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Summary: Brilliant.
Review: I became seriously upset reading the 1-star reviews of MAC OS 10.2. What are these people doing? How can they hate it so much? Are they really using the same glorious OS that I now am? In talking to a few people in and around Pittsburgh's design community I've come to a conclusion: these people who hate 10.2 either aren't giving it a chance or aren't letting it work correctly. If you waste your time trying to get it to function just like 9.2.2., then of course it's going to be clunky and awkward--and it will probably crash. If you let it work the way it was designed to--and you just work with it--I swear, it'll be the smoothest, most productive, most enjoyable OS you'll ever touch. This is NOT OS 9.2.2. Forget about it. This is an entirely new--and improved--animal. And I can back this up. I'm not a light weight home-user. I work for a design studio, here in Pittsburgh and run a freelance studio out of my house. I have three MACs, all are now running 10.2, and I have never been happier. My professional applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign) work flawlessly and intuitively in OS 10.2, printing and scanning are so easy it's ridiculous, my digital camera has no problems with the OS--and my fun applications (iTunes, iPhoto, iChat, iMovie, Mail, the new Sherlock, etc.) really are FUN. Nothing ever goes wrong. Nothing ever freezes or crashes. My music, my pictures, my family and friends, my everything is there for me, all the time. My G4, at home, basically hasn't been shut down since 10.1 came out--and with 10.2, now, my digital lifestyle is even more life-like. This is a brilliant OS--it becomes an extension of your life. It effects the way you live and work and think about things--and it's so simple. Easy. Fast. Beautiful. Smart. Intuitive. Almost perfect. And it never crashes unless you're stupid enough to make it crash--and I suppose that's the reason you'd be trashing it on Amazon with a 1-star review: stupidity. Good work, Apple. Can't wait for 10.3.
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Summary: Wait, don't buy now
Review: Wait till they fix the bugs before you rush to buy. For example, lacks print drivers for Brother printers. Epson 740 still works if the system messages are sometimes odd.
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Summary: Wait before you buy
Review: Yes, I'm a Mac fan, and a MacOSX fan like anybody else - but, so far, I am disappointed with this release.1 - printer drivers that work with MacOSX 10, 10.1 and 10.15 don't necessarily work with MacOSX 10.2, and some printer manufacturers haven't yet figured out how to suport the new OS. 2 - Classic mode doesn't work for me in 10.2 nearly as well as it did in 10.1. (I've been going back into Classic mode in hopes of being able to print there - but I can't keep it running well enough to do so.) 3 - the mail improvements are minimal. Address book can't import from other programs, like Entourage, anyway. 4 - Help files are incomplete. For example, there's no entry in the Mail program's help index/search for "bcc". The only thing about version 1.2 that seems worthy of praise is the expansion of Sherlock - but I'm using Sherlock mostly to search for drivers, or release dates of drivers that might fix the many compatibility problems I've been encountering. So I'm simply using my new Mac features to contend with the system itself. I am downgrading my computer back to 10.15 later today, and will stay there until the peripherals community catches up, and the various patches for Classic compatibility and the Print Center are taken care of. This is a minor upgrade in terms of feature improvements, but effectively as time-consuming as a major upgrade.
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Summary: Best Kind of Computer Is One that Works!
Review: Best Kind of Computer Is One that Works! Some of the reviewers here have odd complaints. Does anyone remember what a computer is there for? Making things easier! Rather than going on slowly on the spur-of-the moment thoughts--like other reviewers, I will quote a portion of a usability paper on computers, relating to Jaguar, which I wrote. Summarizing the beginning of the paper (which I will not include), a computer needs to be able to be compatible with what is already there (i.e. Windows), needs to work around things it can't do with alternatives (such as good conversion filters), and most of all, needs to be able to communicate with other computer systems. Your work must be worth something somewhere besides your own room. So, I quote: "What a computer needs to be most useful for yourself and for all your jobs is the ability to (1) exchange files with other computers, (2) talk the languages of other computers, and of course, (3) let you do your work." Luckily, I was savvy to Jaguar at the time, and I carefully noted how it fulfils all these requirements in its own specific comment. -- "quote" -- (Excuse my salesish language.) Jaguar, or Macintosh operating system X.2, is an incredible solution to these problems. In terms of file exchange, consider that X.2: * Has all Microsoft office software available.
