![]() ![]() A quicker option is Archive and Install, which saves your applications and your preferences settings. But it was automatic we clicked through a few introductory screens and inserted the CDs when prompted. We chose the Custom Install option that included X11, a Unix windowing system for the Mac, and it took a rather lengthy hour and a half to complete the installation. If you choose the Erase and Install installation method, you'll need your own copy of Mac OS 9.2 to run Classic applications. Although Mac OS X 10.3 comes on three installation CDs (plus a fourth with developer tools), you no longer get Mac OS 9.2 as part of the package. And if you are a home user with Jaguar, we suggest holding on to it in anticipation of next year's Mac OS X update. Until Apple works out these quirks, we can't recommend this version of Panther to users of Macs on enterprise networks. Along with advances in compatibility with Windows networks come problems in their implementation and interface. ![]() Many of Panther's changes to the Finder seem motivated more by fashion than by usability, and although Apple lists 150 new features in Panther, others have disappeared. Panther, the must-have upgrade that last year's Jaguar was. Unfortunately, these updates aren't free-nor is the latest, Mac OS X 10.3 a.k.a. While Microsoft continues to receive criticism for delaying Longhorn, the next version of Windows, Apple keeps churning out annual updates of Mac OS X. ![]()
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