Same went for Windows XP, most of the *really* cool features were changes in the Windows XP kernel – there was quite a good MSDN article on it when Windows XP came out. I’d say the move from 10.3 to 10.4 is more like a move from Windows 2000 to Windows XP most of the sexy stuff which has been added and changed, are under the hood – completely outside the scope of end users. The difference is SP2’s upgrades are mostly under the hood, while these updates in OSX are mostly user apps. All the Windows code was gone through and re-compiled, not to mention it benefitted from the Server 2003 code-review that Microsoft did. SP2 wasn’t just a little service pack either. That kind of a jump (95 to 2000) is like going from OS9 to OSX. Going from Panther to Tiger is not like jumping from Win95 to Win2000. Many installers were broken as well, because 10.4 seems to handle permissions differently, forcing companies to have to issue new installers so that users can continue using their old software. Part of the problem seems to stem from the “.0” in the application’s file name. It’s not just the bugs, but the size and sheer strangeness of the things that are broken that really stands out. That being said, 10.4 has been a lackluster upgrade to me because of the sheer number of bugs that have appeared in the latest release. When people start to get those 3rd-party releases, however, that require Tiger, the OS will start to look a lot more appealing. 10.4 has a lot of developer tools that will make future 3rd-party software that much better, but doesn’t present much to the end user. The reason that 10.4 is not as spectacular an upgrade as 10.3 is for two reasons: 10.3 fixed a lot of problems that really needed fixing. Actually, no, many Mac users refer to it as the “Apple tax.” However, you don’t *have* to buy it, so there’s really no need in complaining, unless your computer magically stops booting tomorrow as a result.
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