I bought the new Mac OS X version, Panther, last weekend. It costs a lot, I think. $129. However, after a somewhat long install, I tried it out and was fairly impressed. One of the first things I noticed was something I haven't read on any of the reviews: the new DVD player is much better. It's much faster then the previous one. The previous one slowed down my machine, and the menus were very slow to move around in. This one is very responsive, doesn't slow down my computer as much, and has the ability to start a DVD watching session from the same place you left off the last time you played the DVD. Very nice!
Other than that, the whole OS does seem faster. I like the new finder. The new Mail seems good, but I haven't had too much change to use it yet. Emacs crashed, but after a rebuild of the sources, it worked fine again. The screensaver is improved, I actually can use my iPhoto album with it, which only sort of worked before. Now it works fine, although there is a big lag before it actually starts up. Expose is nice, but I don't use it too much yet.
Posted by ahyatt at October 29, 2003 10:15 PM