Tiger

April 30th 2005 at 11:25 am

Like many other mac fans out there I purchased the latest upgrade to the Apple OS and am pleased. Here’s a review by John Siracusa, probably the smartest computer OS reviewer I’ve read, giving his long, detailed examination of Tiger and this blurb about Tiger’s performance:

For over four years now, Mac OS X has gotten faster with every release—not just “faster in the experience of most end users,” but faster on the same hardware. This trend is unheard of among contemporary desktop operating systems. It certainly didn’t apply to classic Mac OS, where every significant new OS revision was perceptibly slower than its predecessor on the same hardware. (System 7 and Mac OS 8, I’m looking at you.) The world of Windows has historically followed a similar trend. It is usually taken for granted that a new OS will not really sing until you upgrade your hardware.

This is has not been the case with Mac OS X. Every single major revision of Mac OS X has been faster than its predecessors when running on identical hardware. Jumping several major revisions is practically like getting a new machine. It’s impressive, and unprecedented.

It’s a beautiful thing to upgrade to a fast, snappier, more functional and extra featured system!

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