I had problems initially, doing an install on a firewire drive to test
it out, because of one login item, but by the time I did a proper
install on the G4 (with all login items removed), it was a breeze, and
everything works beautifully, and fast!
On 01/11/2003, at 3:15 PM, Richard Kay wrote:
On 30 Oct 2003, at 6:22 PM, Lara wrote:
<SNIP>
Speaking of responsiveness, and apart from Mail.app, did you notice
much of a change in the general speed of things on your iBook
post-Panther?
I think so. The most noticeable difference is definitely in Mail. But
in
general I think I'm having fewer of those teeny toe-tapping moments.
Lara
<SNIP>
I just purchased Panther this morning from Digilife.
Panther installation (clean install on a blank 12.29GB partition)
took, if I remember correctly, about 45 minutes. This surprised me as
I had heard that people were taking up to two hours or so to do this.
It might be that I am comfortable with the system installation process
... I hose my hard drive and reinstall the system for FUN at least
once every month ... hell, last week I did it 5 times on the same day
while I was on sick leave from work with the flu (no TV so you've got
to do something) ... but in that instance (i) I just wanted to see how
fast I could do it, and (ii) I was chasing down a QuickTime bug.
My thoughts on Panther (I have a 14 inch dual USB iBook with 16MB
VRAM) are as follows: (i) installation a breeze; (ii) the system loads
a hell of a lot faster now from startup; (iii) the new finder window
is very good, although it took me about an hour or so to rely on it
rather than the traditional desktop approach (I guess old habits die
hard); (iv) on my iBook EVERYTHING appears to be happening about 40%
to 50% FASTER than under 10.2.8 and before ... maybe it is the iBook's
16MB VRAM and Quartz Extreme, I'm not sure; (v) the overall look of
Panther is refined, subdued and integrated (if that makes sense) but
don't expect to be blown away by a sudden and dramatic visual change
to your desktop experience over and above 10.2.X (like when System 7
came out to replace System 6) or else you will be DISAPPOINTED; (vi)
Expose is cool and very useful; (vii) the additional security that
FileVault affords is pretty neat (it allows you to encrypt the
information in your Home Folder using the Advanced Encryption Standard
with 128-bit keys (AES-128)); and (vii) the Secure Empty Trash feature
looks cool (no-one can access your deleted files) which appeals to
someone like me who likes to keep secrets.
But enough from me ... what do other Panther users think?
R.K.
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Hermitage of Enlightenment
Fremantle, Western Australia
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