...the more time you have to work on something the better it will be. Apple's engineers are some of the best around, but even OS X has it's share of bugs. The longer between releases, the better they will be. People that don't professionally program don't understand what it is like writting software, especially applications. Not only does the customer get to be a pain in your ass about how the product works, so does your Team Lead, your Director, your VP, your design team, your product team, your QA team, your CEO and dozens of others....

Though I have been running a stealth campaign to get my (still fairly young and small) company to switch over to macs, I am still posting this on some random piece of pentium 4 crap. When I get home I have too little time to be learning the nuances of mac OSX.x especially with the changes that come each year (yes year!) It is enough for me to be able to take a little time to get a few things done or play a game for a while, that I never really get the tricks of the OS into my mind.

Thus I look at this announcement as a Good Thing(tm) because it offers me consistancy for the few tricks I do pick up. Not to mention reducing the 130$ annual staying current tax.

Hurry up Guest! You're gonna be late for that project meeting!

Good. Because some book publishers can't seem to keep pace with Apple either.

And, speaking of books, now I don't have to buy that new OS X bookshelf (for books -- not the OS X packaging) I was eyeing!

Thank you Apple! Slow incremental improvements are vastly preferred to yearly sweeping UI changes. Slowing the pace lets me settle into SOME kind of comfort level and become a power user again on my Mac! We who make a living with our Macs can't afford the all-too-frequent productivity hit that occurs with every major OS revision.

Now if only Adobe would slow down with their friggin' upgrade pace too, then life would be good!

-Ken P

On behalf of the remaining cat breeds, thank you Apple. With the popularity of Mac OS X Puma, Cheetah, Jaguar, and now Panther, Mac officienados have been collecting pelts of these cats for their offices. This has led to a severely dwindling population, even though the Mac market share is very tiny. Imagine if the Mac had its 1992 market share. Most of these magnificent cats would be gone.

I also applaud the change of namings to common house cats. Mac OS X 10.4 Himalayan will be a fantastic release!

Signed,
Felix the Cat

Well, Mr. E? You got something to say about this? Has Apple lost too much money to support their R&D, or something like that? I wait with bated breath for the latest FUD

i think the reason that apple had made so many fast updates was because they werent satisfied with where osx was as far as how mature of an OS it is. i think didnt want to wait for their OS to be criticized for its shortcomings. and personally, i'm glad for panther with its speed improvements. if each yearly paid updated offered speed improvements, i would go for it. but i understand that many companies cant do this every year.

have you ever heard of a newer version of windows being faster than a previous one?