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Is OS X 10.3 worth getting?

  • 29-07-2004 08:29PM
    #1
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I am currently running OS 10.2.8 (as mentioned in another thread).

    I have a 12" Powerbook G4 which is I think 800MHz and has 640Mb RAM installed.

    Is it worth upgrading to 10.3? Is it more stable? Is it a lot more demanding on resources?

    Cheers,

    Richard


Comments

  • #2
    acous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 486 ✭✭acous


    Is it worth the €130 or whatever it costs? Depends on your financial circumstances i guess, but on technical reasons alone it is worth it. For exposé alone :)

    Is it more stable? I believe so, I've not had it crash on me (with months between reboots).

    Is it a lot more demanding on resources? No, it should be faster.


  • #3
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭Richard


    Acous wrote:
    Is it worth the €130 or whatever it costs? Depends on your financial circumstances i guess, but on technical reasons alone it is worth it. For exposé alone :)

    Is it more stable? I believe so, I've not had it crash on me (with months between reboots).

    Is it a lot more demanding on resources? No, it should be faster.

    Thanks, Acous, I'll see how my finances go!


  • #4
    Thumper Long
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭Thumper Long


    if ur a student (know someone who is) you can buy it at the educational price of €99.22 with free shipping from the irish apple education store

    education store


  • #5
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,683 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    Thumper Long wrote:
    if ur a student (know someone who is) you can buy it at the educational price of €99.22 with free shipping from the irish apple education store

    education store

    Isn't 10.4 (Tiger) just around the corner?


  • #6
    Yoda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Yoda


    Tiger is "soon", but it's not yet being tested on the Customer Seed, as Jaguar and Panther were. In any case Panther is well worth having.


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  • #7
    manzana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭manzana


    tiger is not going to be out for public in a long time.

    10.3 will be a bit faster than 10.2 on your machine. try to get somewhere where there is 10.3 running and play with it for a while. if you like and think the new options are worth it, then get it. i personally think it is worth it.


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