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What's your favorite version of Mac OS?
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Mac OS 9 brings back the most memories, even though it was awful for it's time in every sense of the word. Tiger brought upon the most useful features. Snow Leopard was the most reliable and fastest for it's time.
I am enjoying Mountain Lion, but look forward to upgrading to Mavericks.
I am enjoying Mountain Lion, but look forward to upgrading to Mavericks.
Was Snow Leopard before Mountain Lion, as it was fast and reliable now Mountain Lion is that plus all the features as extra.
Lion was good too but only after it was updated the second or third time and most of the bugs were rid of.
Lion was good too but only after it was updated the second or third time and most of the bugs were rid of.
Tiger is my favorite.
Leopard was nice, lots of useful features, but kinda buggy and slow.
Snow Leopard was the best, i think. Fast, stable, no bugs (at least after a few updates). I still want it on my new Macs.
Lion was crap.
Mountain Lion is not bad at all. Apple is on the right track.
Leopard was nice, lots of useful features, but kinda buggy and slow.
Snow Leopard was the best, i think. Fast, stable, no bugs (at least after a few updates). I still want it on my new Macs.
Lion was crap.
Mountain Lion is not bad at all. Apple is on the right track.
Tiger is, and I imagine always will be, my favorite OS X version. Part of that is probably because it was my first real OS X experience, outside of messing around in Apple stores. I was fortunate enough to receive a CD Mac mini in Christmas 2006 loaded with, you guessed it, 10.4 "Tiger". The first few weeks of diving straight in to OS X were a bit challenging and frustrating coming from knowing Windows like the back of my hand, but it didn't take too long before I pretty much fell head over heels in love with this new OS. It was intuitive, packed full of features I never even knew I needed (almost literally ), and designed with not just unsurpassed functionality, but with style and looks to match. I don't believe Apple has ever come close to achieving the sort of sheer perfect balance and harmony that Tiger embodied in any of their OS releases, past or present.
(Though I must admit, runner up definitely goes to Snow Leopard, simply because of how rock-solid, reliable and speedy it is.)
), and designed with not just unsurpassed functionality, but with style and looks to match. I don't believe Apple has ever come close to achieving the sort of sheer perfect balance and harmony that Tiger embodied in any of their OS releases, past or present.(Though I must admit, runner up definitely goes to Snow Leopard, simply because of how rock-solid, reliable and speedy it is.)
I voted for 10.4, but I really should have voted for 10.3 There's just something about it that I loved. Tiger and Leopard had the feature and refinement, but I feel like the farther refined OS X becomes, the less personality it has.
Look at it now, on 10.8, it's a bunch of smooth gradients :\
There's just something about it that I loved. Tiger and Leopard had the feature and refinement, but I feel like the farther refined OS X becomes, the less personality it has.Look at it now, on 10.8, it's a bunch of smooth gradients :\
Wow! Some people actually voted Lion.
WTF?
The problem with Lion was it was transitional as it was the first to incorporate some iOS features, the worst thing about it was it stuffed up my 2010 MBP, it made it lag like hell when I first upgraded, I did consider downgrading back to 10.6 but I persevered and it did get better with 10.7.2 or 10.7.3.
It was okay on my 2010 iMac as it was faster and seemed to be able to handle it but ML was way better as it was more stable and I think now is better than 10.6 as it has some iOS features (I know some people hate this) and is very stable IMHO, now I can't wait for Mavericks.
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So far, I'd have to say Leopard (meaning I've used most of them up to and including Snow Leopard, and not Lion or ML). I use Snow Leopard at work now, but haven't used it long enough to say I'd give it an edge over Leopard.
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I heard that - anyone remember Font/DA Mover?
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I heard that - anyone remember Font/DA Mover?
I heard that - anyone remember Font/DA Mover?
Another old-timer here--I remember the Font/DA mover very well! Those were heady days, when software and hardware innovations came fast and furious.
