10.3.4 seeded to developers


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From Apple Insider:

Apple yesterday seeded its developers with the first external build of Mac OS X 10.3.4, which carries build number 7H41 and weighs in at approximately 33.6 MB.

In the seed notes accompanying the build, Apple said that the update includes a fix that may result in a performance gain in launching applications that aren't prebound, and asked that developers test their applications to make sure that they still launch properly.

The system update will also include changes that may impact devices such as SCSI drives, USB Flash Media, TWAIN scanners, iPods & some PC Cards, sources said. Audio FireWire devices and iPod connections over USB 2.0 may also be affected.

Meanwhile, additional areas of change are said to include Core OS, Graphics, OpenGL, Core Audio and the Mac OS X High Level Toolbox.

Apple also noted a short list of known issues with the current build that pertain to Safari table rendering, redraw issues with the Mac OS X Dock application, System Profiler crashes, and inconsistent display resolutions between logins. Additionally, the company reportedly told developers that Quartz Extreme may be disabled on certain machines, causing potential problems with DVD playback.

The last official release of Mac OS X was version 10.3.3, which made its debut last month.

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Another update, another version of Shapeshifter. :D

Looks like they fixed a few things they needed to. I'm sure it'll be a worthwhile update.

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I've found system performance under 10.3.3 a little, er, gloopy for want of a better expression - although startup time averages at around 20 seconds! Here's to 10.3.4 - give the Panther more zest and please let me use my iPod again the 'spinning beach ball of death' leads to dysfunction!

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sounds like more problems then a standard microsoft patch...

It's more analogous to a service pack. I know that trolls like to call 10.3 a service pack to 10.2 that's simply not true. Windows 2000-Xp went from 5.0 to 5.1 btw just for reference. :D

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It's more analogous to a service pack. I know that trolls like to call 10.3 a service pack to 10.2 that's simply not true. Windows 2000-Xp went from 5.0 to 5.1 btw just for reference. :D

That was/is a bit of a "jack" for the professional customers who were using NT5 (Win2000) and Upgraded to WinXP Pro, however the consumer OS was WinME, which was still a 4.x version of Windows.

The way I look at it: OS X 10.0 -> 10.3 is a HUGE improvement? Is that worth $129 to you for a single license? How about $40 a copy for 5 machines, or $69 as a student? If so, that's what it'll cost. If you're not satisfied you can ignore the upgrade and the improvements it offers until the improvements make sense.

On the other hand, if you're not happy with Windows right now you're pretty much ****ing off until 2007+ waiting for the next version (a working firewall and popup blocking should have been there in the first place, that's just another bug Microsoft promises to fix). I suppose you could also check out linux/bsd but those have their own cost-issues too.

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The way I look at it: OS X 10.0 -> 10.3 is a HUGE improvement? Is that worth $129 to you for a single license? How about $40 a copy for 5 machines, or $69 as a student? If so, that's what it'll cost. If you're not satisfied you can ignore the upgrade and the improvements it offers until the improvements make sense.

OSX 10.0 to 10.3 IS a major improvement...

10.0 was buggy as ****, there was no dvd player, no built in burning software, nothing...

10.1 was free, it introduced dvd player and built in burning,

10.2 introduced Quartx Extreme... major graphics speed improvement, new finder, and new OS speed improvements

10.3 introduced Expose and several wanted features

they're all worth the update from 10.0 in my opinion...

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