Mac OS News & Links: 2001 Archive

Covering Mac OS 9 and X

• Analysis: Fascinating discussion of Mac OS X, 2D graphics performance, and Cocoa vs. Carbon speed in Maca Only, 12.27.
• Where Apple and ATI have gone before, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12.27. Millions of Mac users deserve better than the second-rate drivers they're getting in Mac OS X. If Apple and ATI won't deliver, they can at least let someone else step up to the plate.
• Opinion: A realistic look at the ATI chip conspiracy, Mac Night Owl, 12.26. "If Apple and ATI were ordered by court or convinced by incessant user demand to commit resources to get make those older chips work better under Mac OS X, would it make any difference?"
• Rage at being left behind, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12.24. It's official - Apple doesn't plan to support graphics acceleration for any Mac (except the b&w G3) with ATI Rage video.
• OS X: It's official: Apple remains committed to sub-standard ATI graphics performance in OS X, Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac, 12.22. Apple now states it does not plan to support acceleration with ATI Rage II+, IIc, Pro, Pro Turbo, LT Pro, or Mobility chipsets, leaving WallStreet and Lombard PowerBooks, iMac Rev. A-D, beige G3s, and original iBook and iBook SE users behind.
• OS X: Getting to the source of Mac OS X, Chris Coleman, O'Reilly, 12.21. "...what many people don't know is that the source code for much of Mac OS X is available to the public."
• OS X: Mac OS 10.1.2: Still no support for Rage Pro Macs, Go2Mac.com, 12.21. Several improvements, but OS X still doesn't support ATI Rage graphics acceleration.
• OS X and the beige G3, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 12.21. OS X runs decently on a beige G3, but also cripples the floppy drive, printer port, graphics performance....
• Opinion: Is OS X the real user friendly Linux?, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 12.21. "...with the ascendancy of Mac OS X, prospects for a desktop Linux breakthrough look bleaker than ever."
• Opinion: Mac OS X is the death of Linux on the desktop, Kimbro Staken, XML Databases, 12.17. "I think Apple has hit the right balance of open and closed source development and the tide is turning with Mac OS X stealing from the Linux community."
• Early G3s losing support, 12.14. If Symantec is abandoning early G3 support, can Apple be far behind?
• Analysis: The "Mac-ness" of Mac OS X: Unix and the future of data organization, Brian Tiemann, Applelust, 11.30. How and why a multiuser OS changes some of the rules.
• Opinion: OS X and the iMac 266, Alan Zisman, 10 Forward, 11.30. Some real trials installing OS X 10.0 on a Revision C iMac - but all is fine now.
• Web: EverythingMac.org, a very new site dedicated to the sharing of knowledge about the Unix underpinnings of Mac OS X.
• OS: OS X set for Mac default in March, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 11.23. Apple's Schiller suggests March 2002 as date when OS X will displace classic Mac OS as default on new systems.
• Opinion: Apple, Aqua, and interface freedom, Michel Munger, On the Flip Side, Mac Observer, 10.31. Once a supporter of interface freedom, Apple now blocks efforts to change Aqua appearance.
• Opinion: Mac OS X: A system for the post-Windows world, Michael Reynolds, osOpinion, 10.30. "The maturation of Mac OS X couldn't have come at a more opportune time...."
• Benchmarks: OS 9.2.1 freestanding vs. inside OS X, MacSpeedZone, 10.28. Freestanding 9.2.1 usually faster, but classic mode wins some tests.
• OS X: A few Mac OS X 10.1 secrets revealed, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 10.25. Classic MP-aware apps can now use multiple processors.
• Opinion: Geek toy no more - the look and feel of OS X as a real operating system, Andras Puiz, Applelust, 10.12. "[Aqua's] features may be similar, but nothing is exactly the same."
• Benchmarks: Which is best for OS X: G4/867 or dual 800?, Bare Feats, 10.10. Comparison also includes dual G4/533.
• Opinion: Why hast thou forsaken me?, David Nagel, Talkin' Smack, Creative Mac, 10.08. After seven months, Mac OS X finally crashes.
• Advice: Classic not starting when booting OS X 10.1, Damien, AppleTechs, 10.04. There are two possible causes for this problem....
• OS X: Potential Mac OS X 10.1 gotchas, Stepwise, 10.02. Apache, developer tools, wget, WebObjects, and other possible problems.
• Benchmarks: OS X 10.1 vs 10.0.4 performance, Accelerate Your Mac, 09.27. Yes, it's faster, but by how much?
• Welcome to Mac OS X 10.1! A visual tour with commentary, Mike Vannorsdel, Applelust, 2001.09.25. Before you install, see if you need a firmware update....
• OS X: Mac OS X 10.1 released, free in Apple Stores this Saturday, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2001.09.25.
• OS X: Mac OS X Server also revved to version 10.1, Dennis Sellers, 2001.09.25.
• Unsupported UtilityX 2.0b1 available, Ryan Rempel. New version designed to be more compatible with future versions of OS X. No multiprocessor support yet.
• Mac OS X: Firewall at startup, Brennan Stehling, GreasyDaemon.com, 2001.08.28. "By combining the startup process with some firewalling I was able to build my very own firewall system from scratch in minutes."
