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With which major OS X version did you make OS X your *primary* OS?
1/1: With which major OS X version did you make OS X your *primary* OS?
Other polls | 3,460 votes | 11 comments
10.1 ... and everytime it gets better!
I begun using X as my main OS with 10.1.3, only because previously I didn't have a powerful enough machine.
10.1
same here.. 10.1 for the most part, although I was waiting for my 2 main apps for what seemed like an eternity :) (Director and Reason)
10.1
I hopped on the OSX bandwagon not soon after Ryan Remple finished up on XPostFacto (back then it was called UnsupportedUtility X) version 1.0b9.
10.2
Despite having used 10.1, I had to have USB printer support. I knew it was coming in 10.2 (in the form of CUPS), and when I found Gimp-Print, I knew the gods had answered my prayers.
Rhapsody Baby
I always have Rhapsody running on my 7500/100 !
Rhapsody Baby
Where did you get Rhapsody? Or are you just kidding?
Rhapsody Baby
I do too have it my collection of CDs and also made it work on a 7500 :) that was a real weird thing :)
10.2
...but that was because I got a new G4 laptop, and before that, my old Power Center Pro 210 wouldn't run X reliably. I haven't booted into OS 9 since January, and I haven't loaded classic since probably Feburary. I think it's about time to take off OS 9...
10.2
My 600Mhz. iBook came with 10.1 and it was painfully slow and 10.2 made it useable
10.0
I installed 10.0 the day it was released and arrived at my house via FedEx, with the intent of never going back to Classic again.
Public Beta -- OUCH!
I had no choice when I first started with OS X -- Apple's installer had all the standard warnings about installing a beta OS. I noted them and went on about the installation as I had done dozens of times before when playing with a new OS.
What Apple neglected to mention about the PB install was that it rewrote the computer's boot ROMs, not just the hard drive's boot track! So I was completely unable to return to OS 9! Oh, well. I felt completely foolish, but sometimes you have to learn the hard way... Initially, I didn't like it. The first thing that stuck in my craw -- aside from the rewritten boot ROM -- was the three "candy" buttons for window control. My reaction was, "My God! It's Windoze!" Fortunately, it took me only a minute or two to realize that there was more function in those three buttons depending on context, than what the Windows offering had. For the most part, it was simply a matter of getting used to a new interface. In about two weeks, I knew there was no way I would voluntarily go back to OS 9. The transition was and has not been an easy one. I lost the use of most of my graphics programs, and had to resort to using them in Windows until each one appeared in OS X. Indeed, the last and most important piece of my arsenal -- form-Z -- was only released for OS X a couple of months ago. Yes, I could use Classic mode for some things, but on an older G3 it was slow. And one thing about 3D design is that crashing is one of the key features of any 3D program. The classic mode was just that much more unstable. But it certainly gave me the opportunity to view OS X and Windows side by side over an extended period of time. Though Windows certainly improved with 2000 and XP, it still hasn't got the same oomph that OS X does. One of the first things I loved about OS X, was the ability to super-customize it! I was aghast when I was reading comments from users saying that it was more difficult to customize than OS 9. The key power to any UNIX-based operating system is the ability to customize it. If there isn't a command available to perform something you do regularly, then you can add it to the system. Want a GUI interface for that command? It really isn't all that difficult either, even for a novice, to set something up with the Developer Tools Apple supplies. Want to add something to the menu? Learn XML, and Apple's interface will fall open wide to you! |
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