![]() OSX claims it is as rock solid as Unix and all the rest, but being posix compatible (or paying a Unix licensing fee) doesn’t make an OS solid – disclosing and fixing bugs immediately is what makes it solid. I even spent the $49.99 on a tech support call to have one of Apple’s highschool tech support guys tell me that I needed to re-install the system (they claimed they never heard of this bug). I had to *re-install Tiger* when I got back. It never happened to me in 10.3, but it’s nailed my computer twice in Tiger, and once I was on a business trip – that was utterly disgraceful. Once lookupd crashes or hangs, there goes the system – you can’t launch anything without lookupd running (oddly enough – why does finder need to make critical calls to lookupd? Why does it need to call lookupd to launch a terminal, text editor, etc? But, the truth is that it does …) Plus, it hangs the finder – you can’t even force-quit anything or select something to reboot. It’s a daemon that checks to see if lookupd has crashed or hung because the normal process that does this won’t detect it. It’s OK to support a company but give them tough love when needed. ![]() ![]() (And the update is pretty much a copy of OS X and Sun’s Glass) And of course, Apple has been updating their OS every 12-18 months, vs Windows where we are on the back end of a decade since an update. No, Apple is not perfect, but their batting average crushes that of their competitors. Apple is still one of the few companies truly innovating in the industry, and so they have a lot of support from like-minded creatives and engineers. The litany of article in the past couple of weeks about failed MS patches remind me why I stay away from that side of the industry.ģ. It has been a rough 6 months with Tiger, sure enough, but I don’t worry about viruses or spyware. I would still use Tiger over any flavor of Windows or Linux. Apple (or Microsoft for that matter Apologists hurt the cause.Ģ. By being honest when Apple falls short, we are keeping them honest and pushing them to be better. Yes, the bias is there, of course, but we praise Apple when warranted and let them have it when they fail. True Apple fans give the company a fair, balanced assessment. I think there are a few things to consider:ġ. And, no, I have not found Tiger to be “that bad”.Īs one of the Apple Loyalists who came down hard on Tiger and Apple in this thread, I will respond. ![]() After all, that is why they make backup programs. Not because I expect any real problems, but because it is the intelligent way to do it. When 10.4.3 comes out I intend to backup my system and install it. When updating Windows it was always hold your breath, cross your fingers, and hope it restarts without hanging. I have never had the system fail to restart after an update in OS X. And as bad as those problems may seem at times they are nothing compared to the problems I had when I was running Windows up until a couple of years ago. After rebooting into Panther, DL’ing the combo update to 10.4.2 and then rebooting into Tiger and installing the update it connected up to the internet without a hitch.Īnyway, my point is that most of the problems I encountered with Tiger were because of the way I have my system configured and some of the software I choose to run. I was unable to connect to the Internet after the install but that turned out to be that I had updated the firmware in my Airport Express and it would not work with 10.4.0 anymore. When the 10.4.2 update came out I took the plunge and installed it. In all fairness, though, I must admit the problems were caused by 3rd party software I was running in Panther that was not compatible with Tiger. I had some initial problems when I installed the first Tiger and ended up removing it and going back to Panther.
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