As previously noted they have a family pack right now and I hope they continue that for 10.3. So, you get up to five installations per household for $200. Unfortunately, when Jaguar was introduced last year the Apple stores didn't carry the family pack until several weeks after Jaguar shipped. Thus, you couldn't get the family pack on the intro night.
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Panther to be Released in Last Week of October
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As previously noted they have a family pack right now and I hope they continue that for 10.3. So, you get up to five installations per household for $200. Unfortunately, when Jaguar was introduced last year the Apple stores didn't carry the family pack until several weeks after Jaguar shipped. Thus, you couldn't get the family pack on the intro night.
I'm going to buy a Mercedes Benz. It's only $1.09 per day...OVER THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES!
Panther is 35.6 cents over a year? I'm fine with that. Just specify the period of time.
why care about pricing?!
thats why i spend a lot of bucks for my T1 connection, i love carracho!!!
thats why i spend a lot of bucks for my T1 connection, i love carracho!!!
Interesting little tidbit popped up over at AppleInsider. Guess we'll know pretty soon if that's correct!
I don't know what graphics card you got, but you don't need a Radeon Pro 9800, unless you need some real 3D-rendering power. At work, we are using stock Radeon 9000 Pro (that came with MDDs) to run 2 Iiyama AU5131 LCDs (1600*1200 is their native resolution) without a hitch.
Re: Re: Re: $$ ??
You forgot an eye.
THAT SEEMS A LITTLE SEVERE, DON'T YOU THINK?? Especially when the original post included a smilie, possibly indicating a tease/joke.
Even if the coupons do give people who purchased a machine within a month's release of Panther a shot at Panther for less, it is likely that version of Panther they get will be the Upgrade version, and not the full version. The upgrade version historically has been crippled in one way or another. The upgrade version of Jaguar missed a very important Archive and Install feature. I would hold off and get the full version at a Government, Military, or Educator/College Student discount.
We wish we had 7B85 to install on any of our machines. The last ADC seed was 7B74. But of course, if you have BitTorrent you can get 7B85 now. Go figure. Developers 0, Pirates Millions+1.
Panther will run on all Macs with built-in USB (B&W G3, PowerMac G4/G5, iMacs, iBooks, eMacs, and most PowerBooks). And technically they do increase machine support - new machines
. As for the machines that are being dropped, they are all "old world" machines that still used the massive hardware rom.Like anything else new, let the first purchasers figure out the quirks before anyone dives right in. If you current rig works, it will continue to work. There is always bugs, no matter how trival. Then depending on the reviews or hardships of all the whinners, and we always have them. A good informed decision can be made.
the under 1Ghz crowd!
I keep seeing how fast and much improved Panther will be, but everyone is using Dual's G4 above 1Ghz, anyone know how the 800Mhz imac users will be affected, hell this was this top (imac)system when i bought it in feburary, now it's seems like a commador 64.
I sure hope I see the improvements.
I keep seeing how fast and much improved Panther will be, but everyone is using Dual's G4 above 1Ghz, anyone know how the 800Mhz imac users will be affected, hell this was this top (imac)system when i bought it in feburary, now it's seems like a commador 64.
I sure hope I see the improvements.
Re: the under 1Ghz crowd!
Don't have a 800Mhz G4, but a single 1Ghz G4 (15" TiBook) and I can tell you that Panther is a HUGE improvement over Jaguar. You won't be disappointed.
Originally posted by 1adonis1
I keep seeing how fast and much improved Panther will be, but everyone is using Dual's G4 above 1Ghz, anyone know how the 800Mhz imac users will be affected, hell this was this top (imac)system when i bought it in feburary, now it's seems like a commador 64.
I sure hope I see the improvements.
Don't have a 800Mhz G4, but a single 1Ghz G4 (15" TiBook) and I can tell you that Panther is a HUGE improvement over Jaguar. You won't be disappointed.
Actually, as the OS becomes more and more advanced, it requires more and more sophisticated hardware to run it. Increasing hardware support is a fruitless effort anyway because as time passes, older hardware is used less and less.
Today I visited "IT Pro" Apple Center, in Antwerp - Belgium, I asked the salesman when 10.3 will be out, he told me in about two week, Oct 24, so i asked him if I can preorder a copy, he told that they still don't have the prices, they should get the prices by next week, so i guess that it's quite close.
And BTW they had a preview of Panther there on a 15" iMac 800MHz, and it was very snapy, i would say as snapy as a 17" PowerBook,I playd a lot on the 10.3 and i must say at IS a lot faster then 10.2, I'll go there back tommorrow to play more on 10.3.
And BTW they had a preview of Panther there on a 15" iMac 800MHz, and it was very snapy, i would say as snapy as a 17" PowerBook,I playd a lot on the 10.3 and i must say at IS a lot faster then 10.2, I'll go there back tommorrow to play more on 10.3.
longer battery life?
Does anyone know if Panther improves battery life for the PB's?. I've got a new 15" PB and I'm lucky if I get 2 hours out of it under normal usage ...
Does anyone know if Panther improves battery life for the PB's?. I've got a new 15" PB and I'm lucky if I get 2 hours out of it under normal usage ...
Re: longer battery life?
That's weird, I get almost 4 hours on mine..
Originally posted by tizza
Does anyone know if Panther improves battery life for the PB's?. I've got a new 15" PB and I'm lucky if I get 2 hours out of it under normal usage ...
That's weird, I get almost 4 hours on mine..