On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:01:49 +0000, Mark Benson wrote: >There is a huge gap between 10.1 and 10.2 but from there upwards it >seems that a lot of stuff just requires an up to date 10.2.8 install or >better. I know that all stuff built in XCode is currently compatible at >least back to 10.2.
Point taken. I must have been unlucky in that for the sort of stuff I do with these computers Jaguar didn't seem that big a deal. My address book example is a case in point - why do I need to upgrade an entire OS just to gain some address book functionality that in fact I didn't want in the first place? If I had to do that, why not just use the new Mail app that came with Jaguar? In fact that was what I did in the end when I got the new machine....and 6 months later I got fed up with Mail when it started to grind to a halt and had to find another mail client :-( I tend to find that I'm initially underwhelmed by these OS X upgrades and only gradually realize how much has improved when I have to go back to the older versions. Like connecting to a shared drive in Jaguar and waiting for the finder window to pop up with the new drive, as it does in Panther. >FWIW I wasn't to taken with 10.4 last year when the first demo aired >from WWDC. Since watching Job's demo at MacWorld SF 2005 though there >are a lot of features that were simply not in the WWDC demo (presumably >new ones since then) that are really looking like the sorta things that >will make me use 10.4. Stuff like Spotlight, Smart folders in Mail and >Finder, and Automater. Yes, smart folders in Mail looks interesting - if it gives you the ability to create customized views, like one of the other email clients (Magellan?), then I might be interested. For those emails where I send/ receive to/from multiple recipients, but right now I have to file in one specific folder. >My prediction now stands for release on June 6th at WWDC 2005. Haven't all the new OS X releases been in-between the big Expos/ conferences so far? I'll go for late March (what an optimist!) - gives them time to get the first series of 10.4.x updates out to appease the developers whose applications have broken, before they arrive at WWDC ;-) How about April 1st? Neil -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
