[Eug]

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,60597,00.html

The article is mostly about the Apple logo, but they have a bit about the Panther release, and say that it is "expected to be released to the public in the next few weeks". Not sure I believe it though - seems too early.

[fat mac moron]

I hope not... I have .Mac to renew (I actually use it quite a bit) in October, a trip to Florida in early November and a trip to Washington state at the end of November. I won't have any money for Panther!

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by Eug:
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,60597,00.html

The article is mostly about the Apple logo, but they have a bit about the Panther release, and say that it is "expected to be released to the public in the next few weeks". Not sure I believe it though - seems too early.

Well there are just a few weeks before the end of the year so I guess they are right.

[nobitacu]

Yea, I would say earliest mid to late Oct. But I'm more of aiming towards the end of Nov. to early Dec. Dates.

Ming

[Truepop]

I hope it comes out soon, I want to format my drive.

This may sound strange but I format my drive and do a combo install at most point releases.

Computer came with 10.2.1
formatted, installed 10.2.3
formatted, installed 10.2.6

everything worked for me in 10.2.3 and I think it was the best release but iTunes 4 pressured me in to 10.2.6.

[akuma-x]

Well I hope they are right and it's that soon.
Right now I'm having a hard time finding a reason not to make 7B74 my full time OS.

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by akuma-x:
Well I hope they are right and it's that soon.
Right now I'm having a hard time finding a reason not to make 7B74 my full time OS.

I hope they wait and iron out the bugs and add some more cool things.

The builds have seen some pretty dramatic changes, I expect more before final.

[Eug]

Originally posted by Truepop:
I hope it comes out soon, I want to format my drive.

This may sound strange but I format my drive and do a combo install at most point releases.

Yeah, that does sound strange. Why? Seems like a waste of time.

[Moonray]

Originally posted by Truepop:
I hope it comes out soon, I want to format my drive.

This may sound strange but I format my drive and do a combo install at most point releases.

Computer came with 10.2.1
formatted, installed 10.2.3
formatted, installed 10.2.6

everything worked for me in 10.2.3 and I think it was the best release but iTunes 4 pressured me in to 10.2.6.

Yes, it sounds odd and strange. There is no need for formatting drives unless you want another partition scheme.

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[Truepop]

I do it not because I partition my drive but because I just want a clean install. I screw around and try a bunch of themes, and icons and install a lot of webserver apps like different databases and languages. I just like to have fun with the os and all of my documents and music are on a different drive so it is easier to wipe and install than it is too fix I think.

[Uday's Carcass]

I usually do a format-install with each new major release--10, 10.1, 10.2, etc.--but even that's getting old.

[Eug]

This looks bogus:



The point of this screengrab as posted by www.chaosmint.com was how it no longer says "Pre-release". But like I said, it doesn't seem right. ("Duale" and "1 MB L3 cache per processor")

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by Truepop:
I do it not because I partition my drive but because I just want a clean install. I screw around and try a bunch of themes, and icons and install a lot of webserver apps like different databases and languages. I just like to have fun with the os and all of my documents and music are on a different drive so it is easier to wipe and install than it is too fix I think.

You could just Archive & Install...

[barbarian]

Format and install seems fairly extreme. I've upgraded from 10.1 to 10.26 without a single major system issue...

[MartiNZ]

Originally posted by Truepop:
I do it not because I partition my drive but because I just want a clean install. I screw around and try a bunch of themes, and icons and install a lot of webserver apps like different databases and languages. I just like to have fun with the os and all of my documents and music are on a different drive so it is easier to wipe and install than it is too fix I think.

You are not alone. I do about the same thing. When I feel like things need a bit of a clean-up, after things like themes as you say, and then a new point release arrives, I often reformat, just because it's so easy really. I keep things in a folder that I want to back-up first so it's no real hassle, and it only takes about half an hour to get back to about the same point anyway. Of course, this is not something that one would do if running Windows!

Anyway, using this strategy I have never had any of the problems that others have reported with the various point updates, so I don't knock it .

[WJMoore]

Originally posted by Eug:
The point of this screengrab as posted by www.chaosmint.com was how it no longer says "Pre-release". But like I said, it doesn't seem right. ("Duale" and "1 MB L3 cache per processor")

It is possible that the "Duale" is due to the system running in a different language. Google translated Duale to Dual in a French to English conversion.

[Powaqqatsi]

Originally posted by WJMoore:
It is possible that the "Duale" is due to the system running in a different language. Google translated Duale to Dual in a French to English conversion.

"duale" doesn't exist in french . On french systems it probably says "double" or "bi-processeur".

[Eug]

Originally posted by WJMoore:
It is possible that the "Duale" is due to the system running in a different language.

Except that the rest is in English, and dual Power Macs have 2 MB L3 per processor.

[d0ubled0wn]

Originally posted by Eug:
Except that the rest is in English, and dual Power Macs have 2 MB L3 per processor.

Snapshot from my 7b74:


From system profiler:
Machine Model: Power Mac G4
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz