daveL said:
So, don't buy it. Does someone have a gun to your head?
Then you manage to turn around and * complain * that Tiger is faster than Panther. Lame. If you're happy with Panther, what do you have to bitch about?
So tell me, how old of a system will XP run on?
and the upper cut lands hard...
i think a lot of the features rock. a dictionary, sorry but i hate opening a web browser just to look up a word's meaning or to open another tab which somehow manages to stay open forever.
a calculator at my finger tips ... i would love that, right now i use quicksilver with the calc plugin which is still kinda cumbersome. not having to open address book to look up a phone number (ya quicksilver can do that too), CoreImage will make my life better, CoreData will too, Spotlight with Smart Folders will take over my life, and automator will likely make repetitive things even less repetative. I say for $70 (edu discount) it's worth it to me and my year old powerbook. If for some reason it isn't worth it to you, don't buy the thing. no one is pointing a gun to your head and forcing you to buy it. just realize that developers WILL start taking advantage of these new features.. like CoreImage, CoreData, CoreVideo, Spotlight, Automator, Dashboard and quicktime 7 (which is available in panther anyway) ... if you can live without those applications then use panther, but ya... eventually you will be forced to upgrade.. no one says you HAVE to right now though. Odds are the price will NOT go down, so go sign up for some classes at the local community college, educate yourself a bit, culture yourself some, and get an educational discount. It'll do you some good and you get a few perks as well, in my area i get free movies, software discounts, book discounts, free stuff all the time. It's great to be part of a community too, not to mention you LEARN too. my local community college has classes at $60 per credit (for community enrichment).. who the heck can't afford a class once in awhile? 3 credits... $180 to better educate yourself..
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my point is that apple is making efforts to give developers tools that will make better and more revolutionary applications ... you'll need Tiger to take advantage of what developers dream up next. If these apps don't make you interested then stick with panther. that's what i'm saying.