Apple Seeds Another Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2120)

[JFreak]

People expect G3 iBooks to work with leopard

I predict G3 support will be dropped. G4 will be fine, that's for sure.

Will we see a 10.4.10 or will 10.4.9 be it?

Probably. 3 months between minor releases would mean 10.4.10 is due 2007/05 the latest. Leopard comes out in "spring 2007" which we don't know what it means.

The only way 10.4.9 would be the last Tiger release is that Apple has already decided so and the 10.4.9 appears to be "perfect".

 

[MarkCollette]

I doubt that most G3 systems have enough RAM to run 10.5 anyway.

 

[aprilfools]

My Safari is feeling "Snappier" just thinking about 10.4.9

My Safari is feeling "Snappier" just thinking about 10.4.9
:0

 

[Stridder44]

God, I hope we get a 10.4.10, just so that for a few days, just a few days, we have an end to stupid posts saying x.y.9 must be followed by x.(y+1).0

Then people will forget, and we'll see these posts again for 10.5.9.

I know I'm waiting for some nerd/fanatic to post something about "*snort* but guys there can't be a 10.4.10 thats unpossible because the polar dynamics disturb the varying frequencies of space blah blah" so we can destroy him for bring it up again.

But yeah, Tiger has treated me very well so far. No problems to speak of *knock on wood* so ya, bring on 10.4.9!

 

[gnasher729]

That is not how to get a stable computer. There is one, and only one, way to guarantee a stable computer: You see that power cord on the back? Unplug it. Keep it that way. Do not attepmt to turn on or connect that computer to anything under any circumstances.

Your computer is now in a stable condition, pending the entropy-induced decay of the componets.

Good advice. My MacBook runs very stable now, with the power cable unplugged.

 

[RedTomato]

I doubt that most G3 systems have enough RAM to run 10.5 anyway.

Hmm. My B+W G3 350mhz has 512MB and runs 10.4.8. It can run bittorrent and mail.app fine, tho it can't do much else at the same time. Runs Firefox well (if everything else is closed) tho it struggles badly with java / flash sites.

Would probably be fine with reasonably heavy use of MS Office, and nothing else running, tho I've not tried that.

For day to day use, not really useable as everything slows down too much (see my comment above about needing a gig of RAM) but it makes a fine mail gateway and media server, and sits in the attic doing its own thing.

Would probably be pretty much the same with 10.5 i.e. it would RUN it and be able to do unattended tasks, but not much realtime / interactive work.

 

[Eidorian]

RAM appears to be a big factor for running 10.4 on an older machine. The video card is next.

I hope it fixes my Bluetooth headset. Short of reinstalling OS X I can't get it to work anymore.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Runs Firefox well (if everything else is closed) tho it struggles badly with java / flash sites.

Disable Java (not JavaScript) in preferences -> content and run set Adblock Plus or FlashGot to get rid of all *ad*.swf* and Firefox should be flying...

Typing this on my old iBook G4@800 with 256 MB RAM, running Firefox 2.0.0.1 under Mac OS X 10.4.8, because my MacBook is busy with a long overdue SuperDuper! session.

 

[kalisphoenix]

I know I'm waiting for some nerd/fanatic to post something about "*snort* but guys there can't be a 10.4.10 thats unpossible because the polar dynamics disturb the varying frequencies of space blah blah" so we can destroy him for bring it up again.

But yeah, Tiger has treated me very well so far. No problems to speak of *knock on wood* so ya, bring on 10.4.9!

Apple is being very careful with 10.4.9 because they intend to stop there... just so this little debate can continue unabated until 10.9.9 -- at which point Nyarlathotep will come creeping in from the Outer Chaos and pull Steve Jobs screaming into the sky.

 

[RedTomato]

Disable Java (not JavaScript) in preferences -> content and run set Adblock Plus or FlashGot to get rid of all *ad*.swf* and Firefox should be flying...

I already do this on my 1.5ghz powerbook - makes a large difference to Firefox's speed, as I'm one of these people with 10-20 tabs open at the same time. It's embarrassing how easily some light websurfing can bring Apple's highest end laptop hardware to its knees. (Well, it was top-of-the-range when I brought it not all that long ago.)

Doesn't bother me on the G3 powermac as I almost never use it for internet browsing. Thanks for pointing out the tip to other readers tho.

 

[Reverend Wally]

Apple is being very careful with 10.4.9 because they intend to stop there... just so this little debate can continue unabated until 10.9.9 -- at which point Nyarlathotep will come creeping in from the Outer Chaos and pull Steve Jobs screaming into the sky.

Ahh,

I see we have a Lovecraft fan.



Trivia for you based on research into the Antedeluvian Period (Before the flood of Noah's time)

Lovecraft may have actually been basing his evil characterizations, inspired by some of the Nephalim, who some studies say were the elder gods, actually being, in essence, the fallen angels cast from the presence of God during the rebellion of Lucifer.

 

[LeoNobilis]

Me 2... should be the most stable version of Tiger

I could have sworn that Steve would have shown one or two of those "super secret features" @ MWSF '07.... But now Leopard feels further away than before. No new demo's, no dev builds...

Could this mean Apple really is working on an entirely new GUI...? Just like the Mac OS X DP2 to DP3 move? You know: DP2 was "rhapsody", and DP3 got Aqua!!
Leave some time in between, and Steve could demo the new Leopard GUI at a developer conference orso.

I surmise, it must have to do with the unfortunate dismissal of Avie Tevanian. They never - since the first iteration of the OS X, if i recall correctly - have detained the release of a major Operating System update for so long.
It impresses as particularly unfair toward Tevanian that he never managed to receive the deserved credit from the Macintosh community. In my view, he's been as fundamental in the excellence of our beloved OS, as Jonathan Ive - in that of the GUI and the hardware.

 

[bousozoku]

I surmise, it must have to do with the unfortunate dismissal of Avie Tevanian. They never - since the first iteration of the OS X, if i recall correctly - have detained the release of a major Operating System update for so long.
It impresses as particularly unfair toward Tevanian that he never managed to receive the deserved credit from the Macintosh community. In my view, he's been as fundamental in the excellence of our beloved OS, as Jonathan Ive - in that of the GUI and the hardware.

Tiger and later releases were all supposed to be on a slower schedule. This was handed down by Tevanian apparently.

It still seems to me that they wanted to do major surgery to remove Mach from Mac OS X and he had a temper tantrum and left.