[X4U] why Tiger?

[Kunga]

Look Wayne,
If you are a PC troll ok. But for you to sit there as a Macintosh  
user and "blindly SAY" that Tiger is not evolutionarily better then  
Panther is just plain DUMB. You cannot evaluate an operating system  
by studying the feature list which it is hard to believe you actually  
have done.

Here are just a few of the whys:

iChat AV multi audio and video chats
Oxford Dictionary-Thesaurus
Smart Mail
Dashboard
Spotlight
Core Audio
Core Image-Video
iCal 2.0.1
Display Rotation Support
Safari 2.0 RSS Support
PNG Screen Shot Default

and many more.

k

On May 25, 2005, at 3:47 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.
>