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Just finished installing Panther, LOVE IT!!!!!
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nobitacu
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Oct 24, 2003, 05:02 PM
 
Hello,

I just finished install it from a clean install. I LOVE IT!!! Everything works perfectly! with no problems what so far, my network works right away without having me do anything. I'm using wireless in my house. I love it, everything is so much faster! WOW! This is the first time I've tried Panther, and I'm loving every second of it. Everything is so smooth!!!!

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Oct 24, 2003, 05:04 PM
 
i gather you're happy.

as will i be shortly when i do the install.

what kind of powerbook do you have?
     
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Oct 24, 2003, 05:12 PM
 
My xbench numbers went down significant - from 96 to 78, on a Rev B 12 inch PB. The only thing that increased is the User Interface, which may be why everything "seems" faster.
     
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Oct 24, 2003, 06:30 PM
 
Originally posted by Greasyboy:
My xbench numbers went down significant - from 96 to 78, on a Rev B 12 inch PB. The only thing that increased is the User Interface, which may be why everything "seems" faster.
Who gives a damn about benchmarks if you can get things done faster?
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Oct 24, 2003, 06:34 PM
 
Originally posted by Greasyboy:
My xbench numbers went down significant - from 96 to 78, on a Rev B 12 inch PB. The only thing that increased is the User Interface, which may be why everything "seems" faster.
Isn't it likely that this is because Xbench isn't optimized (or whatever) for Panther?

Anyway, I just installed it too, and I'm pretty impressed so far, although some of the graphical changes will take some getting used to.
     
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Oct 24, 2003, 06:52 PM
 
i've had the betas all summer long, and by now i can tell you 10.2 is ugly and slow... :-/

been loving panther since may.

now im on 7B85
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Oct 24, 2003, 08:21 PM
 
Yeah, I don't know. . . mine version seems kinda slow too. . .
     
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Oct 24, 2003, 09:52 PM
 
mine increased from 103 to 116; 1.25ghz 15"
     
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Oct 24, 2003, 10:06 PM
 
12 inch rev B powerbook with additional 512 RAM stick: Panther appears to slightly, yet noticeably, slower that Jaguar. It's just not opening things as snappy as was the previous version.

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nobitacu  (op)
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Oct 24, 2003, 10:14 PM
 
Weird... I wonder why it is doing that to the 12 inch Powerbooks... Maybe Apple will release a update to fix those problems... Panther is working faster and really well with my 17inch powerbook.

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Oct 24, 2003, 10:45 PM
 
once again...
i will ask
why do you mean by a "clean install?"

please help this old man and his rev. b powerbook 17"

i need to do this right
i have tons of photos and mp3's, etc... that i do NOT want to lose

thanks


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nobitacu  (op)
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Oct 24, 2003, 11:04 PM
 
Originally posted by spalding12:
once again...
i will ask
why do you mean by a "clean install?"

please help this old man and his rev. b powerbook 17"

i need to do this right
i have tons of photos and mp3's, etc... that i do NOT want to lose

thanks


greg
Clean Install means formatting your whole hard drive, as in deleting everything on your hard drive and start from fresh. You will have the option to pick this when you are installing Panther.

To do a clean install, you would have to first backup all the files you need. If you have DVDs to burn, than I would say burn your whole iTunes folder onto it, that will back everything up, even the playlist. Just hope it all fits on it. You can command-click on the iTunes folder to see how large the file is. Once you got Panther installed, just drag the iTunes folder from your DVD and replace the iTunes folder on Panther.

Photos would also be pretty much the same, just back it all up on a cd or DVD.

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Oct 24, 2003, 11:10 PM
 
Panther seems to be much better than Jag, from my initial usage. Without a doubt the best feature of the whole thing is Expose. You have to use it to see just how great it is. Words can't do it justice. But here are some other observations...

1. Fonts like Helvetica and the system font seem to be narrower than before. I don't know if this is correct or not. I don't know yet whether I'm annoyed by it.
2. New sidebar is nifty; awkward at first because I look at it quickly and think I'm in iTunes. I don't know whether this is a drawback in user interface design, or not.
3. There seems to be a lot of beach ball activity on the network pane of the Finder. I suppose it's because I'm rummaging though a hard drive of another computer over Airport. I wish this type of activity was better mapped.
4. The Activity Monitor app is great.
5. The System Preferences app closes automatically when you click the close window widget. This is new behavior from Jaguar.
6. FontBook is super -- I added fonts to my system over the network from my other computer through this application.
7. Pages in Safari seem to load a smidgen quicker than before. It doesn't still support the website cross fading images.
8. Applications don't seem to launch any faster than before, although when you double click on them, they perform this animation of the icon flying at you.
9. Selecting more than one file and moving it must have changed a little bit. I cannot describe it. When I was trying to move about 200 files I backed up on a DVD, I somehow clicked and opened them all -- at once -- from just about every program imaginable all at once (Text Edit, Photoshop, Word, Excel, Quicktime movies, photos, etc). I couldn't stop it! But through all that I never crashed or saw one beach ball appear. As a matter of fact, since the thing was reading off a DVD (slower) ...I just clicked on Safari in my dock and surfed the net while it finished opening all the files. Once it was done, I just quit all the apps and closed the files and was able to move them where I wanted.
10. Lastly, the CDs Apple sent me were upgrade disks (Mac OS Up-to-date Program). I read this means you have to have an install of 10.2 on the drive before you can upgrade to 10.3. I don't know whether this is the case, however, I was able to do an erase and install, which is what I did, so I'm working from a virginized HD.

