Soon I will the proud owner of a new Panther as I received shipping notification early today. Of course, it’s not a real Panther, but in fact the latest upgrade to the “Mac OS X operating system”:http://www.apple.com/macosx/.
Although I’m very glad to finally be able to own the latest and greatest for the minds at Apple (I just love holding the box… sick I know), I don’t think I’ll be installing it for awhile. Normally I’d be the first to dive in and upgrade, “like Jonathan”:http://www.greencracker.com/mt/weblog/archives/000157.html, however knowing what I know about software there are bound to be problems. No software is ever perfect and the Mac OS X 10.3 isn’t going to break that mold. I’ll be watching for news about bugs and other anomalies that crop up before I take the plunge. Even if I do run into problems, it’s always a more “beautiful” problem than with Windows… usually.
Update: Need a reason to upgrade? ExposÈ and Fast User switching not enough for you? Check out “Apple’s feature comparison”:http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/compare.html between 10.3, 10.2, and OS 9 (for those in a cave). Also, “Apple’s technical specs”:http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/ on 10.3 are interesting to learn more about the new OS.
David Pogue (long time Mac fan) has written a “review for the NY Times”:http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/23/technology/circuits/23stat.html?ex=1067572800&en=81e858bada35d411&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE detailing why Panther rules.
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I received my copy of Panther a few hours ago. To my surprise it did not come in a box but instead was shipped in a padded envelope. Maybe because I just bought a 1.6GHz G5? Not sure why. My friend received his yesterday in a nice black box. I was anticipating the same.
I would assume that if you used the Up-To-Date program they’d ship you a promotional version, which it sounds like they did. Was that just an upgrade version as well? I ordered mine at full price so I’m assuming I’ll get the black box.