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Panther saves the MacOS!
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Atlanta
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I was really about to give up on the Mac.
I've been down since the Quadra and Centris machines were bad boys. My first Mac was a 7100/66 that I sold for a speedier 7100/80!
But then Apple stumbled. The G4 was quickly outpaced by run of the mill i386 technology. My dual G4/450 grew old waiting for OSX. My dual G4/800 never felt that fast. The OSX UI was sluggish and not very refined.
I use Macs, W2k and WinXP and Linux computers. The Mac spell was broken, I just wanted cheap, fast computers and Mac was not delivering.
For whatever reason, I decided to "throw down" one last time. Got a dual 2Ghz G5. Hmm. It was ok. Still not blowing me away.
Enter Panther! Finally! Can we cuss here? ****ing finally! The UI is not sluggish! The finder grows up!
I'm ok for at least a little while now...
Anyhow, a dual G5/2Ghz and Panther is a nice set-up. Good work Cupertino.
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MacBook Pro C2D 2.16GHz 2GB 120GB OSX 10.4.9, Boot Camp 1.2, Vista Home Premium
mac mini 1.42, 60GB 7200rpm, 1GB (sold), dual 2GHz/G5 (sold), Powerbook 15" 1GHz (sold)
dual G4 800MHz (sold), dual G4 450MHz (sold), G4 450MHz (sold), Powerbook Pismo G3 500MHz (sold)
PowerMac 9500 132MHz 601, dual 180MHz 604e, Newer G3 400MHz (in closet)
Powermac 7100 80MHz (sold), Powermac 7100 66MHz (sold)
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: New Jersey
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I found Panther to be quite responsive. It has been an outstanding operating system for me over the last year or so.
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Dual 1 ghz MDD with 80 gig and 1.25 DDR
17' Flat Panel Studio Display
14' 800 mhz iBook 30 gig and 256 SDRAM
20 gig iPOD
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago, IL
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I agree. I just finished installing Panther on a TiBook 1 GHz and I'm impressed. The speed increase is worth the upgrade alone. Also, I have not experience any issues with 3rd party apps (Photoshop, Flash, Office, etc).
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Winnipeg
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Grr Edu version of Panther isn't here yet! But it's on order... sniffle... I can't wait!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Panther is so cool I just bought a 23 inch Cinema Display to go with it. Now I just have to figure out how to fix the screen flicker that I think is the fault of the DVI-ADC adapter.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Washington, DC
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I was happy with Jaguar... it's where I started thinking that they would get it right.
I'm happy they did.
I'm anxious to see what they can do with a few updated...
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto
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To me the menu dividers add so much. Literally, I just feel more at home now then with that blasted blank space they had..... 
I also dig the new Aqua, but I wish the scroll bars would get a make over. I think they almost have it perfect now, its enough to add some style, but not enough to distract you or make it hard on the yes like the old stripes did for me any-ways. And hopefully Apple will start controlling the brushed metal, even though I really don't mind the Finder in it, and I thought I would. 
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