Panther!
Panther was released tonight. I wandered by the Valley Fair store just after 8 to see what an OS release event was like. (I was in Washington for the Jaguar release, before Washington had an Apple retail store, and the earlier Mac OS X product launches came before the Apple retail stores existed.)
Wow, was that fun. I didn’t get home until 2 a.m., after a bunch of us who stayed until the store closed at midnight finally finished dinner. It’s just so amazingly wonderful to see tons of people — particularly people who don’t use computers for a living — who are really excited about buying and using a product that you’ve helped create. Admittedly I only had a very small impact on Panther — I basically just tweaked it a little here and there — but I’m proud of my contributions. It’s a terrific operating system release. It’s fast, it’s powerful, and it has tons of new features. The marketing folks must have simplified a lot to get the list down to 150.
Anyway, I had a blast tonight answering questions and talking to people about all of the cool stuff in Panther. I’m really looking forward to doing that again for the next OS release.
Teal Sunglasses Said,
October 25, 2003 @ 7:36 am
Panther is out…
And everyone seems to be talking about it.. Like Eric and some others I wandered down to Valley Fair and watched the show. By the time 8PM rolled around, there were easily 300 people in line, trailing down and around the Nordstrom’s entrance and growin…
Fernando Reig Matthies Said,
October 25, 2003 @ 12:25 pm
Eric,
I’m trying to find any information about how the install process with Panther will go along.
I’m not sure if I’m going to need to perform a Clean Install or if Panther will install on top of Jaguar.
In case you have to make a Clean Install is there any utility to Backup your Data to DVD?
EJ Said,
October 25, 2003 @ 11:50 pm
Do an Archive and Install (I think that is what it’s called). It provides the best of both a clean install and an upgrade install.
Your existing OS will be copied to a folder called Previous Systems, and a clean install of the OS will take place. What’s nice about this install is that the rest of your computer’s data won’t be touched, including your accounts and home folders, and when you’re done, everything will work just as well as before.
driverdave Said,
November 2, 2003 @ 8:02 pm
Whatever little tweaks you did in Panther, thanks! It’s seriously the best OS I’ve ever had the pleasure to use!