Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther): general evaluations

Phil St. Romain · 10-23-2003, 10:21 AM

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yellow · 10-24-2003, 07:22 PM

New keycombos for some A-Apps (Apple Apps) must take getting used to.. Exposé is pretty cool. So is user switching.

houchin · 10-24-2003, 08:03 PM

Panther is a must have if your hardware supports it. Jaguar had barely acceptable speed on my TiBook 550, but Panther is significantly faster. The new finder is much better, mounting disk images is better, printing is WAY better, Exposé is cool, ...

10-24-2003, 09:38 PM

even on my 12" PowerBook, the performance is significantly better than with Jag.

So far, no problems... all smiles... this big cat purrs like a kitten.

rusto · 10-24-2003, 10:09 PM

Werx great on my G3/350. Boot time seem to be about the same but the beyond "snappier" Finder is so worth it.

Along with what's been said here already, I'm also very much loving that there is now a menu item for Classic status and start/stop!

mervTormel · 10-24-2003, 10:31 PM

desktop printing is back...

some apps to check out:

/applications/utilities/

Activity Monitor
Console
Printer Setup Utility

yellow · 10-24-2003, 10:58 PM

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	Originally posted by mervTormel Activity Monitor

Yeah.. it's much better then Process Viewer. The new format for System Profiler is cool too.

yellow · 10-24-2003, 11:03 PM

Apparently Disk Utility and Disk Copy have merged?

mervTormel · 10-24-2003, 11:13 PM

aye. and much less disk mounting stealing focus ensues. yah!

rusto · 10-24-2003, 11:56 PM

Still no ftp upload via Finder.

Phil St. Romain · 10-25-2003, 12:46 AM

Overall good, so far (one problem with Palm Desktop).

The new open/save dialogues are my favorite feature. Very useful!

nchen · 10-25-2003, 02:26 AM

No one metioned how fast the new apple X11 is? I need to use X11 to do remote logins to SUN computers in my college and the new X11 that came with Panther is really just what I needed. Just that some configurations are different from the previous version.

jiclark · 10-25-2003, 03:11 AM

Where'd they go???

10-25-2003, 03:35 AM

under accounts, choose the user, and then choose startup items

rusto · 10-29-2003, 10:49 PM

Here's another reason to upgrade to Panther: 3 security warnings against Jaguar

Imacer · 10-30-2003, 03:10 AM

What about on a G4 flat panel Imac 700? How is the performance?

yellow · 10-30-2003, 07:43 AM

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	Originally posted by Imacer What about on a G4 flat panel Imac 700? How is the performance?

Terrible! The reports are that it causes them to call your mother names, attempt liasons with your cats, burst into flame, and raise the dead! The dead! But the car is OK?
Seriously though, reports are that it makes bubble iMacs fast. If that is the case I wouldn't worry about an FP iMac.

bluehz · 10-30-2003, 08:08 AM

Overall - experience good... other than the fact my Apple GeForce 4MX does not work in my G4/400 (AGP). Also seeing a lot more spinning beachball than in Jagyar - especially in Safari.

Craig R. Arko · 10-30-2003, 08:45 AM

On the whole, I'm pretty pleased. I thought I'd dislike the new Finder but it's been very easy to get used to.

The networking issues are the main things that need to be resolved for my use. Judging by the amount of feedback being generated about this, I expect that will be sooner rather than later.

max_zorn · 10-31-2003, 09:06 PM

A few nice but minor improvements in Panther (expose is cute), but "nothing to get excited about". But this hardly rocks my world, and nothing is really cool, I fear... . My 2001-ibook is perhaps slightly faster, but still miles behind my 2001-toshiba satelitte running Mandrake Linux (with less memory and similar processor speed...) The saddest thing
is that nothing cool will happen before Summer 2004 in terms of Mac OS X improvements

.

Oh well, the money I shelled out for Panther can be viewed as a donation to keep OS competition alive. Too bad it is not tax deductible

Cheers,

Max

10-23-2003, 10:21 AM	#1
Phil St. Romain Site Admin Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,350	Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther): general evaluations You do not need to post a comment to vote. - - - Please keep your remarks general. Use the troubleshooting forums for help with problems.

