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

Joseph Tang jtds at netvigator.com
Fri Jul 2 23:16:48 PDT 2004 

Thx for the info, John.  You were right, I'm still waiting for the price of
Sonnet upgrade to drop a bit further before moving up.  For now, Im using my
stock cube solely for iTunes and iPods, lol.
Thx again.
joe

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


> 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
>
> --- Joseph Tang <jtds at netvigator.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have the same setup as you John...most eager to
> > know how our stock machine
> > behaves under Tiger.
> > Thx,
> > joe
> >
> > Subject: Re: [CUBE] Tiger (OS X.4)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > All:
> > >
> > > Will have feedback on Tiger on Cube in the next 48
> > > hours. I live in SF and got the DVD today; just a
> > > matter of when I can install on the cube... Will
> > > install first on a cube with a stock CPU but 1 Gig
> > of
> > > ram and a 120 GB drive.
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > >
> > > --- atoa at krak.net wrote:
> > > > With OSX Server, you can use Netboot and Network
> > > > Install.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Eagle wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Actually, you can install to such a drive.  I
> > have
> > > > done it before with
> > > > > Panther.  As to whether this will be supported
> > in
> > > > Tiger, we can only guess,
> > > > > but my guess is yes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, I don't know the specifics of what will
> > run
> > > > Tiger (I don't believe
> > > > > those have yet been posted) but my guess is
> > that
> > > > any New World machine will
> > > > > be able to run it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Eagle
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jul 1, 2004, at 16:22, Rod Clifford wrote:
> > > > >> Interesting question..
> > > > >> Personally, I don't think you can install a
> > new
> > > > OS that way. Something to
> > > > >> do with a "blessed"
> > > > >> system and all that (or am I living in the
> > past?)
> > > >   Rod
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Jul 1, 2004, at 2:44 PM, Jason Torrey
> > wrote:
> > > > >>> I have a PowerBook G4 with a SuperDrive.
> > Would
> > > > it be possible to put
> > > > >>> the Cube in Firewire Target Disk Mode and
> > > > install Tiger on my Cube's
> > > > >>> hard drive that way?
> > > > >
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