OS X 10.3.6 Expected Soon?

[LEgregius]

anyone thing new poerbooks with 10.3.6, the same day

It was common in old church hymns to abbrieviate over as o'er to make it one syllable. I'm not sure if you needed to remove a syllable from your powerbook for singing purposes or not, but oh well.

A powerbook update won't be very helpful until Freescale gets enough production going on the dual core G4's. I certainly hope apple uses the dual core ones and not just the single core ones at, say 1.7GHz. Not that the latter would be bad, especially since they are supposed to have a proper DDR controller, but I doubt that will happen by the time 10.3.6 comes out. They may, however, add support for them in 10.3.6 anticipating the release.

If they are dual core, I'll probably be getting one. Otherwise, probably not.

 

[Windowlicker]

Given the choice between checking my mail by IMAP using Entourage or by IMAP using Mail, I opted for Mail.

Agreed. But what I'm really waiting is Tiger's smart folders for Mail.. Those will kick ass.

What comes to this update, it seems rather big. Well, doesn't matter as long as we get a better working system. We'll see soon enough.

 

[Windowlicker]

Two questions:

- Is a clean install really a good thing? Ive heard that doing a lean install rather than just an update will keep OSX running smoothly. Or does it make a difference?

- In a clean install is a good idea, can anybody point me to som info on how it can be done. Do I need to back up all of my data or can you save it somewhere else on the HD to recover after the instal?

Thanks!

Charlie

This was exactly what I thought.. I never thought I could make a clean install with an update 😛 ..Unless I first Install 10.3.x as a clean install and then upgrade. And just in case no one answered your questions yet (which I highly doubt):

1. Updating the system from say 10.2 to 10.3 should work ok, but there might be some unexpected problems. the safest way is to do a clean install. With 10.x.x updates I don't see a need for a clean install.

2. I don't remember if you can do a 10.3.0 clean install over 10.3.5, but if that's possible, then you can back up your files (just in case) and then do a clean install that preserves your old account. This way you won't have much to configure after installing.

 

[Sharewaredemon]

I am a not particularly good chess club player, and I have drawn a few quick games (at lowest level). Last one last night as black. The computer will desperately draw by repetition once it smells defeat.

The chess program could use a lot of improvements, like been able to create databases with your games, edit games, insert comments, ICC interface?, support online playing, chessbase compatibility (.cbh), etc. The list could go on forever.

For the casual player that only wants to play a quick game, the program is great. For the serious tournament player that uses Fritz & Chessbase on PC, its bad.

I believe most users fall in the first group, and are quite happy with it.

I often joke to my friends that the only reason Gary Kasperitus (sp?) beat the computer at chess, was because it wasn't Mac Chess. Mac Chess would have schooled him.

 

[Wonder Boy]

yeah... i can see that the wont be much hype 😉

it might even slip by not noticed... we might be able to get the g6 in it before people notice??


or maybe not



maybe when it comes out people wont say
"what a great acheivement to fit that in there"

but will say?
"how long before the spead bump, idont want to buy a rev.a"

even if i was in the market for a g5 powerbook, i wouldn't get revision A. i've had some bad luck with rev A's and would be wary of one with such a important and desired machine.

 

[chromos]

Hope this fixes my Entourage crashes - the only programme that goes nuts on my PB 17"... have been running Activity Monitor to see what is going on - even when Ent is open but parked in the dock the damn thing is hogging CPU and memory like it owns the place..

Yes, as others have mentioned, this is an Entourage issue, but which has been corrected in Office 2004 (I'm assuming you're working with Office vX). It only happens when you're displaying HTML mail.

Now if they can fix Word's ridiculous cpu usage...

 

[Sharewaredemon]

Yes, as others have mentioned, this is an Entourage issue, but which has been corrected in Office 2004 (I'm assuming you're working with Office vX). It only happens when you're displaying HTML mail.

Now if they can fix Word's ridiculous cpu usage...

word uses up a lot of the CPU? I never noticed. What is a ridiculous amount?

 

[Ari_0]

Im hoping this update comes with the newly built (soon enough) PowerBook as standard. They are due any day now.

I'm sooo tired.... But I finally earned enough cash to buy one; just waiting for the new version. 😱

 

[shewy]

DVD-R Dual Layer support?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

This was exactly what I thought.. I never thought I could make a clean install with an update 😛 ..Unless I first Install 10.3.x as a clean install and then upgrade. And just in case no one answered your questions yet (which I highly doubt):

1. Updating the system from say 10.2 to 10.3 should work ok, but there might be some unexpected problems. the safest way is to do a clean install. With 10.x.x updates I don't see a need for a clean install.

2. I don't remember if you can do a 10.3.0 clean install over 10.3.5, but if that's possible, then you can back up your files (just in case) and then do a clean install that preserves your old account. This way you won't have much to configure after installing.

Regarding Question #2, you can't actually install 10.X.Y-Z over 10.X.Y, but you can Archive and Install or Erase and Install 10.X.Y-Z over 10.X.Y (including using the preserve users and network settings option).

