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Which version (major release) of OS X are you using?
1/1: Which version (major release) of OS X are you using?
Other polls | 6,543 votes | 31 comments
But I have more than one machine...
I use OS 10.4 on three of my five machines, and Jaguar (10.2.8) on two of my others. Just because I liked it and don't see any reason to have Tiger running on ALL of them.
But I have more than one machine...
Visit the library, log in from five unique IPs, and vote five times :).
But I have more than one machine...
Personal machines:
My Machines:
I run Tiger Server on two of my machines (12" powerbook and graphite iMac), the other (Indigo) iMac runs Tiger Client, and the Lime iBook (Clamshell/toilet seat) runs Ubuntu at the minute, although I might be putting OS 9 back on it.
My Machines:
woah - you run tiger SERVER on a 12" !!
My Machines:
Heck, he or she runs Tiger Server on a Graphite iMac. That's a G3, there.
Two machines, two OS
I use 10.4 on my almost-new PowerBook at home, but have to use 10.2 on my iMac SE (2000) at work (a research lab). Our lab uses several software packages to drive microscopes and digital cameras that were written specifically for 10.2.8 - these finicky programs keep crashing with 10.3, and won't even launch with 10.4.
Wow, talk about an inferiority complex
I haven't seen the real need to splurge on 10.4 yet. I guess I keep hoping I'll be getting a new Mac soon enough that I don't need to upgrade.
Demographics
On a site like macosxhints, most people are the cutting-edge power user group, so it's unlikely to get a distribution very useful for applying to the general public.
Demographics
Yes, but that group is also the most likely to try little shareware products, so in fact probably a better sample for Rob's developer friends.
OS X and Linux
I keep OS X up-to-date on each of my 2 Macs (a G4 Dual 867mhz desktop and an ibook 1.2ghz laptop).
OS X and Linux
KDE and Gnome are pretty bulky when it comes to Linux, but try a lighter window manager such as Enlightenment or my current favorite, fvwm, and it runs like a breeze. I'm using fvwm on a Pentium II 300 MHz, along with several server functions (mail server, web server, file server, etc) and it runs great.
Multiple machines, cont'd :)
Yeah, have a couple of machines myself, so here goes:
10.4, etc...
I voted 10.4 because that's what I have on my iBook and that's what I use most. I also have 10.3.9 on a PowerMac and 8.6 on an original model first-generation iMac. I can't even remember the last time we turned that thing on.
Some Linux too . . .
I run 10.4 on my PowerMac and PowerBook, but have an iMac DV with Debian Linux on it. I've just never been comfortable with OS X as a server OS so I stick with Linux for that, even on Mac hardware.
Old Dog New Tricks
10.4.5 on an old Beige G3 MT/G4 500 upgrade and other usual upgraded goodies. Runs like a top. It still shocks me that a machine this old is still so capable.
Old Dog New Tricks
!?! You mean with all that extra stuff added in, 10.4 is FASTER than 10.3? I might have to splurge then. Will i get acceptable graphics performance w/ only 32 MB VRAM?
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Old Dog New Tricks
should run smoothly... i have a Quicksilver2002 with 32Mb ram and an iBookG4 (2005) also with 32Mb (admittedly with the 9550 graphics card) which both run tiger well.
Tiger's cool but my tower is still weird
I run a 3 mac home network with a G4 Tower upgraded to 1GHz and an emac on Tiger and a graphite imac on Panther. The imac user is change resistant and doesn't need Tiger which I bought hoping to cure my G4 of multiple weirdness. It helped a little but still has one major weirdness. I like it anyway. I would not consider myself a power user just reasonably computer savvy.
Customized 10.3.9 is more than enough
I use a heavily customized 10.3.9 (read, mostly non-Apple software with a few exceptions). With all of the third party software I have installed, many of the upgrades that occured with Tiger are moot points for me. I prefer my customized Camino and RSS Menu, so I don't need Safari RSS. I prefer Adium, so I don't need the new iChat. I really like Butler, so I don't need Spotlight or the change made to the Fast user Switching menu item. I have Shapeshifter and use the Leopard variant of the iT5 theme, so I've already got Unified (as well as the iTunes look for all brushed metal apps). I've already got QuickTime 7. I could go on and on, but for the most part Tiger would offer little benefit to me and too many downsides over Panther. For the previous OS X versions, I always upgraded to the latest OS X version. Panther, however, is plenty for me (and I am a power user). Wake me up when Leopard is released, for that is the point at which I will upgrade.
Customized 10.3.9 is more than enough
funny I use almost all third party apps too. The only real advantage I see in tiger is speed. There are several apps that where only barely usable under panther , but with tiger they are much better. The whole system is faster. And the file system actually updates in real time now. No more wait and see if the changes are there. But I do agree that Panther is very good. If I hadn't seen an improvement in speed I probably wouldn't have upgraded.
83% Tiger
Tiger on the desktop, the web server, the music server, and the laptops, OS9 on the mail server (go SIMS!)
Yeesh...
If I go with the things that I use regularly, here goes:
Yeesh...
Home and office:
Hmmm
3x 10.4.5
Version of Mac OS X used in my computers
I use Tiger on my Power Mac G5 dual 1.8 GHz Rev A, and Jaguar 10.2.6 on my Power Mac G3 minitower because it can't be powered by Panther or Tiger.
Well,
I use following:
System 7 roxors
On my Blue & White G3/350 I run:
Doesn't tell me much
This is interesting, but really only tells us that most of the people who regularly check Mac OS X Hints are on 10.4 -- not so surprizing, really. I doubt that it accuractly reflects a cross section of *all* mac users.
Tiger
Tiger is fairly stable by now and I got addicted to Spotlight, so there is no turning back ;)
Well
At the moment it's OS 9.2. This weekend I'll be upgrading to OS X 10.4 Tiger. |
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