[X4U] why Tiger?

[Meg St. Clair]

Have you actually used Tiger? I find it's much faster than Panther.  
Spotlight is very useful. I've found it works much better than the  
old find. I don't seem to have a problem with it bogging down as I  
type. The way it organizes and displays results works much better for  
me. Widgets are kind of fun but no big thing. I finally feel  
comfortable switching to Mail. It now mostly fits the way I work.

I have found that each successive iteration of OS X has been an  
improvement. I understand that you are asking a genuine question. Let  
me pose one in return. Why do you feel that Tiger may be sub par?

Meg

On 25 May 2005, at 6:47 PM, Wayne Clodfelter wrote:

> I am curious as to why there seem to be many X users that, excuse  
> the expression, blindly leap into the next incarnation of OS X even  
> if it does not appear to be a step forward? Such as Tiger. What  
> exactly is it that Tiger is supposed to accomplish as far as moving  
> forward with a fast, sleek, secure operating system? I have  
> reviewed the "features" offered by Tiger, and I fail to see any  
> significant improvement in performance. In fact, all I see is some  
> "gussy-ing up" with knick-knacks that seem to only serve to bog  
> down the OS and the user experience. What am I missing?
> My concern is that if we Mac users blindly jump on sub-par updates,  
> that is all we will get. I think the Mac world would be better  
> served, and that Apple's future would be better secured if we are a  
> little more particular about what we accept as upgrades to our Mac  
> operating systems.
> I liked Jaguar, and I like Panther better than Jaguar. Does any  
> Tiger user like it better than they liked Panther? Why?
>
> This is not intended as a rant, rather, it is put forward as  
> concerned discussion. Please address it as such. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wayne Clodfelter
> wayne at troutnc.com