>> someone to work on next week. >>> >>> Any copies sighted in town yet? >> >> Mt Hawthorn (Digilife) has been selling it since Saturday. I got my copy >> last Monday. >> >> Lara >> -- >> This email address is for mailing list mail only. >> For individual email please send to >> waawa at iinet dot net dot au >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
