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Summary: OS X Reaches Maturity
Review: I'm a small business owner and have hesitated upgrading to OS X from "Classic 9.x" until I felt that it would help me in my business, rather then create a lot of work in trying to debug things.OS X 10.1 seems to have reached this level. I run it now constantly on my G4 Cube and it is THE most stable OS I have ever used (either from Apple or other MS or Unix-based systems). The system stays up 99.99+% of the time, running MS Entourage and some other Classic applications in the background, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. I even run our Windows-only QuickBooks Pro accounting software through Virtual PC's excellent emulation software, native on X! This is one giant step forward for computing needs at work or at home. Plugging in a digital camera through USB or Firewire works flawless and automatic. The interface is beautiful and intuitive and you can feel the power of the Unix engine underlying the software without having to know anything about it. I just upgraded all our office iMacs and iBooks with memory (cheap these days!) and will network OS X exclusively in the near future.
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Summary: OS X Reaches Maturity
Review: I'm a small business owner and have hesitated upgrading to OS X from "Classic 9.x" until I felt that it would help me in my business, rather then create a lot of work in trying to debug things. OS X 10.1 seems to have reached this level. I run it now constantly on my G4 Cube and it is THE most stable OS I have ever used (either from Apple or other MS or Unix-based systems). The system stays up 99.99+% of the time, running MS Entourage and some other Classic applications in the background, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. I even run our Windows-only QuickBooks Pro accounting software through Virtual PC's excellent emulation software, native on X! This is one giant step forward for computing needs at work or at home. Plugging in a digital camera through USB or Firewire works flawless and automatic. The interface is beautiful and intuitive and you can feel the power of the Unix engine underlying the software without having to know anything about it. I just upgraded all our office iMacs and iBooks with memory (cheap these days!) and will network OS X exclusively in the near future.
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Summary: Very nice but...
Review: I'm retired. I'm going to buy new versions of software? nah, I'll use them in the Classic environment. No driver for either printer. OK I'll use the Classic environment. Netscape 6.2 keeps crashing. (Try and find your Sent Mail) Well, I can always use 4.76.
I had to pay Apple ... for the upgrade to 10.1. Bug fixes should be free.
It's pretty though. And it isn't Microsoft.
Downloaded 10.1.1 yesterday. Still can't "Add a Printer" (crashes), Dock Preferences still does nothing. Wait for 10.2
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Summary: Micro-who?
Review: I've been a Windows user since version 1.0 in 1980-something. I'd looked at Macs from time to time and liked some of what I saw, but couldn't imagine making the leap. Too much trouble for too little reward. Then I played around with an iMac (an older one) that had been upgraded to OS X.1, and saw how Apple had not only solved some of the old shortcomings of MacOS (like the inability to access the menus without reaching for the mouse), but most of the still-current shortcomings of Windows (like instability, ugly graphics, and the inability to use it without having seven or eight other Microsoft products shoved down your throat). I've leapt.
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Summary: Apple OS X
Review: I've been using OSX for over a year and have gone through all the upgrades. I currently have it installed on an upgraded and accelerated iMac g3 running at 466 mhz, as well as a 500mhz iBook. I find the system stable, workable, and user friendly, although quite a bit different in feel from OS9. You have a stricter file hierarchy, that rewards putting the right folder in the right place, and retrieving your folders and applications in the same manner. I also find the system a bit slow. I have seen it at work on new Imacs and I don't find the right speed-to-system ratio until you get up to the 800 mhz, 100 mhz bus level (that means the newer G4 equipped Macs.) It is usable on G3 machines, but I have used a lot of options to turn off various graphic bells and whisltes that slow system X down. That said, hardware will become faster and cheaper (it's Moore's law), and the underlying flexibility and stability of System X make it a good bet for the long haul. It's especially impressive when hooking up third party peripherals like digital cameras. iPhoto and iTunes live up to the hype. Overall, I will keep using it and look forward to future Macs.
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Summary: Beautiful, Easy To Use, A Joy to Develop For!
Review: I've been with OS X since the public beta and boy has this operating system come a long way! Based on Mach a flavor of UNIX OS X will rarely (if ever) crash. The Aqua interface is simply beautiful and pleasing to the eye. As a visually-impaired person I am very impressed with the big icons, clutterless-windows and Quartz magical ability to enlarge things without getting too pixelated. The interface itself is very simple and easy to learn, but behind Aqua there is a lot of powerful stuff going on. Anyone brave enough to dig into Darwin will find a fully-featured UNIX shell good enough to attract the attention and praise of many UNIX/LINUX guru's. As a developer I couldn't be more pleased, the API's behind OS X and Apple's suite of free Developer Tools are fantastic, and provide a simple, visual and powerful method of programming. In short this OS combines the beauty and simplicity Apple traditionally puts into its products with enough power to make a UNIX-guy drool. If your looking for an alternative to Windows, this is it!
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Summary: Look at it this way...
Review: It was a bit slow coming, but we got to see it grow into the perfect OS.
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Summary: good... needs improvement in speed
Review: It's definitely an improvement on MacOS 10.0, which was really a beta. I have been using it for 6 months, and have been overall impressed with its stability. Speed and usability are two areas that need improvement. Go for 10.2 Jaguar...
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Summary: good... needs improvement in speed
Review: It's definitely an improvement on MacOS 10.0, which was really a beta. I have been using it for 6 months, and have been overall impressed with its stability. Speed and usability are two areas that need improvement. Go for 10.2 Jaguar...
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Summary: Stable but Often Slow
Review: Mac OS 10.1, the long-awaited gift from Apple, is impressively stable. The stability of this OS gives it an edge over the older build of Mac OS 9 (and older systems). Dynamic memory allocation and preemptive multitasking are positive aspects too. However, I would not suggest OS X on a G3 unless you are ready for slow resizing and tediously long launch times. Indeed, even though it is slower, I feel that I am obliged to use OS X on my 600 MHz iBook - not because Apple is phasing out "classic" support. The only thing that truly binds me to OS X is that it is much more stable than OS 9. However, seeing how good things are coming with the new ideas from Apple as they update the system, I would suggest keeping an eye open. Perhaps OS X will speed up soon.
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