[olePigeon]

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/1

100+ pages, so be warned, but he covers everything in Tiger (and is very technical.) Below is the last snip of the conclusion. If anyone wasn't sure if it's worth upgrading over Panther, this article will probably change your mined.

If you're still running Jaguar or earlier, you really owe it to yourself to upgrade to Tiger. It'll be the best $129 you've ever spent on an operating system. If you're happy with Panther, I strongly recommend going to an Apple store and checking out Tiger in person. Chances are good that there'll be at least one or two features that you'll decide you need, if not right way, then soon. As with any new release, it won't hurt to wait for version 10.4.1 or later.

Overall, Tiger is impressive. If this is what Apple can do with 18 months of development time instead of 12, I tremble to think what they could do with a full two years—let alone the length of time it took for Mac OS X 10.0 to first ship. The productivity of Apple's Mac OS X development team has increased tremendously since 10.0; they're now firing on all cylinders. While I dearly wish someone would steer them in the direction of the eternally neglected Finder, I can't help but be proud of the little OS team that could.

Mac OS X started its life as the most ambitious consumer operating system ever produced. Apple abandoned its existing, 16-year-old code base for something entirely new. Out of the gate, Mac OS X was a technical curiosity with few applications, and a performance dog. A scant four years later, Tiger is a powerhouse that combines the best Unix has to offer with a feature-rich, user-friendly interface. The increasingly capable bundled applications are just icing on the cake. We've come a long way, baby.

[historylme]

Yeah, that is a long as article. Some parts were really great, others put me to sleep (the Unix part) but over all, great Article. There was some high mombojambo being discuss in there... good stuff.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Great article indeed. If you have the time, read it!

Originally Posted by olePigeon

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/1

100+ pages, so be warned, but he covers everything in Tiger (and is very technical.) Below is the last snip of the conclusion. If anyone wasn't sure if it's worth upgrading over Panther, this article will probably change your mined.

The PDF of the review available only to Ars subscribers is 100+ pages. If you read the web article, it's only 21 pages.

Oh, and there already is a thread about this article on the Mac OS forum.

[meelk]

Originally Posted by olePigeon

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/1

100+ pages, so be warned, but he covers everything in Tiger (and is very technical.) Below is the last snip of the conclusion. If anyone wasn't sure if it's worth upgrading over Panther, this article will probably change your mined.

I like when people recommend "going to an apple store" like theres one on every corner. Theres not even one in my state.

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by meelk

I like when people recommend "going to an apple store" like theres one on every corner. Theres not even one in my state.

Or in my country.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by OreoCookie

Or in my country.

Or in any other country in the world, apart from the US, the UK, and Japan...

[ASIMO]

Originally Posted by meelk

I like when people recommend "going to an apple store" like theres one on every corner. Theres not even one in my state.

Oh, but you should go, still. It will be the best $129* that you spend.


*Does not include airfare/hotel/rental, etc.