• Is Classic really worth all that much (going forward)?, Paul Shields, Business Mac, 2001.08.24. "...a compatibility environment like Classic only encourages developers to drag their feet on producing updated applications."
• OS X for legacy Macs, Ryan Rempel, Other World Computing, 2001.08.03. Unsupported UtilityX out of beta stage, allows installing Mac OS X on most PCI Macs, clones.
• Installing Mac OS X is quick and easy, Kevin Webb, My Turn, 2001.07.26. Installing Mac OS X was much faster and easier than anticipated.
• At least 256 MB for OS X, Bill Fox, Macs Only!, 2001.07.09. Testing finds OS X really benefits from at least 256 MB RAM, especially if running Classic mode.
• Why is OS X slow?, Andrew, Ambrosia Software, 06.20. "The truth of the matter is that there is no single thing that is causing OS X to be slow.."
• The conversion of an OS X skeptic and Wintel heretic, Joel Davies, Applelust, 06.20. "I want to trade in my PCs. Permanently. I'm done with them: If my cute little Pismo can dust a dual Xeon machine . . . with a still under construction OS, I want no part of that Wintel box."
• Darwin source less than open, Scott Atkinson, My Turn, 05.30. Linux, Mac OS X, and why the Darwin source code is less than open.
• The OS X curmudgeon grumbles again, part 2, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 05.29. More thoughts on Mac OS X vs. the classic Mac OS and reader feedback.
• Finally, made-for-Mac OS X applications turn the corner, Bob Levitus, Dr. Mac, Houston Chronicle, 05.25. Dr. Mac hardly ever has to use Mac OS 9.1 these days.
• Speeding up OS X for G3 machines, Jordan, AppleTechs.com, 05.21.
• Jobs and Tevanian vow to fight OS X speed drain, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 05.22. Experts point to OS X Finder as the main culprit.
• The OS X curmudgeon grumbles again, Charles Moore, 05.22. We're giving up a lot of flexibility and ease-of-use with OS X.
• OS X pre-installed on all shipping Macs as of today, Applelinks, 05.21. "The systems are set to default boot into Mac OS 9.1," but can be set to boot to OS X as well.
• OS X: They're baack!, Matt Johnston, osOpinion, 05.15. "I never thought . . . a single platform . . . would service both the needs of the seasoned code monkey as well as the needs of my techno-phobic parents. I've seen that platform now, and its name is Mac OS X."
• Apple releases OS X 10.0.3, Mac Observer, 05.09.
• Should you run Linux instead of OS X?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 05.09. Why you might want to run Linux on your Power Mac or PowerBook instead of Mac OS X.
• The multiprocessor option, Philip Machanick, Macintelligence, Mac Opinion, 05.09. An introduction to multiprocessing.
• Mac OS X 10.0.2: How fast is it?, Macs Only!, 05.02. Update perceptively improves performance.
• The best I can say, Ceolaf, MacinThoughts, Applelust, 04.24. Mac OS X better than Linux, but not nearly as good as Mac OS 9.
• Evolution of the Mac OS X user interface, David Miller, osOpinion, 04.24. "...if Apple, a company whose reputation is synonymous with good design, cannot make an OS that conforms to the industry's specifications for a proper user interface, who will?"
• I'm furious at Apple, Michael Coyle, ResExcellence, 04.23. "Apple has stopped your ability to customize the interface of Mac OS X with themes...."
• Software lets you play VCDs on Mac OS X, MacCentral, 04.19. Oops, Apple left VideoCD support out of OS X.
• Apple lawyers attack MacOS 8.x skinning code, Tony Smith, The Register, 04.18. What the Mac OS makes possible with themes, Apple Legal wants to keep out of user's hands.
• OS X via FireWire, Paulo Rodrigues, Tangerine Fusion, 04.19. Why putting OS X on an external FireWire drive might be your best bet.
• BeOS or NeXT: The right choice, David Puett, My Turn, 04.18. Another look at BeOS - and why Apple did right to choose NeXT instead.
• Do more with OS X, Jake Sargent, iThings Considered, 04.17. A look at some OS X applications to reduce dependence on the Classic mode.
• The reality of Mac OS X: A common sense perspective, Dave Schroeder, Xappeal.org, 3/5. "No product will be perfect at ship time."
• What to expect when you're expecting, Brett Larson, Macworld, 3/2. Old habits will be replaced easily under Mac OS X.
• What good is a server OS without server hardware?, Paul Shields, Business Mac, 3/5. OS X Server due 3/24, where's the server hardware?
• Why OS X will work, Chuck Cribbs, osOpinion. "Apple has it right: The interface is where it has to stand out."
• Introduction to Unix: The buzz words, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis, 2/20. Threads, multiprocessing, memory management, and preemptive multitasking - parts of Mac OS X.
• You can live without Mac OS X, Michel Munger, On the Flip Side, Mac Observer, 2/19.
• The end of the Mac as we know it, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 2/16. "OS X will change the way you work with your computer. OS X will act more like Windows...."
• Mac OS X, Gaggan. "The Mach microkernel permits very fine grained control because of its basic nature."
• Mac creator Raskin comes down hard on OS X, osOpinion, 2/1.
• Jobs' compromise completes Mac OS X, John Holmes, osOpinion, 1/18. "It looks like my daddy's Mac OS, only it's much better."
• A new OS X, Stephen Beale, MacWeek, 1/16. A look at changes between the beta and the final release.

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