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Summary: Very happy user changed from OS 9 to OS X (Jaguar)
Review: I am one of those who has been very cautious about changing from OS 9 to OS X. Although I had occasional crashes and conflicts using OS 9, it seemed to perfrom ok and I could put of with those few glitches. I am not one who is interested in living on the "bleeding edge" of technology.When OS 10.2 (Jaguar) became available, I decided it was time to hold my breath and take the plunge. I can't tell you how happy I have been since making the change. I prepared myself by ordering copies of my most often used software including Office X, Quicken, Photoshop, etc. Although I expected there would be problems during the installation, it went without any hitches....that is ZERO problems! I used an Epson 860 printer which worked immediately. I didn't have to go looking for drivers or any other software. My external CD/RW firewire drive worked without problems as did my USB flashcard readers. I have now had Jaguar installed for about a month (since it was released) and I have not had any hangs or crashes. There really was more frustration in my using OS 9 than I had realized. Certainly I think this is the time to consider moving to OS 10.2 if you are still marginally satisfied with OS 9 and have been waiting for a great new operating system. I did buy David Pugue's "Mac OS X" book (O'Reilly) along with the software. I am happy to have the book as a good reference as it is very helpful for those of us who have moved from OS 9 to OS X. However I also find that the new operating system is so easy and intuitive and I have not spent a lot of time looking up details in the book. So if you are one of those users who is still wondering if it is the time to change from OS 9 to OS X, I can confirm that the process was very easy and went without any problems for me. I also enjoy the look and feel of the new desktop. I really has been a very easy transition. P.S. I like the new interface to the .MAC account as well as iPhoto.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: I loved 10.1 due to the superior interface and stability of the unix-based platform, but there were a number of annoyances. These have almost UNIFORMLY been fixed in Jaguar (10.2) and I cannot recommend it highly enough. I'm running it at home on a high-end (if 2 year old) machine - dual processor G4 machine with Radeon graphics card and on a 6-month after debut iMac (from way back), so i feel i have a good experience of using it. First the best news:
* Neither machine has crashed since I installed 10.2. And the iMac was real flakey with 10.1.whatever -- it now is solid
* It's faster to startup, initialise OS9 and just plain do stuff. Especially noticeable on the iMac.
* My QPS!Fire CD-R/W drive can now burn from iTunes and desktop. In 10.1 it could only do it through Toast
* All my other stuff (IR mouse, ancient serial line X-10 control system "MouseHouse", KeySpan USB-serial interface, palm interface) works just fine.
* USB Printer sharing!!! Phew. Now I can share my canon printer and not have to export stuff around the house and run from room to room.
Other nice news:
* Smooth and clean fonts
* Sherlock yellow pages and other modules is awesome
* Hog heaven for unix hackers like me!
Overall, for me, the big wins were supporting way more peripherals natively than it used to, speed improvements and stability. As an example, I used to reboot in a "nothing can interrupt" configuration to burn CDs -- no network or anything. Now I browse the web and download software while burning at 32x. Last night the (Microsoft) web browser crashed whle I was burning a CD and I had to kill the browser -- BUT THE CD KEPT BEING BURNT THROUGHOUT. Mega-nice. I usually like to write balanced reviews, but from my perspectives, there were NO drawbacks to upgrading to 10.2 except $$$. I see that others have had problems with peripherals and print drivers -- my experiecne has been exactly the opposite. Everything from ancient RS232 serial ports running through a Keyspan serial to USB converter has continued to work, and stuff which previously didn't, now does.
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Summary: much faster than 10.1.5
Review: i unfortunatly bought a new ibook on july 16, one day before the release of 10.2, so I had to pay full price for the upgrade...
The upgrade is, even at full price, well worth the cost.
I had been origionaly disappointed by the performance of my ibook. It seemed sluggish when compared to my desktop pc. With 10.2 however I noticed a marked improvements in everything.
Internet pages load faster
MicroSoft word documents are converted faster
CDs convert to mp3 format slightly faster
ViaVoice, which I origionaly bought for 10.1, was faster
and
My printer finaly works
with 10.2 my lowly 600mhz ibook seems to be comparable in performance to my 1.6ghz desktop pc
BUY AN IBOOK
BUY 10.2
BUY A BOBLBEE BACKPACK TO KEEP IT ALL IN yes a boblbee backpack
excellent protection
excellent quality
perfect if your in college
Rating: 
Summary: Even worst than before
Review: I've been using my IMac with OS X.1 for 6 months and decided to upgrade to Jaguar; big mistake, I've had to switch the machine off 4 times in 6 hours.
