I agree on the differences though there is a marked improvement in disk performance a 38% improvement alone. Also there was another major improvement in another system test that is by far the most complained about performance issue (drumroll please) User Interface. The user Interface improved by 49% that's huge!! Because of these two improvements pretty much alone this gave the whole system an overall score improvement of 28%. That's like going from the singe 800 G4 being tested to near the results of a single 1GHz G4. That's really impresive. Also remember this is all from an early prerelease. Expect things to improve dramatically.
MoparShaha you stated that you felt the underlying changes in 10.1 to 10.2 was greater then what they are doing to 10.3. I just have to let you know that this is incorrect. I'm not trying to be rude it really is a good thing that the truth is otherwise. From what I have heard the difference between 10.3 and 10.2 is much closer to the difference between 10.0 and 10.2. The underlying changes being made in 10.3 are huge there is nearly nothing that hasn't be improved, streamlined, or optimized in some way. Also they are making a huge number of changes to the system GUI and improving the overall useability drastically. The features that were gone over at the keynote and can be reviewed at the website are just the tip of the iceberg. As I understand it there is much much too come and there was either just too much to pack into a keynote or a lot of the changes just weren't ready for prime time. All in all it is actually pretty amazing that they are getting done what they are doing in the time they have alloted. Expect good things very good things. Too all of you saying $129 is too much. Well once you see it in action and hear everyone raving about it you won't be able to dig up the money fast enough. Also for educational buyers the prices for Jaguar is only $69. So go find a student that's willing to buy it for you. I expect the discount will probably be the same for Panther.
