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Summary: seeing into the future
Review: Wow, it's amazing how many people can see into the future! I know that many people already have Jagular in some form or another, but one guy gives it 5 stars and admits in his "review" that he can't wait to get his hands on a copy! What it amounts to is that the average score of these reviews has little to do with the actual worth of the product itself, and is more like "average anticipation" of how much people are looking forward to it. And half of this copy sounds like it was pulled straight from the hype on the websites! If I hear the phrase 'UNIX underpinnings' one more time I'm gonna scream ;) I wasn't going to giving a rating, since I don't know how good the product is, but apparently I'm forced to, so I'll give it 2 stars to counter some of the ballot box stuffing. I will say that 1) Jaguar looks awesome (speed, cool new stuff), but 2) it looks like I'm going to have to pay for a bunch of features I didn't ask for and/or can't use (ichat, inkwell, Quartz Extreme), just to get the bug fixes that should have been fixed in 10.1: things like the persistance of a PPP bug (yep, there is *still* a hanging issue related to PPP). Not to mention the fact that since day one we've been promised 'the most advanced os in the world', but it's still much slower in many respects than os9. Jaguar has the potential to be the release that finally lives up to expectations, and I think that Apple should reward those who have been putting up their money since the beginning and getting less that they should have since the beginning. It's very simple, many major software makers do this: if it's your first copy, it's full price. If you're upgrading from a previous version then it's less, say, half price?
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Summary: Great OS - but wait for next major release!
Review: Mac OS X 10.2 is a great operating system , but save yourself some money if you already have OS X 10.1 and wait for 10.3 codename Cougar;) You'll do yourself a favor, instead of shelling out another hundred on every update!
If you don't have OS X , get Jaguar! It's great and stable, and worth it.
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Summary: Non-Apple ee/developer likes it also
Review: OS X 10.2 is outstanding. I am neither an Apple ee nor a developer; just someone who has been lucky enough to play with a pre-release version, and I can honestly say that the glow reflected in these reviews is real. 10.2 is a revelatory experience.
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Summary: What?
Review: Wrong price here folks, I'm not about to buy this upgrade when just around the corner we can probably expect another small upgrade. What else bothers me is Apple's new .mac program..it looks like another thing we have to pay for! I think that I'll be "switching" to Windows XP pretty soon.
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Summary: Am I missing something?
Review: Mac OSX 10.2 is scheduled for release on August 24. Glowing reviews for this item must therefore be written by Apple insiders (employees or developers) who have access to pre-releases. Obviously, such reviewers are hardly representative of the average consumer.
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Summary: Mac OS X 10.2 beats the H___ out of Windows XP
Review: The beta version of this system is absolutely magnificent! Smooth and fast and yes.....reliable. Apple, you are leading the come back of what (Mac) computers are all about and Windows people only dream of even in Microsoft's backyard. Thank you.
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Summary: the best os ever
Review: my mac used to crash 5 times every day when i was running mac os 9 and below. i had to restart the computer each time. when mac os x came out, i didn't restart my computer for 8 months. 10.2 promises to be the best, most powerful and most innovative version of Mac OS X ever. i played with it at an apple store and it was absolutely amazing. it was faster, more responsive, it had many, many more features, and it was prettier also. i would recommend 10.2 to anyone at all. i don't care about the 129 price tag because it is just too amazing to pass up.
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Summary: Overpriced
Review: Apple should not be able to charge 120 dollars for a point release. Thats completely ridiculous, and now you have to pay for their "guarenteed free" .mac services. Garbage.
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Summary: Great upgrade, wrong price
Review: Apple's tendency to fleece its user base is becoming more prevalent this fiscal year. Perhaps it has to do with the downturn in the economy or the lackluster computer sales, both Mac and Intel based. With that aside, it's hard to swallow paying this much for an upgrade, yes, an upgrade, when you've doled out just as much for version 10.1. They aren't offering existing 10.1 users any discounts unless you bought 10.1 after July 17 or a computer. With that said, 10.2 is an astounding leap forward in speed. But that's pretty much it. This is the speed bump we've been promised for ages, and now we have to pay for it, and pay for it dearly. They've come out with a suite of apps that you may or may not use, and seem to be taking the Microsoft route of bundling lots of so-so apps into the operating system. So if you like AOL, you're in luck, because iChat integrates AIM and AOL users with mac.com users. Yawn. For OSX, you can download Fire, Proteus, AIM, and a host of other apps that do exactly what iChat does, only better. Inkwell is another technology that only a few will find useful, as well as many of their new features. The other day I had to start up in OS9 (to use iDVD because the OSX version was mucking up the sound levels), and even though it felt like I was doing something dirty, I was amazed and discomfited by the speed. I'd been using OS X for so long that I forgot just how zippy OS9 really is (but then again, it doesn't have all that eye-candy). Even 10.2 isn't as fast as it's now-buried counterpart, OS9. The other thing I truly don't understand is the lack of interface conformance in Apple's own apps. You launch Mail, and it's Aqua. You click on the Address book, and it's brushed metal. iTunes is brushed metal, iMovie is in it's own world (you can't even get to the desktop or minimize it in anyway), iPhoto is a combination of brushed metal and Aqua, and iDvd is Aqua. I'm still trying to figure out which way Apple is going with a theme, because its in-house software developers are clearly "doing" there own thing when it comes to interfacing with the user. At least other developers, including Micro$oft, are keeping things consistent. I wish Apple would. I would also like to see more concentration on the core services such as the open and save dialogs (still pretty bad), and other features we've grown to love in the past but were swept away in OS X (tabbed folders, application switcher that was detachable, etc...). So, five stars for a suberb upgrade, minus one star for the no-tiered upgrade pricing, and minus one star for focusing on features we haven't been asking for and giving us features no one is banging at Apple's doors to give us. On the plus side, the OS is absolutely wonderful in terms of NOT trying to get you to buy, sign-up, join, or steer you in any way toward Apple-branded products. That is so refreshing.
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Summary: MUST HAVE for any G4 Macintosh
Review: This landmark upgrade to the innovative Macintosh Operating System reminds us of why we choose to use a Mac over a Windoze PC. It's speedy and stable and includes so many innovations that Windows XP users will want to switch in greater numbers.
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