The time period between the release of
Panther and Tiger (Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4) has been the longest since
Mac OS X was first released in 2001. During that 18-month period, Apple
has been busy adding new features to the OS. They run the gamut from
the readily-apparent (e.g., Spotlight and Dashboard) to under-the-hood
tweaks (like improved support for metadata).
Tiger's longer gestation
doesn't mean that the rate of change has slowed, however. Tiger
includes updates that are at least twice as significant as any single
past update. Mac OS X is now getting to the point where significant
improvements require a larger time investment. As far as the core OS is
concerned, most of the low-hanging fruit has been harvested. Now it's
time for Apple to get down to the real work of improving Mac OS X.
Was Tiger worth the long wait? John Siracusa thinks so. Read on to discover what's good and bad about Tiger.
He he, Another review you have to read!
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