174 of 188 customers found the following review helpful:
 Okay. Wow., 2005-04-28
(1) You will notice a speed increase on any Mac that fits the specs. Boot time is sliced almost in half on my dual processor G5, and by a third on an older G4 tower. They've obviously put a lot of effort into optimizing the OS code and bringing a new level of "snappiness" to OS X's already quick performance. In my opinion, the speed improvement is reason alone to get Tiger ... it's that impressive.
(2) As with other OS X upgrades, I'd suggest a fresh install, wiping the hard drive completely (backing up your stuff, of course, first!), not an upgrade install or "clean" install. I've tried both and, frankly, the fresh install on a pristine hard drive has a better "feel" to it and, if experience is any guide, will reduce problems down the line.
(3) Spotlight is everything it's claimed to be. However ... your computer may seem to be acting oddly for the first hour or so as Spotlight (I assume) creates an index. Once that's done, you're flying.
This is an amazing upgrade ... well worth the wait and the price. What I love most is the continuing attention to detail ... the cool visual effects with widgets are but one example. Launch a widget and the entire desktop ripples like cool, clear water. I'm still having fun with that!
Windows is now way behind ... or is that a cloud of dust a few miles back?
13 of 31 customers found the following review helpful:
Tiger: long before longhorn, 2005-03-29
The newest release of OS X code named tiger, promises to be the most advanced operating system to date. The operating system exemplifies technologies that Microsoft brags about being able to do in several years. Some examples of this technology include the new video codec h.264 (the standard adopted for HDVD and blue-ray disks), Spotlight: the most advanced search engine in the world, and core video: a technology that will result in low latency high quality video performance. Way To Go Apple!!!
12 of 35 customers found the following review helpful:
Using Mac OS X, 2005-03-28
Is it hard to learn how to use Apple software? I would argue you don't actually need to learn it to any real degree! the difference with Apple software is you just use it! when faced with a problem on a Mac you just have to think to your self, what is the easiest way to solve the problem? nine times out of ten you will find thats the way Apple chose to solve the problem and the easiest way to find the answer.The focus of Apple software is about what you want to do, its not about you learning to use the software to do what you want, its about you being able to intuitively use the software to do what you want with the minimum amount of hassle or learning curve.
10 of 31 customers found the following review helpful:
Long Before Longhorn, 2005-03-25
The technologies exemplified in this elaborate operating system place it in a category that Microsoft is decades away from accomplishing.
Way to go Apple!!!
43 of 75 customers found the following review helpful:
Tiger rocks, 2004-10-16
I was able to use Tiger WWDC preview, and while the beta isn't fully polished (it's a beta) it's a real advancement over 10.3.
Spotlight rocks, Dashboard is (IMHO) better than Konfabulator, and Safari's RSS reading is very nice.
I'm looking forward to the full release.
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