 

[nmk]

I agree with others on the Mac Chess issue. I remember having beaten it on two or three occasions on the default setting, but damn it was tough. The occasions on which I did win required massive overdoses of concentration, to the point that I felt like my head was about to explode. A vast majority of the time the computer will beat me silly.

 

[tazznb]

ahaaa

Seems like we a have some visitors that hate anything Apple, because no matter how positive the article they always post negative on the front page of the article. (Been happening for a few months now)
😎

 

[skvngrx]

1280x720 so I can use my DLP RPTV without a hack app!

 

[kcmac]

This was exactly what I thought.. I never thought I could make a clean install with an update 😛 ..Unless I first Install 10.3.x as a clean install and then upgrade. And just in case no one answered your questions yet (which I highly doubt):

1. Updating the system from say 10.2 to 10.3 should work ok, but there might be some unexpected problems. the safest way is to do a clean install. With 10.x.x updates I don't see a need for a clean install.

2. I don't remember if you can do a 10.3.0 clean install over 10.3.5, but if that's possible, then you can back up your files (just in case) and then do a clean install that preserves your old account. This way you won't have much to configure after installing.

I used to immediately download the update. Now I wait a few seconds for the combo updater on Apple's site. I never clean install for an updater and have had no issues that I can recall.

 

[chromos]

word uses up a lot of the CPU? I never noticed. What is a ridiculous amount?

Well, "ridiculous" is relative, but any app that chews up 10% cpu on a 1 GHz TiBook while doing *nothing* in the background, I consider ridiculous.

I hate apps that reduce my battery life for no good reason.

 

[stcanard]

word uses up a lot of the CPU? I never noticed. What is a ridiculous amount?

Word X for some reason is constantly repaginating, even if you aren't modifying the document.

If you have a single page document -- 0% CPU

Multiple pages start at 10% CPU constantly churning in the background.

With a large document / tables, I have seen Word in the background churn constantly at 30% CPU, spiking up to 50%. If I run Word, the fan on my powerbook will turn on guaranteed.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Word X for some reason is constantly repaginating, even if you aren't modifying the document.

If you have a single page document -- 0% CPU

Multiple pages start at 10% CPU constantly churning in the background.

With a large document / tables, I have seen Word in the background churn constantly at 30% CPU, spiking up to 50%. If I run Word, the fan on my powerbook will turn on guaranteed.

That's why I don't use MS Word 🙂 I find Apple's TextEdit perfectly adequate for all my word processing needs, and if I needed something better, I can choose just about anything because I don't care about compatibility with Office formats - I just make my document into a PDF (using Mac OS X save as PDF printing feature) if anyone else needs to read it.

 

[Windowlicker]

Regarding Question #2, you can't actually install 10.X.Y-Z over 10.X.Y, but you can Archive and Install or Erase and Install 10.X.Y-Z over 10.X.Y (including using the preserve users and network settings option).

ok thanks... that was actually what I had in mind. but that doesn't do the trick of having your account and stuff stay on the new system all ready to be used.

 

[Sharewaredemon]

Word X for some reason is constantly repaginating, even if you aren't modifying the document.

If you have a single page document -- 0% CPU

Multiple pages start at 10% CPU constantly churning in the background.

With a large document / tables, I have seen Word in the background churn constantly at 30% CPU, spiking up to 50%. If I run Word, the fan on my powerbook will turn on guaranteed.

Ok i've noticed 12 pecent before but it never occured to me that that was too much.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

ok thanks... that was actually what I had in mind. but that doesn't do the trick of having your account and stuff stay on the new system all ready to be used.

If you do an Archive and Install with the "Preserve users and network settings" option checked, your user account will be preserved, but you'll need to reinstall all the software updates and your applications.

 

[jayscheuerle]

Glad to see we're getting at least one more update to Panther before Tiger is released and Panther is forgotten about...

I'll bet we get up to 10.3.9 before then... What's the latest guess? March? June? They may even need another decimal place...

 

[CubaTBird]

isn't it gnu chess?

isn't the chess program in os x gnu chess made by the open source community? 😕

 

[ultrafiel]

I never clean install for a minor update, but for any major system upgrades I will. It has always saved me headaches and will last until the next major upgrade. It takes most of a day to get everything how I want it, but it's worth it. I can't wait until Tiger.

Can anyone confirm if 10.3.6 will have native support for the Pioneer DVR-108? I only want to use Superdrives that Apple supports in the OS. 108s are so cheap now that I really wouldn't get a different one unless a new version comes out before my drive needs replacement.

 

[~Shard~]

I'll bet we get up to 10.3.9 before then... What's the latest guess? March? June? They may even need another decimal place...

Good point. Jobs did say Tiger would be ready in the "first half" of 2005 - that gives him until the end of June, technically, before he has to release it... 😉

 

[johnnyjibbs]

isn't the chess program in os x gnu chess made by the open source community? 😕

Yes it's gnu chess with an Apple front end slapped on it. I doubt they'll do anything to change it - it got a nice facelift from Jaguar to Panther anyway - but I'm still part of the camp who says it's impossible to beat.. 😀