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• re: Is this time effective
  2005-04-29 08:21:46  Chuck Toporek | [View]
  
  
  Well, I wouldn't call Tiger a "minor upgrade"; it's not by any means. Maybe you should go back to using OS 9 to remind yourself how painful using a Mac used to be, then you might appreciate some of the changes Tiger offers, even over Panther.
• re: Is this time effective
  2005-05-02 00:13:24  drm [View]
  
  
  And another urban myth gathers momentum. Up until recently you could boot back into OS9 - the sheer speed that OS9 ran at, compared to OS X, was so embarassing that I bet that had something to do with the option being Steve'd.
  
  For many categories of users, OS X is only now approaching the usability of an averagely well maintained OS 9 installation. For people with basic needs, I doubt it ever will. Just an opinion...
  
  What I'd really like to read about Tiger is WHY I should upgrade. Real reasons, not marketing and eye candy. What has improved under the hood ? Is it actually cost effective to spend a day backing up and restoring my G5 2.5Ghz - will I see any real benefits ? Spotlight is clearly a nice bit of software engineering, but I'm not so disorganised that I'm likely to really need it. I use "Find" maybe 2 or 3 times a week. As for indexing inside a file...whatever happened to "V-Twin" aka Sherlock search ? Dashboard... what is this ? My First Apple ? Convince me, somebody, please...