* Supports the latest and best interactive media.
* Provides the strongest platform for new software. X.2 talks the languages: * With all Unix/Windows/Macintosh networks.
* To printers both old and new.
* Between itself and the whole Internet. And X.2 is so easy: * That you can use it your first day.
* When it can do all your work.
* So you can actually have fun. -- "end quote" -- Those nine things are very important. Jaguar is decent. I am somebody who ought to know-- And even if you hate it, Jaguar is still a nice name. :-)
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Summary: Worth the money for G4 macs
Review: it will make your mac faster.
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Summary: So far, it's great!
Review: I confess, I've been using OS 9.2.1 for a long time, and I still use it a lot of the time. But I wanted to make the transition to OS X, and OS X.2 has been quite a lure for me. I really like it. A LOT. I had zero problems installing it on my older G4 "Yikes" (PCI graphics) Mac. At 400 MHz, it's not the fastest Mac out there, but it still runs OS X.2 just fine. (I'm sure the 512 megs of RAM I have helps too.) Also, this G4's 16 MB Rage video card can't do the Quartz Extreme thing, but so what? There's plenty to like about OS X.2 besides that. I am enjoying my time with OS X.2 more and more. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Simply Awesome!
Review: I am a relatively new user of Mac's. Having ditched my Win NT unit in 2000, I now have three iMacs of various styles that belong to the kids, my PB G3/500 which I relegated to the wife when I bought my G4/500 Titanium PB. I have installed Jaquar as a upgrade on 10.1.5 with little or no trouble. The OS is smoother and peppier than the previous version on my Titanium and is blindingly fast on some of the 700 and 800mhz units I saw it on in the local Apple Store. There are many improvements touted in 10.2 that to me are probably not useful due to other 3rd party tools that I use (such as Office V.x), however, the mail app is greatly improved, and sherlock is very different and better. Lots of new options in Sherlock and the selection of drive and ID for indexing and search is gone - thank god. All in all, worth the purchase. Amazon did a great job delivering the OS the monday after its Friday night release - very very surprised as I expected it on Wednesday. Tom
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Summary: The best OS just got better!
Review: With the release of Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X finally shows it self as a real OS. Since the release of 10.0 a year ago, Apple has been working around the clock to fix issues related to speed and cmpatability. With the release of 10.2 Jaguar and .Mac, these issues are for the most part solved. My Power Macintosh G4 and iBook systems run just as fast if not faster than they did under 9.2.2 and all the features are right there at your finger tips. Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar adds back in the features long missed in the first relaseses such as pop up folders and more control the customization of your computer. For those that are trying to compare 10.2 Jaguar to 9.2.2 stop now. This is a new operating system and leaves the old Mac OS behind embracing the Mac OS X heritage of the BSD Unix sub-system. Although Mac OS 9.2.2 is no longer included with Mac OS X, it is not needed anymore with almost all the apps now out for either Mac OS X or Unix. This is a must upgrade!
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Summary: Definitely Worth It!
Review: After playing around with 10.2 almost everyday for at least an hour in the apple store, I decided to buy Jaguar, I have immediately put all the features to the test and they work flawlessly. I put a great amount of strain on my computer and especially my OS, but there was no problem with 10.2, it ran very fast and smoothly. Do yourself a favor, and buy Jaguar!
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Summary: jaguar is a bloated p.o.s.
Review: After 17 years on a mac, I'm ready to switch to windows. This is the most unintuitive MacOS EVER! Constant error messages that are totally unhelpful and confusing. Full of bugs and little to no documentation. There's more documentation available to hook up a digital camera than to network two computers. Totally disappointing.
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