For a multi tasking machine, the CD/DVD drive still locks all processing whilst running, and if it doesn't let go - off the machine has to goes. My firewire drive (which never let me down before) has caused the machine to lock up twice. These sort of problems were sorted out on MS machines years ago; the 'spinning ball of death' may look better, but it is still annoying, I find this unacceptable from a professional hardware/software.
Apart from improvements to ITunes (about time) and Address Book (whatelse could they do) I can't see where my [$] has gone. I love the interface (and absolutely hate OS9/classic) but where's the software ?
Rating:
Summary: Expensive but worth every penny
Review: Buy this upgrade!! While not a true switcher (as I run a high end Win XP Pro PC(2.4 Ghz dual Intel cpu 2 Gig ram [$$$] Pro-Graphics card and the fantastic Sony GWM-FW900 24" wide screen monitor) for [$$$] a seat 3d CAD/CAM software) I Have been drawn to the light of OS--X. So to replace my ageing Dell 800 p-3 mostly used for games and fun with Linux) as a main home computer I went to Apple. I bought a top of the line iMac 800 G-4 super drive in March to see what all the fuss was about ref OS-X. as I am an old Unix geek thought it would make a nice BAD Unix toy if this Apple thing did not work out and it was so fine to look at as an industrial design engineer. So if any one was entitled to be miffed with Apple at the [$$$] full price on this 'point' upgrade it was I. Well this is NO 'point' upgrade! this is like going from Win 98sp2 to XP pro SP1 only much more so! Not only Was X 10.1.5 rock solid on the iMac G-4; this 10.2 is faster and better in every way and in very subtle ways If I could get my work software ported to OS-X I would have a dual G4-1.25 Ghz driving my Sony MFW-900 in a moment I am a total convert to the fantastic beauty of this OS and I have ordered Ashlar Velum Cobalt CAD software to see if it can replace my work PC software on a Mac
Rating:
Summary: Expensive but worth every penny
Review: Buy this upgrade!! While not a true switcher (as I run a high end Win XP Pro PC(2.4 ghz dual Intel cpu 2 gig ram [money]Pro-graphics card and the fantastic Sony GWM-FW900 24" wide screen monitor) for [money] a seat 3d CAD/CAM software) But to replace my ageing Dell 800 p-3 mostly used for games and fun with Linux) as a main home computer I bought a top of the line iMac 800 G-4 super drive in March to see what all the fuss was about ref OS-X. as I am an old Unix geek thought it would make a nice BAD Unix toy if this Apple thing did not work out and it was so fine to look at as an industrial design engineer. So if any one was entitled to be miffed with Apple at the full price on this 'point' upgrade it was I. Well this is NO 'point' upgrade! this is like going from Wi 98sp2 to XP pro SP1 only much more so not only Was X 10.1.5 rock solid on the iMac G-4 this 10.2 is faster and better in every way in very subtle ways If I could get my work software ported to OS-X I would have a dual G4-1.25 Ghz driving my Sony MFW-900 in a moment I am a total convert to the fantastic beauty of this OS and I Have ordered Ashlar Velum Cobalt to see if it can replace my work PC software on a Mac
Rating:
Summary: Expensive but worth every penny
Review: Buy this upgrade!! While not a true switcher (as I run a high end Win XP Pro PC(2.4 ghz dual Intel cpu 2 gig ram two thousand dollars Pro-graphics card and the fantastic Sony GWM-FW900 24" wide screen monitor) for six thousand dollars a seat 3d CAD/CAM software) But to replace my ageing Dell 800 p-3 mostly used for games and fun with Linux) as a main home computer I bought a top of the line iMac 800 G-4 super drive in March to see what all the fuss was about ref OS-X. as I am an old Unix geek thought it would make a nice BAD Unix toy if this Apple thing did not work out and it was so fine to look at as an industrial design engineer. So if any one was entitled to be miffed with Apple at the full price on this 'point' upgrade it was I. Well this is NO 'point' upgrade! this is like going from Wi 98sp2 to XP pro SP1 only much more so not only Was X 10.1.5 rock solid on the iMac G-4 this 10.2 is faster and better in every way in very subtle ways If I could get my work software ported to OS-X I would have a dual G4-1.25 Ghz driving my Sony MFW-900 in a moment I am a total convert to the fantastic beauty of this OS and I Have ordered Ashlar Velum Cobalt to see if it can replace my work PC software on a Mac
