Buy now, or wait to get Panther pre-installed?
As you can tell i am a pC user and am making my switch over to apple as i didnt even know wut their operating system was called.
Anyway, i was gonna make my purchase with the deals given out at macmall but i wouldnt want to buy now when in 4 weeks i can get the newest operating system. is it gonna be worth waiting for? I am unfamiliar with they way Apple does things, so im not sure whether this is an update that can be totally positive. I do know that while i enjoyed Windows 98, i was horrified with Windows Me (millenium) edition and had to deal with it until XP came out. I woudln't have wanted to buy a Pc right before windows XP came out. So at first i was asking if i should buy now or later, and someone told me about Panther. So my question is now with this new OS on the horizon, should i buy now or wait till it comes packaged with the new systems.
Anyway, i was gonna make my purchase with the deals given out at macmall but i wouldnt want to buy now when in 4 weeks i can get the newest operating system. is it gonna be worth waiting for? I am unfamiliar with they way Apple does things, so im not sure whether this is an update that can be totally positive. I do know that while i enjoyed Windows 98, i was horrified with Windows Me (millenium) edition and had to deal with it until XP came out. I woudln't have wanted to buy a Pc right before windows XP came out. So at first i was asking if i should buy now or later, and someone told me about Panther. So my question is now with this new OS on the horizon, should i buy now or wait till it comes packaged with the new systems.
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No-one knows for sure now.
Amorya
apple has also been putting free panther update cupons in with new machines. if you can find out if your machine has one of these cupons then u have your bases covered
can someone confirm that apple is indeed including these cupons?
1. Stop posting Panther stuff in Future Hardware...
2...especially when you just started ANOTHER thread about it in General Discussion (and God knows where else).
3. I don't know. No one does. We've gone over this earlier today and I read everyone's honest answers and they don't seem to have registered.
Seem a little too willfully bent on ignoring already-given answers AND re-asking them again in new threads...in the wrong forum, no less.
Didn't you have ANOTHER Panther thread in Future Hardware earlier today?
I can't help but start to wonder...
If you're not a t****, then please accept my sincere apologies. I'm not trying to be mean. Just pay attention to answers given and where you post things. And no need to post the same thing in multiple forums...pick the one that best fits and do it there. They all get heavy traffic and someone will surely see it and respond.
wow, that was pretty rude. start wonder if im a what? wut is t****.
A troll is a person who posts on a forum to get attention and generally make fun of the people who post there. Many PC users post here to attack Macs and they are really not welcome. You've posted in so many threads on the same subject - the threads indicate what should be posted within, there was a suspicion about you. Also you need to use spell check if you can. If you are a future Mac buyer then welcome.
Originally posted by STL1025
As for the spell check thing, i feel the words are basically spelled out to understanding, i dont see a point. sorry
That's great, but it makes you look like an idiot.
Originally posted by STL1025
As for the spell check thing....
Don't worry. The Mac OS has a spell check built into the OS so you can correct your spelling even in a browser window like the ones you use to post questions in these forums.
Originally posted by bunge
Don't worry. The Mac OS has a spell check built into the OS so you can correct your spelling even in a browser window like the ones you use to post questions in these forums.
i youse mine awl the timb!
Originally posted by STL1025
oh ok, i understand. i guess you gotta be pretty hard on those guys huh. well neway the only reason i posted in many threads wuz as i said above, i figured different people surf different boards. As for the spell check thing, i feel the words are basically spelled out to understanding, i dont see a point. sorry
Unfortunately, there are a few self appointed "grammar police" that spend more time worrying about spelling or punctuation than the actual point of a thread.
I think the reason people seem uptight is that recently there have been a lot of posts from trolls.
Most people are usually pretty friendly and helpful though, so don't be put off.
Originally posted by STL1025
wow, that was pretty rude. start wonder if im a what? wut is t****. no sorry sir, im just very anxious to buy and trying to be very careful and patient at the same time. as in other message boards, certain people surf only certain boards so i poasted it in a few different places. its my first time on the board as u can see and accidently started questions in future hardware. didnt know things were so strict around here.
Hey, I SPECIFICALLY said that I was sorry if you weren't a troll and just trying to rattle the cage a bit. I said I wasn't trying to be mean, but the guy below is right...there has been a recent wave of idiot trolls staking claims here, so I might've jumped the gun a bit just because I confused your newness/uncertainty with deliberate troll behavior. I thought I smelled a rat, but it appears I was wrong.
Again, I'm sorry. Welcome to the boards. It is very cool place...with plenty of nice people, myself included.
IF you're not a troll.
Though you only have to look at Apple Outsider to see that even we can disagree with one another, so imagine how we feel about trolls!
Hopefully you will come in from the cold and see the wonders of Apple, and then maybe in time you too will become a disciple of Jobs, High Lord and Master (kisses picture on mantelpiece and prays to my God Steve!)
Originally posted by jwri004
and then maybe in time you too will become a disciple of Jobs, High Lord and Master (kisses picture on mantelpiece and prays to my God Steve!)
Now that's going a little too far.
Originally posted by jwri004
We Apple people are very protective about our machines and any disparaging comments are usually rebuked smartly.
Though you only have to look at Apple Outsider to see that even we can disagree with one another, so imagine how we feel about trolls!
Hopefully you will come in from the cold and see the wonders of Apple, and then maybe in time you too will become a disciple of Jobs, High Lord and Master (kisses picture on mantelpiece and prays to my God Steve!)
one word: YIKES!
Originally posted by ryukyu
Now that's going a little too far.
That's an understatement.
I don't think it's too much to ask that you hit a few extra keys to make it legible.