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Mac OS X 'Panther' on Track for September
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| April 2, 2003
| Matthew Rothenberg
Posted on 04/04/2003 1:38:56 AM PST by HAL9000
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:58:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Now that Apple Computer Inc. has let the cat halfway out of the bag about the next major revision to Mac OS X, sources report that the "Panther" release will reach end users in mid-September.
According to sources familiar with the forthcoming revisions to the Unix-based OS, Apple will freeze development on new features in May and finalize enhancements to the user interface in July.
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TOPICS: Technical
KEYWORDS: apple; macosx; macuserlist; panther
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Apple may use the occasion to roll out a 64-bit capable version of Panther alongside its first public announcement of Mac hardware that will leverage the PowerPC 970, IBM's new 64-bit processor. I wasn't expecting the 970 until next year, so this is good news.
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posted on
04/04/2003 1:38:57 AM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Somehow, code name "Tigger" just wouldn't have gotten across the intended message, I don't believe.
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posted on
04/04/2003 1:44:46 AM PST
by
Timesink
(When was the last time YOU remembered we're on Code Orange?)
To: Timesink
They would've used that if it weren't for those blasted copyright laws...
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posted on
04/04/2003 2:05:00 AM PST
by
Pyrion
To: Timesink
Jeez...I'm just getting the hang of Jaguar! Still can't find "underline" on Word! Old age is not for sissies...
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posted on
04/04/2003 2:05:16 AM PST
by
lainde
To: HAL9000
"I invented Panther....."
To: HAL9000
yawn...The ALPHA chip, a RISC microprocessor from DEC.
In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available workstations. It is superpipelined and superscalar. In February 1996 it was clocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz.
Multi processor support. Capable of running either 32 or 64 bit apps
11/95 to 6/03, Took some time to catch up.
yawn, yawn...
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posted on
04/04/2003 2:13:03 AM PST
by
tommyboy
To: Leroy S. Mort
Al Gore is a Senior Advisor to Google. Boycott Google!
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posted on
04/04/2003 2:21:27 AM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Google sucks...figures Gore would be involved. WebFerret rules.
To: tommyboy
The ALPHA chip, a RISC microprocessor from DEC. Says you. IBM has been running the 64 bit PowerPC chip on AS/400's for years (you know, the machine with 99.9999% uptime?) and it will make a great chip for Mac. My little e170 AS/400 blazes through client/server tasks. I'll be first in line to sign on to this new chipset using Panther. Where is the AMD and WIntel challenge?
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posted on
04/04/2003 2:32:40 AM PST
by
Glenn
To: HAL9000
Hey Apple!
How about a means of installing fonts that doesn't involve a PhD in Computer Science!
To: HAL9000
Mega Safari dittos!
To: Prince Charles
Yeah, Dittos on Safari. I hardly ever use Internet Explorer any more.
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posted on
04/04/2003 2:42:45 AM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
"I hardly ever use Internet Explorer any more. " You mean Internet Exploiter.
Cheers.
To: HAL9000
What's Safari?Is it the same as OmniWeb?
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posted on
04/04/2003 5:43:00 AM PST
by
randita
To: lainde
Jeez...I'm just getting the hang of Jaguar! Still can't find "underline" on Word! Old age is not for sissies... It's not command-U?
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posted on
04/04/2003 5:43:41 AM PST
by
randita
To: tommyboy
Agreed that the Alpha chipset is something else. It is also true that when the open software consortium (consisting of, amongst others, Apple and IBM) went to DEC to see if they couldn't use the Alpha chip in PCs, DEC refused to play. Thus, Apple and IBM were forced to develop the PPC (which took about 2 years).
If DEC hadn't been so greedy in wanting $50,000/chip, they would still be a major player today.
DEC has always been excellent as technologists. But since the mid to late eighties they've been extremely poor in the marketing arena.
To: ContentiousObjector
Huh?
I admit I'm only up to 10.1.5, but in that version, you, uh, drag the fonts to the "Fonts" folder in your user directory.
Frankly, that's the only thing I kinda don't like about X (the multiple user bit), but with a 12 year old boy with raging hormones in the house, restriction of computer use is no longer an option, but a necessity.
My next project involves setting up an SQP database for my wifes website, if I can only get to the point of understanding it...
= )
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posted on
04/04/2003 6:09:13 AM PST
by
Mr. Thorne
(Inter armes, silent leges)
To: *Macuser_list
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posted on
04/04/2003 6:16:09 AM PST
by
Free the USA
(Stooge for the Rich)
To: ContentiousObjector
Hey Apple! How about a means of installing fonts that doesn't involve a PhD in Computer Science!Didn't this stop being a problem somewhere around System 3?
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posted on
04/04/2003 7:03:06 AM PST
by
Timesink
(When was the last time YOU remembered we're on Code Orange?)
To: tommyboy
The ALPHA chip, a RISC microprocessor from DEC. You could also cook on the thing - it used upwards of 100 watts in its latest incarnation. Put that on your laptop! :-)
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posted on
04/04/2003 8:21:56 AM PST
by
glorgau
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