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    Need Fast Response about 10.3 please!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by TriviallyTravis, Apr 13, 2006.

  1. TriviallyTravis

    TriviallyTravis Notebook Consultant

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    I have an opportunity to get a deal on an iBook G3 with OSX 10.3 on it. I just wanted to ask about OSX 10.3. I know that 10.4 is the newest version and I wanted to get an opinion on the differences between them.

    Is 10.3 significantly inferior? Were there known problems with 10.3 that were bad enough that I should only get something with 10.4 on it?

    Any information would be very helpful. TIA.
     
    TriviallyTravis, Apr 13, 2006
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  2. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

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    My friend has 10.3 and honestly, you can't really tell the difference between Panther and Tiger - Tiger just has Dashboard and iLife updates, other than that they're pretty much the same.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Apr 18, 2006
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  3. mach_zero

    mach_zero Casual Observer NBR Reviewer

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    In a roundabout way, yes. iWeb will allow you to "publish" your website to a folder on your computer. You then have upload it to your server via FTP.
     
    mach_zero, Apr 19, 2006
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    for me, there are some things in tiger i just can't do without, particularily spotlight. and dashboard i find to be quite useful. plus there would be many other little things that you don't see that make tiger much better.

    this being said, i have a classmate that is still on panther. but i think he will upgrade to leopard when it comes out around the end of the year.
     
    RadcomTxx, Apr 19, 2006
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  5. xAMDvsIntelx

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    Go widgets! :D ;)
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Apr 19, 2006
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    I use 10.3.9. I have found no reason to upgrade to 10.4. 10.3.9 is a fine OS, and does all I need.
     
    MotoTrojan, Apr 19, 2006
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    Not likely. Apple likes to keep their secrets nice and quiet.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Apr 19, 2006
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    yeah dashboard does use a lot of virtual memory, but if i need that memory, i just click on my stop dashboard widget. Voila! I have the memory back. Then when i want dashboard back, i just hit the icon (or keyboard shortcut) and it opens again and reloads the widgets.
     
    RadcomTxx, Apr 19, 2006
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