10-24-2003, 10:09 PM	#5
rusto MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,489	Werx great on my G3/350. Boot time seem to be about the same but the beyond "snappier" Finder is so worth it. Along with what's been said here already, I'm also very much loving that there is now a menu item for Classic status and start/stop! __________________ :: 3.4GHz Core i7 iMac 4GB RAM :: Black MacBook SR :: 10.7.2 :: iPhone 4 / iOS 5 ::

10-24-2003, 11:56 PM	#10
rusto MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,489	Still no ftp upload via Finder. __________________ :: 3.4GHz Core i7 iMac 4GB RAM :: Black MacBook SR :: 10.7.2 :: iPhone 4 / iOS 5 ::

10-25-2003, 03:11 AM	#13
jiclark Major Leaguer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Juan Mts, Colo. Posts: 283	Login items??? Where'd they go???

10-25-2003, 03:35 AM	#14
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	login items under accounts, choose the user, and then choose startup items

10-24-2003, 07:22 PM	#2
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	New keycombos for some A-Apps (Apple Apps) must take getting used to.. Exposé is pretty cool. So is user switching.

10-24-2003, 08:03 PM	#3
houchin Major Leaguer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northern Virginai Posts: 294	Panther is a must have if your hardware supports it. Jaguar had barely acceptable speed on my TiBook 550, but Panther is significantly faster. The new finder is much better, mounting disk images is better, printing is WAY better, Exposé is cool, ...

10-24-2003, 09:38 PM	#4
eromitlab Guest Posts: n/a	even on my 12" PowerBook, the performance is significantly better than with Jag. So far, no problems... all smiles... this big cat purrs like a kitten.

10-24-2003, 10:31 PM	#6
mervTormel League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,536	desktop printing is back... some apps to check out: /applications/utilities/ Activity Monitor Console Printer Setup Utility

10-24-2003, 11:03 PM	#8
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	Apparently Disk Utility and Disk Copy have merged?

10-24-2003, 11:13 PM	#9
mervTormel League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,536	aye. and much less disk mounting stealing focus ensues. yah!

10-25-2003, 12:46 AM	#11
Phil St. Romain Site Admin Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,350	Overall good, so far (one problem with Palm Desktop). The new open/save dialogues are my favorite feature. Very useful!

10-25-2003, 02:26 AM	#12
nchen Prospect Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 28	No one metioned how fast the new apple X11 is? I need to use X11 to do remote logins to SUN computers in my college and the new X11 that came with Panther is really just what I needed. Just that some configurations are different from the previous version.

10-29-2003, 10:49 PM	#15
rusto MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,489	Here's another reason to upgrade to Panther: 3 security warnings against Jaguar __________________ :: 3.4GHz Core i7 iMac 4GB RAM :: Black MacBook SR :: 10.7.2 :: iPhone 4 / iOS 5 ::

10-30-2003, 03:10 AM	#16
Imacer Major Leaguer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 305	What about on a G4 flat panel Imac 700? How is the performance? __________________ 27'' Dual Core i7, 1 TB GB drive, 12 GB Ram, Safari. 2 external 1GB & 3GB external WD drives, Lacie blue-rey burner

10-30-2003, 08:08 AM	#18
bluehz MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,562	Overall - experience good... other than the fact my Apple GeForce 4MX does not work in my G4/400 (AGP). Also seeing a lot more spinning beachball than in Jagyar - especially in Safari.

10-30-2003, 08:45 AM	#19
Craig R. Arko Site Admin Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,988	On the whole, I'm pretty pleased. I thought I'd dislike the new Finder but it's been very easy to get used to. The networking issues are the main things that need to be resolved for my use. Judging by the amount of feedback being generated about this, I expect that will be sooner rather than later.

10-31-2003, 09:06 PM	#20
max_zorn Prospect Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 17	A few nice but minor improvements in Panther (expose is cute), but "nothing to get excited about". But this hardly rocks my world, and nothing is really cool, I fear... . My 2001-ibook is perhaps slightly faster, but still miles behind my 2001-toshiba satelitte running Mandrake Linux (with less memory and similar processor speed...) The saddest thing is that nothing cool will happen before Summer 2004 in terms of Mac OS X improvements . Oh well, the money I shelled out for Panther can be viewed as a donation to keep OS competition alive. Too bad it is not tax deductible Cheers, Max