[CUBE] Tiger (OS X.4) -- INSTALLED, see comments

Eagle eagle243 at mac.com
Fri Jul 2 09:29:43 PDT 2004


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



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