John, I'd love to see some screen shots highlighting the changes you mentioned. Eagle On Jul 2, 2004, at 12:02, John Murray wrote: > All: > > Tiger preview from WWDC '04 installs cleanly on a > stock cube with upgraded memory/disk. The install took > about 30-45 minutes. > > The product "feels" like a Beta. The global search > feature works but seems a bit buggy. The "dashboard" > feature was nowhere to be found (without really > searching). There are changes to the UI that are minor > that I don't really like, but are probably a matter of > taste. I tried using the iChat video conferencing > features, but it didn't really work -- might require > two 10.4 clients. Mail seemed genuinely better, > virtual folders were nice. I use IMAP and have a lot > of email so it took awhile to sync and I didn't play > with it for more than 10 minutes. > > Overall felt slow, HOWEVER, my normal use cube is a > Giga 1.3 upgrade, so I am not able to compare on a > fair basis at this time. I might swap hard drives at > some future date, but it's not a priority... We are > reaching the point where CPU upgrades are mandatory > for day-to-day 10.X situations. Realistically, many of > us are not using cubes because we "can't" upgrade, but > because we like the form factor and aesthetics. > > Happy to look into specific questions, but for now, no > problems to report at the install level. > > Configuration: > > Stock cube, 120GB HD, 1GB Ram, ViewSonic 18" LCD, > Soundsticks. > > John