That's about it for now...DH
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Oct 24, 2003, 11:59 PM
 
Originally posted by spalding12:
why do you mean by a "clean install?"
My definition of a clean install is a fresh installation of all of the system files, libraries, and applications included in a standard install. There are two (and a half) ways to do this. Archive and install (with or without preserving users - I always preserve the users) and erase and install. In both cases, every single file needed in the operating system is freshly installed. In both cases, you get a virgin system only.

A not so clean install is an upgrade (first option in the installation). In that case, you get a virgin system installed over your old system. You might get some junk left over from earlier systems as those files are not erased. No need to do a complete erasure unless you suspect serious corruption throughout the disk.


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Oct 25, 2003, 12:14 AM
 
Originally posted by Dave Hagan:
Panther seems to be much better than Jag, from my initial usage. Without a doubt the best feature of the whole thing is Expose. You have to use it to see just how great it is. Words can't do it justice. But here are some other observations...

1. Fonts like Helvetica and the system font seem to be narrower than before. I don't know if this is correct or not. I don't know yet whether I'm annoyed by it.
2. New sidebar is nifty; awkward at first because I look at it quickly and think I'm in iTunes. I don't know whether this is a drawback in user interface design, or not.
3. There seems to be a lot of beach ball activity on the network pane of the Finder. I suppose it's because I'm rummaging though a hard drive of another computer over Airport. I wish this type of activity was better mapped.
4. The Activity Monitor app is great.
5. The System Preferences app closes automatically when you click the close window widget. This is new behavior from Jaguar.
6. FontBook is super -- I added fonts to my system over the network from my other computer through this application.
7. Pages in Safari seem to load a smidgen quicker than before. It doesn't still support the website cross fading images.
8. Applications don't seem to launch any faster than before, although when you double click on them, they perform this animation of the icon flying at you.
9. Selecting more than one file and moving it must have changed a little bit. I cannot describe it. When I was trying to move about 200 files I backed up on a DVD, I somehow clicked and opened them all -- at once -- from just about every program imaginable all at once (Text Edit, Photoshop, Word, Excel, Quicktime movies, photos, etc). I couldn't stop it! But through all that I never crashed or saw one beach ball appear. As a matter of fact, since the thing was reading off a DVD (slower) ...I just clicked on Safari in my dock and surfed the net while it finished opening all the files. Once it was done, I just quit all the apps and closed the files and was able to move them where I wanted.
10. Lastly, the CDs Apple sent me were upgrade disks (Mac OS Up-to-date Program). I read this means you have to have an install of 10.2 on the drive before you can upgrade to 10.3. I don't know whether this is the case, however, I was able to do an erase and install, which is what I did, so I'm working from a virginized HD.

That's about it for now...DH
I ordered the upgrade disc as well. I know that the full install version offers the option to format and install on a clean drive. Are you saying that the upgrade gave you this option as well? If so, then that's perfect!
     
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Oct 25, 2003, 01:18 AM
 
I'm gonna start mine right now! I'm so excited. Archive and Install baby!
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Oct 25, 2003, 01:30 AM
 
OMG!!!!!!!
Expose & fast user switching rocks!!
I love the new finder too!!
And the packaging is so evil, I love it!!
I'm super happy with Panther.
     
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Oct 25, 2003, 02:36 AM
 
WWWEEEEEEEEEE!!
No problems whatsover and it looks damn cool. I like how it organizes folders now. I'm installing xcode as we speak. Wow. It just looks better, faster too.
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Oct 25, 2003, 03:20 AM
 
Panther is great! The finder feels much faster. Heck everything is faster with the exception of iTunes visuals. In Jaguar my Ti800 would get on average 60 fps with the Large and full screen options selected. Now I'm lucky to get 40 fps. The frame rates will drop below 10 if I have an app running in the background.

One more thing, what happened to Key Caps? 15 mins into using Panther and I'm already missing that little gem.

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Oct 25, 2003, 03:38 AM
 
You know what? Surprisingly I like the new Finder a lot w/ Brush Metal and all .

I like dragging things into the Sidebar.
     
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Oct 25, 2003, 04:42 AM
 
Originally posted by Stogieman:
One more thing, what happened to Key Caps? 15 mins into using Panther and I'm already missing that little gem.
Look here for Key Caps.
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