[iBook] Hello, I am new to the list.

[David Binnion]

On 10/3/04 6:46 PM, "S. Douglass" <sloppyagape at christian.net> wrote:

> I have heard mixed reports on Jaguar for the 700mhz iBook.
>
Ayah? Compared to what? OS 9 diehards who have nothing good to say about any
iteration of OS X? Jag was the first rock solid version of OS X available
and I've installed it on machines as old as the original iMac and iBook.
> 
> I see a couple of places where I could buy it cheap (And several folks have
> offered to send me disks, many thanks) and I know I could get a hold of it
> one way or another, but several folk have told me to avoid Jag on the G3
> iBooks. Many have said it slows it down, reduces the battery life, and has
> very poor video performance. How are all of your experiences with it?

Again, compared to what, OS 9? The simple truth is OS X feels and looks less
snappy when compared to OS 9. It is also true that OS X boots slower than OS
9 but it is also tons more stable than OS 9. One day I noticed my uptime Jag
on the iBook was close to 90 days so out of cussedness and curiosity I
bypassed a security update and a Jag update so I wouldn't have to restart.
Finally gave in at 101 days. Given that kind of stability who cares if it
boots slower? And yes, battery life with OS X hasn't reached OS 9 standards
but I can't say it made that huge a difference for me.

> People
> keep telling me to save up and spring for Panther and don't waste my time
> with Jag. Last time I tried OSX was the very first release and I hated it.
> It's grown up some and matured, and I think with a new machine, I am ready
> to try it. I know nothing about it, other then what I have read at various
> tech forums. One thing seems constant, and that's avoid Jaguar. Is it really
> all that bad? 
>
I really don't know where you are reading that Jaguar is bad. It isn't. I
repeat - it was the first stable and really usable version of OS X. If you
can afford Panther, sure, go for it. But if you can't, get Jag by all means.

david