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Customer Reviews of Mac OS X v10.4.3 Tiger (DVD) [Old Version]

Stable and pretty? Yes. Worth the upgrade from 10.3? Arguably, no.
If you're reading this review, odds are you own a Mac a little over 1.5 years old (with 10.3 preinstalled) and are considering the Tiger update. Even more so at its now discounted price (with a new OS looming on the horizon). Is it worth the price and effort to take the plunge? Unless you're a cutting-edge user running a G5 system, probably not. <
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>G3 users will find Tiger painfully slow, G4 ones passable. Several of the newer features embedded in Tiger -- most notably Spotlight, Dashboard and iChat AV -- tend to crawl at lesser processing speeds and/or units with mid/low-level RAM configuations. Moreover, most Mac techies will secretly agree that Tiger is eons away from the stability that Panther provided. <
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>Simply put, too many Tiger updates in too short a time quietly plague the system and 3rd party software (RAM drain, individual software functionality, Web browser plug-in) stability. Further muddying the OS waters is the recent release of Intel-based Macs and the requirement to provide dual release (universal binary)versions of software for both PowerPC and Intel chipsets. In contrast, OS 10.3.9 is arguably the most stable version of the OS X operating system ever produced. Biting the bullet for a couple more years life out your Mac and 10.3 is likely in your best interest before taking the newer hardware/software plunge. <
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>With this being said, this is an essential upgrade for power users. Limited support exists for 10.3, some of the best shareware/freeware programs that enrich the OS X experience now almost 10.4 exclusive. Moreover, hard to stay away from the bells and whistles 10.4 compatibility provides. While buggier, it remains a prettier, more powerful 10.3.

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If I could put negative 1 trillion stars I would
There is no question. This is probably the worst operating system to ever come out into the computer industry. Basically, its a piece... Well, you know what I mean. I promise you, there is a VERY GOOD REASON WHY WINDOWS IS THE MOST POPULAR OS IN THE WORLD. Most of what this OS has is stolen from other OS's, even things like widgets (on the dashboard), minimizing windows (from Microsoft Windows), the very NAME "Windows" (used to describe open applications on the desktop), maximizing windows, virtually everything on it is copied from other OS's, and there is a reason why Apple did this. Their OS is terrible, and they needed to steal from other companies in order to make theirs popular, which even now isn't as popular as Windows, which it stole primarily from. The reason I am writing this review isn't just to trash something on the net, its to help others not fall into the trap that Apple makes out of its OS. Sure, alot of proffesional people use it, but that's because they only need to do one thing, and Apple can do that, but nothing else. If you need to do anything other than browse the web (Apple can't even do that very well, with Safari), then get Windows.

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Buying a Mac? Learn about OSx86 and VMware.
Apple announced that Intel core duo processors will be used in the new range of Macs. Hardware developers and programmers and just about everyone else ask what is stopping OSX from running on a non-apple computer with Intel processors... turns out that there was not much except for some code in the OSX software. Then somebody changes the code in the fall of 2005. Now everyone who wants to see and use OSX before they buy gets VMware, obtains a copy of OSx86 and boots the latest Mac OS on Windows or Linux. This is not dual booting. VMware is virtualization software. Modern hardware is fast enough to run other Operating Systems at 75% or above speed at the same time. Seeing OSX running on Windows or Linux will have eyes open wide in the room around you. For Mac users who have shelled out their hard earned cash on a Mac, seeing this reaches down into the very depth of the soul. Apple announces a new boot camp that allows Macs to dual boot Windows, but not virtualize it. Back in the 80s - 90s there was good reason to own Mac hardware. In the 21st century all hardware companies are mostly using third world sources to build their components. So in terms of Mac hardware versus clone PCs, there is not much difference anymore. OSx86 booting on a non-apple computer is the biggest event in the history of Apple Macintosh. It will make you think. <
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>OSX is great. For anyone who has booted Linux or FreeBSD can see the advantages of having a desktop that is better than Gnome or KDE. That is OSX. Beneath OSX is a type of FreeBSD-like system. That is a UNIX-like system. Mac software does cost money though. There isn't much more to this topic other than the above. This is the current model of thought when it comes to OSX. There are many in denial that OSx86 exists. The development is that significant. Just learn about it. Then consider your next move.