Mac OSX 10.4.7 is out!

Njal · Post by **Njal** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:51 pm 0

rockwaldo wrote:Why do you all feel the need to post your splash screen?

honest. i believe you if you just tell me you have upgraded.

Is it some sort of macwankery code or something?

Willy waving.... obviously

rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:20 pm 0

gravy wrote:
rockwaldo wrote:Why do you all feel the need to post your splash screen?

honest. i believe you if you just tell me you have upgraded.

Is it some sort of macwankery code or something?
It's a yakyak meme, you wouldn't like it.

ha! i doubt its exclusive to yakyak, just i would have thought that people wouldn't find the need to actually provide proof that they upgraded an OS thats all...

sack · Post by **sack** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:07 am 0

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:41 am 0

Everything fine here...

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:30 am 0

Hurrah, my turn to be a sad cunt.

Total Loser wrote:

Neon360 · Post by **Neon360** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:31 am 0

rockwaldo wrote:Why do you all feel the need to post your splash screen?

honest. i believe you if you just tell me you have upgraded.

Is it some sort of macwankery code or something?

Oh no, what have I started

Honestly, I was just trying to prove to you all that you suck for having superior software (hey, at least it made me feel better for a minute!)

wanye · Post by **wanye** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:05 am 0

ive got a 1.33ghz g4 ibook with 256mb ram. im running 10.3.9

i was told upgrading to 10.4 would be a bad idea until i get a RAM upgrade. is this correct?

matt · Post by **matt** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:22 am 0

wanye wrote:ive got a 1.33ghz g4 ibook with 256mb ram. im running 10.3.9

i was told upgrading to 10.4 would be a bad idea until i get a RAM upgrade. is this correct?

Yes.

Here are my specs

Perkunas · Post by **Perkunas** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:40 am 0

Just wondering, would it make a large difference to have 1024MB RAM instead of 512MB RAM in my Ibook? And how much would such upgrade cost?

wanye · Post by **wanye** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:23 am 0

Perkunas wrote:Just wondering, would it make a large difference to have 1024MB RAM instead of 512MB RAM in my Ibook? And how much would such upgrade cost?

i was going to stick in another 512mb. the only problem is kingston have two types of RAM for g4 ibook 1.33ghz units. one is a normal price, the other is about Â£90 for 512mb. wtf is the difference? does it really matter which type i get? surely as long as its 133mhz memory, it should be fine.

right?

skweek · Post by **skweek** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:40 pm 0

Weeeeee!

Also, target disk mode is ace.

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:08 pm 0

Ya know, it's never occurred to me to test or read about the Mac software upgreades before applying them. I have blind faith in Apple, I guess. I upgraded just fine last night on my work-provided 2ghz Macbook Pro. You'll have to imagine the screenshot, though.

I seem to be seeing more and more OSX -> Ubuntu switchery like this:
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/0 ... tials-2006
All the postage by people still running Panther reminds me that OSX is expensive to keep up to date, and that Tiger isn't supported on all the old hardware. Micosoft, for all its dickery, hasn't tried to take much OS money from users since 2001, but Jobs has trumpeted the OSX's incremental improvements (and charges) as a feature. If I were running my own older hardware, Ubuntu Linux would be looking more and more appealing from a personal finance point of view. Try loading an Ubuntu disc (no commitment or formatting needed to try it out) and see if you can make the change: http://www.ubuntu.com. I've barely booted into Windows on my home machines since the June 1 when the latest release came out.

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:25 pm 0

Loving the About This Mac screenies trend

tufty · Post by **tufty** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:29 pm 0

Flojomojo wrote:All the postage by people still running Panther reminds me that OSX is expensive to keep up to date, and that Tiger isn't supported on all the old hardware. Micosoft, for all its dickery, hasn't tried to take much OS money from users since 2001, but Jobs has trumpeted the OSX's incremental improvements (and charges) as a feature.

Indeed, although the changes from version to version on OSX can barely be described as "incremental" - indeed in Windows terms they would probably require a whole new product line. And although the latest and greatest doesn't keep support for all the old machines, 10.4 runs and installs quite happily on machines going back as far as 2001 at least (my G4 powerbook's release date). Friend of mine was running it on a 400Mhz slotloading iMac, which is significantly older.

That said, my G3 powerbook will likely go back to one or other of the free unixes (probably NetBSD) very soon. 256MB is fuck all to play with, in OSX terms, but as a unix laptop it's incredibly powerful, especially bearing in mind it's 8 years old or so now.

OS upgrade costs are a given. If you feel that paying 100â‚¬ for new features and more speed won't pay for itself, then don't do it. Nobody is forcing you, after all.

Simon

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:50 pm 0

tufty wrote:OS upgrade costs are a given. If you feel that paying 100â‚¬ for new features and more speed won't pay for itself, then don't do it. Nobody is forcing you, after all.

True enough. I'm quite happy to have my workplace pick up the tab for machines I use there, but I would have a hard time swallowing these costs if I had to pay them out of pocket. Right now I'm happy to be using free software and not abusing my employer's licenses for my own use. Nothing wrong with either choice, of course. I was just pointing out that I've seen more OSX to Linux switchers than I ever expected. All the media tells us we're supposed to be switching from Windows to Mac, and then stopping there.

Agreed about Tiger being faster than Panther or Jaguar, even on older machines. It's really quite osmething, isn't it?