I doubt very much that it's significantly faster for one simple reason...a faster OS would breathe new life into slightly jaded systems, negating the need for an upgrade. If anything and based on the minimum hardware requirements, this OS is going to guarantee unbearable sluggishness in systems over 4 years and almost demand an upgrade. Do you honestly think Apple would have it any other way?

Oh...I forgot, it's only M$ that screws it's installed user base, look what they did with the iPhone...er wasn't that his Steveness???

The big problem I'm having is not being able to print to my Brother HL-1440 laser printer connected to a Linux server and shared via CUPS.

mike3k-

I'm not having any problems printing to my Brother laser printer connected to a linux server and shared via CUPS.

This took a while to set up in gentoo, but now that it's up and working-- no problem. In fact, I didn't have to set up anything at all in OS X. Once i got CUPS to announce the printer's presence, it just appeared under "Shared Printers" on the mac.

I suspect this is more a Linux issue than a Mac one..

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Why do I even bother replying to a testudo post?

Maybe because some people see it as a honest question as to "what's in it for some people?"

Only about the fact that it's about 10 times faster in nearly all operations, including on older G4 systems

Wow, 10 times faster, huh? So creating a 2 hour DVD in iMovie will now take only 12 minutes? That I can't wait for! And wireless network copies are going to finally be at gigabit speeds! Woohoo! And high-demand CPU usage is way up there too, huh? That must be impressive. They must've added a speed-boost to the firmware to get them to run 10 times faster as well (probably due to Apple never installing those Turbo buttons PC owners always had).

And I don't know how, but I must have missed the snappy speed increases through all the reports of the builds I've read all year up to today.

but I'm sure that's insignificant to you on your BeOS system.

Well, if I had a BeOS system, it would be insignificant, since a BeOS system can't install OS X. Then again, even if Vista were 10 times faster, it would mean little to a BeOS owner, wouldn't it.

No, you won't.. Use it before making such sweeping generalizations.

Oh, yeah, nothing like saying "10 times faster in nearly all operations" being a sweeping generalization.

Why not just ask for peace on Earth?

But, on another topic, does anyone specifically know how QuickLook works? I was reading a review of the latest iWork and someone mentioned that the iWork document packages contained a QuickLook folder or file, which implied Quicklook requires the application to insert the 'quicklook' image in the file (which, in turn, would imply the developer would have to make their files 'packages').

So, does it work only like that, does it accept a plug-in architecture (like Spotlight) to allow these quicklooks to generate on-the-fly, or is there some magical way Apple comes up with these looks?

And how 'snappy' is it? I know on my dual-G5, coverflow in iTunes is slow to update as you scroll through the music.

Oh, nevermind on that, I just remember zinkdifferent saying nearly everything is 10 times faster.

'but I'm sure that's insignificant to you on your BeOS system"

Yeah well, don't knock it until you've tried it. In 1996 I remember the GUI flying on a dual ppc 604, running like 4 quicktime movies simultaneously, instant file navigation, etc. :-)

If the overall snappiness (esp. of the Finder) and the speed of some applications (mainly the X-Plane flight simulator) is increased or remains the same, then I'll most likely buy the upgrade. If my machine becomes just a little bit slower when running 10.5, I will definitely not buy it.

That's just my personal priority. For many other people, speed doesn't matter that much. Anyway, time machine is the only interesting feature for me in this upgrade.

the "10 time faster" quote. Which is 100% BS.

As for Spotlight, if they do NOT have a "filename only" method, it still stinks as a tool. Fir me, I only may need "look inside a file" about once in 1-200 searches I initiate.

Archive/Install not working seems to me a total show stopper. But no word on "migration assistant?" Both functions MUST be 100% functional for a release... IMO.

I am looking forward to it. I bet all the 3rd part HD manufacturers are too!

"Dare I say that this is the biggest upgrade of OS X yet?"

I think that would have been Jaguar. It's hard to beat an upgrade from 'unstable, with applications breaking every minor update' to 'stable, usable, APIs actually staying the same'.

Run each finder window as a separate process, and make it use the actual UNIX file system names and paths instead of pretending this is still OS 9, and bring back the ability to have a browser view without all the junk around it... hey, maybe even split off the spacial view as a separate program so people who want real Finder can have real Finder, and people who want the NeXT Browser can have that?

Hopefully Unsanity will have a hack to re-enable input managers and turn off the laggy GUI "enhancements" toot sweet. :)

I complain about Spotlight precisely because I do remember what it was like before it's arrival. And I miss that simple and fast functionality sorely. Since my first Mac in 1985, I have never ever wanted to search the contents of a file.

From time to time I come across a Mac running Panther and search for a file. It's such a refreshing feeling to actually find what I'm looking for without hundreds if not thousands of irrelevant hits because the contents of terabytes of documents were searched.

Spotlight in it's current form sucks beyond belief. I hate it with all the energy and passion in my very being.