Re: Tiger-tastic

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Hi Tim,

> I agree on Tiger - seems very impressive so far, though my PowerBook
at

I'm still not sure 80 odd quid isn't taking the p*ss, especially when I
bought my mini about a month earlier - MS usually offer you upgrades for
anything purchased in the few months leading up to release don't they?

But yes, it IS good.

> home is starting to feel a little sluggish (good job I've just ordered
> an iMac). I'm about to install it on my dual 2ghz G5 at work and will

LOL, any od excuse ;)

I am more than happy with the speed of it for day to day use on my mini -
my 2.8 AMD seems sluggish by comparison.
OTOH, I haven't installed a shed load of stuff on the mini like I have on
the PC (side note: Recently built a 2.8 celery for someone - it flew!
Then I installed Norton and it slowed to a crawl - need to switch to
something that does not kill the PC!)

> report back on what it's like. As for Widgets, you might want to join
> up to the Apple Developer Connection (free) where you can download
lots
> of info about Widgets and programming the Mac in general. Xcode 2 that

thanks, have joined.  Trouble is, I have bugger all time to tinker :(

> is on the Tiger DVD has all the tools you'll need - I've done a
> pointless Widget that just display some text and has a custom icon
just
> to see what's involved and it's fun to play around with.

u gotta start *somewhere* ;)

> I have to say though, it's crazy that Tiger comes with Xcode dev tools
> free, yet you have to pay £19.99 for QT Pro...

yup, v.inconsistent is old apple - 1/2 the time they give stuff away, the
other half they want both arms and at least one leg too....

cheers,

T.