After two days with Panther, I'm not sure that OS X update lives up to the hype. On Friday night, folks lined up at Apple stores around the country to get thier hands on the new black cat. Panther is not a new OS but an upgrade to the existing OS X. As such, I'm not sure it's worth $129 but I know there a lot of "under the hood" improvements that aren't immediately evident. I also have to say that I haven't explored all the new features yet. I haven't looked at Font Book, the new DVD Player or interacted with the new iDisk features yet so I can't really call this a review, but merely a first impression. I'd say that the leap to Panther isn't necessary for average Mac users. Most of the new features are targeted to power users like myself. I'm not sure that average user will care about, or even use, Pixlet, iChat A/V, XCode or even Font Book. But, if you're like me and you use your Mac to make money in the creative arts or design field including video and audio production, Panther is a must have.
Posted by todd at October 26, 2003 10:39 AM
What about those of us who haven’t really even made the jump to OS X yet? (Watching DVDs on my iBook is still the only use I have for it.) How long do you project I can hold out with 9.2.1 before an upgrade is absolutely necessary?
And yes, things back here in the 1990s are going well. Thanks for asking.
Posted by: Shepcat on October 27, 2003 05:07 PMhaven’t read the whole thing, but found this and thought perhaps it’d be of interest to the mac-inclined…
http://diveintoosx.org/panther/