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Captain Z
Mobile Ops Commander
USA
637 Posts |
 Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 05:54:08
This morning I got ahold of one of the Preview Releases of Panther, to try out and see how snappy it really is on my old hardware.First Impressions:
Installation was very snappy. About 20 minutes total, 1.8GB to install everything except extra printer drivers and localized files. Finder interface is many times faster and more responsive than Jaguar. Fade effects, shadows, and dock magnification all move rapidly along without hesitation like I get in Jaguar. The new sidebar that is there, is OK in my opinion, but does take up valuable screen real estate. I kinda miss the ability to see all my HD's and mounted disks at a click of a button, out of the way in the window toolbars, but I guess having them on the side will have me get used to it later. Interesting note is that the seeded version of iChat AV is only v105, not v106 that was distributed on the net. Panther has great potential.  ------------------
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 06:03:05
Panther's snappy performance is very good news. BTW, what is your "old hardware" configuration?G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
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Captain Z
Mobile Ops Commander
USA
637 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 06:24:32
B&W G4/500, 704MB RAM, 175GB HD space------------------
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68K Macintosh Liberation Army
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 07:24:46
Nice! I can't wait to get back on the T1 at uni so i can get myself a copy to take home and play around with on the iMac! "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Christophillis
Forums Squadron Commander
USA
688 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 07:36:57
I'm gonna have a friend who has cable download it for me (and him) today So hopefully I will be playing with it too.--------------------
Christophillis- Portable Squadren Commander
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Total 68k Macs Liberated: 6.02x10^23
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Commodore64
Starting Member
Sweden
47 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 08:56:11
So with some luck that means it will also run nicely on my new hardware (450mhz G4, 512mb)..
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~tl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
312 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 12:05:03
hmm ... i wonder how it wil perform on my G3 iMac ...Orcadian MLA Division
68ks Liberated: 2 |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 12:33:05
The big question is whether it's worth the $130 uograde?666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 12:57:02
Of course it is!!! I'm going to be playhing with it as soon as I can get it off of HL or from the BitStream .torrent file... (or whatever that was...)just between fast user switching and the other cool stuff that CaptainZ said I believe that it'll be worth my money to upgrade... of course... I'd rather go $20 more and get an iSight! Official 68k videographer
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Christophillis
Forums Squadron Commander
USA
688 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 17:43:07
Well I just got Panther installed and I too am quite impressed.  As Captain Z said it is VERY snappy. It seems to me that they optimized Quartz Extreme Very well. I like the whole new "sans pinstripe" theme, and the fast user switching is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. This will be well worth the upgrade. But not 130 for me... hehehe I get education discount. 
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Christophillis- Portable Squadren Commander
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Total 68k Macs Liberated: 6.02x10^23
Or just 6
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 18:22:14
Same here, Christophillis. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2003 : 21:49:48
maybe I'll have surpassed the arizona public education system and will be in uni by the time that panther is release  if not I'll have it from one of the MLA HL servers or something... Official 68k videographer
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