Panther coming sooner than expected?
In a newspaper article posted here a claim is made that new iMacs bought for the Yuma, AZ school district will be running the 10.3 version of OS X. Not that we should read a lot into technical things published in local papers, but it was interesting nonetheless.
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When teachers and principals return to school in August in Yuma School District 1, they might be surprised to see brand-new i-Mac computers on their desks loaded with Apple's newest operating system ? OS X version 10.3.
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When teachers and principals return to school in August in Yuma School District 1, they might be surprised to see brand-new i-Mac computers on their desks loaded with Apple's newest operating system ? OS X version 10.3.
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That Great Wall of iMacs picture was sweet, though.
Originally posted by CosmoNut
That Great Wall of iMacs picture was sweet, though.
i remember when the walls of our schools here resembled that
Panther is at build 7b21
Jaguar ended at build *L***
Trust me much more is to come, even in the latest build there are additional features. Apple has much planned for Panther just many features were too unstable to present in the WWDC preview.
Wait and see. December.
Originally posted by inkhead
10.3 will not be until december, don't kid yourself. This happend last time around with Jaguar.
Panther is at build 7b21
Jaguar ended at build *L***
10.2.6 is L.
10.2 was 6C115
Originally posted by jimmac
My bet is on September.
You win (I think)
Originally posted by Placebo
It would be stupid to release it any later.
It would be stupid to release it unfinished.
Hooo...it's late.
Face it, jaguar meets most of our needs more than adequately today. Panther is going to be major icing on the cake and its still going to be a year or 2 ahead of the competition upon release.
Apple has the leisure of making this PERFECT and i think their by the end of the year statement leaves them room for that
I have seen the result of many products (non-computer related) that needed to meet a deadline and were rushed. September is too earlier from what I've seen of the latest versions of Panther. And from what the developer release has in it, they had better jack up the features if they expect people to shell out another chunk of change.
Take your time Apple, I'm fine where I am. 8)
I remember when jaguar was just released and reading the posts here about constant updates that needed to be downloaded.
Thats ok for those with a fast connection, 56k won't cut it for OS updates which tend to be huge at times.
I also remember people here saying that an OS is always a work in motion, constantly being honed, and that any gripes about updates were void.
Yes, I too believed at the time that Jaguar was imperfect on release and that put me off upgrading from 10.1.5.
Apple should take their time on this one.
So, fingers crossed that Panther will be let loose only when its fit enough to be so.