Is Jaguar worth the money?

[FrankH]

Hi everyone,

do not feel offended that I made that provocative statement, but I think that we ought to discuss that.

Well, I admit, Jaguar is a lot better than 10.1, especialliy concerning performance and usability. It also added a set of cool features ... e.g. the preview app or the new network services.

First of all, I wanna make clear that I really like working with OS X, but it is really justifiable to pay 160 € (that is about 150 dollars I think) for an update that might fix some bugs (but also brings others instead) and is a bit faster than the previous version? Do I pay something for an Service Pack for Windows 2000 or XP?
You might say, that there are a lot apps with cool features and so on ... a Messenger, the new address book, iCal ... sorry, I'm not impressed, that are things you normally get for free.
And, of course, the .Mac services ... it is like Apple chose the "Microsoft way". Why should anyone pay 50 $ for a mail address, some disc space and a simple backup program?

Others might say that, in the case of Jaguar, you pay for quality and quality is costy. But let's face it!
When reading threads in this forums, you always emphasize the "superiority" of OS X over Windows. I am using Windows XP, and believe me, it is really stable, comfortable to use and fast and that with a minimum of 256 M of RAM. (In OS X you can forget everything under 512 M)
Be realistic, XP is not that bad as you claim.
In some aspects OS X still is technologically behind, e.g. the Scheduler of OS X is really an inferior one I heard from some people. That is the reason why Virtual PC under MAC OS X is slower than under OS 9.
Some critisize that Apple chose an UNIX kernel for its new OS. They could have developed a new one based on newer technologies like Microsoft did with NT or IBM did with OS/2.

OK ... as I said, OS X is an awesome operation system, I realy like it, but we have to be realistic.

Bye,

FrankH

[uoba]

I think you'll find this argument has been 'done to death' on macosx.com ,over and before Jaguar's release.



But if your interested, worth every penny IMHO!

[davidbrit2]

I agree the price does seem a bit steep, but keep in mind that this is more than just a service pack. Quite a lot of new features have been added to the OS (so I'm told; my copy isn't here yet.) But hey, if you're a student or faculty member of an educational institution, you can get almost half off the price! Yay!

And to digress a little, I think the "Family Pack" type deal (5 licenses for $199) is a very cool idea. Finally a company is recognizing the existence of multi computer households that want to upgrade everything. At only $40 per copy, that isn't bad, and even if you only need two, you're still saving money on each one.

[xaqintosh]

definitely worth it!

[themacko]

In my opinion, it's not worth the $130 US. That just seems like waaaay too much money for something I view as simply an 'upgrade.' Luckily, I just purchased my Mac about 3 weeks ago, so 10.2 is well worth the $21.53 it cost me.

I suppose it all depends on what your priorities are, but there are a lot of better things I can do with $130 than simply update my computer.

[vanguard]

No, it's not worth the money. My iBook is still very slow for web browsing. The jag speed increase has been oversold.

The only new feature that I've benefitted from is iChat and that's not worth the $70 I paid for it (student disc).

$30 would have been more on target. Also, jag is buggy. Sleep doesn't work right anymore and it's crashed on me (10.1 never did).

Vanguard

PS The fact that you have to apologize for three paragraphs tells us that this board is way to biased. They'll drink any kool-aid that Apple sells.

[pianophile]

I want to believe that jag is worth $129, but it has caused so many problems for me that I have gone back to 10.1.5 for now. (I work with audio apps mostly, and audio is so completely broken under 10.2, everything has to be updated. It's a new OS all over again)

[Jason]

IMO it really depends on how much money you have

as someone who is poor, and really cant afford to shell out 130 whenever whereever, its not worth it for me...

but if i was richer, and wasnt worrying about making bills every month, then it would definately be worth it

to me it just depends on how rich you are *shrugs*