Rating:
Summary: Expensive but worth every penny
Review: Buy this upgrade!! While not a true switcher (as I run a high end Win XP Pro PC(2.4 ghz dual Intel cpu 2 gig ram ... Pro-graphics card and the fantastic Sony GWM-FW900 24" wide screen monitor) for ... a seat 3d CAD/CAM software) But to replace my ageing Dell 800 p-3 mostly used for games and fun with Linux) as a main home computer I bought a top of the line iMac 800 G-4 super drive in March to see what all the fuss was about ref OS-X. as I am an old Unix geek thought it would make a nice BAD Unix toy if this Apple thing did not work out and it was so fine to look at as an industrial design engineer. So if any one was entitled to be miffed with Apple at the full price on this 'point' upgrade it was I. Well this is NO 'point' upgrade! this is like going from Wi 98sp2 to XP pro SP1 only much more so not only Was X 10.1.5 rock solid on the iMac G-4 this 10.2 is faster and better in every way in very subtle ways If I could get my work software ported to OS-X I would have a dual G4-1.25 Ghz driving my Sony MFW-900 in a moment I am a total convert to the fantastic beauty of this OS and I Have ordered Ashlar Velum Cobalt to see if it can replace my work PC software on a Mac
Rating:
Summary: [costly] but worth every penny
Review: Buy this upgrade!! While not a true switcher (as I run a high end Win XP Pro PC(2.4 ghz dual Intel cpu 2 gig ram...Pro-graphics card and the fantastic Sony GWM-FW900 24" wide screen monitor) for...a seat 3d CAD/CAM software) But to replace my ageing Dell 800 p-3 mostly used for games and fun with Linux) as a main home computer I bought a top of the line iMac 800 G-4 super drive in March to see what all the fuss was about ref OS-X. as I am an old Unix geek thought it would make a nice BAD Unix toy if this Apple thing did not work out and it was so fine to look at as an industrial design engineer. So if any one was entitled to be miffed with Apple at the full price on this 'point' upgrade it was I. Well this is NO 'point' upgrade! this is like going from Wi 98sp2 to XP pro SP1 only much more so not only Was X 10.1.5 rock solid on the iMac G-4 this 10.2 is faster and better in every way in very subtle ways If I could get my work software ported to OS-X I would have a dual G4-1.25 Ghz driving my Sony MFW-900 in a moment I am a total convert to the fantastic beauty of this OS and I Have ordered Ashlar Velum Cobalt to see if it can replace my work PC software on a Mac
Rating:
Summary: Expensive but worth every penny
Review: Buy this upgrade!! While not a true switcher (as I run a high end Win XP Pro PC(2.4 ghz dual Intel cpu 2 gig ram [money] Pro-graphics card and the fantastic Sony GWM-FW900 24" wide screen monitor) for [money]a seat 3d CAD/CAM software) But to replace my ageing Dell 800 p-3 mostly used for games and fun with Linux) as a main home computer I bought a top of the line iMac 800 G-4 super drive in March to see what all the fuss was about ref OS-X. as I am an old Unix geek thought it would make a nice BAD Unix toy if this Apple thing did not work out and it was so fine to look at as an industrial design engineer. So if any one was entitled to be miffed with Apple at the full price on this 'point' upgrade it was I. Well this is NO 'point' upgrade! this is like going from Wi 98sp2 to XP pro SP1 only much more so not only Was X 10.1.5 rock solid on the iMac G-4 this 10.2 is faster and better in every way in very subtle ways If I could get my work software ported to OS-X I would have a dual G4-1.25 Ghz driving my Sony MFW-900 in a moment I am a total convert to the fantastic beauty of this OS and I Have ordered Ashlar Velum Cobalt to see if it can replace my work PC software on a Mac
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