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Posted date: 2012-08-25


In addition to performance improvements, Apple has added DVD-video playback. Since OS X is a true multi-tasking operating system, you haven't really watched a DVD until you've made it a half-size window in the background while checking e-mail, shopping on Amazon.co.uk and copying files at the same time--without skipping a frame. iTunes for OS X will play and encode music, as well as burn audio CDs using an internal or external CD-R/RW drive. If you need to burn data CDs, simply insert a blank disc. OS X will detect it and ask how you'd like to format it: Mac/PC data or audio CD?Improvements across the board within the operating system and support from numerous companies have made OS X a viable upgrade. Internal improvements have brought the performance and reliability up to professional levels, while software from such companies as Canon, Epson and Hewlett-Packard make a wide variety of printers and scanners compatible. As soon as 10.1 was released, we upgraded our Dual G4-450 with nothing but positive results. With multiple hard drives on our system, we're able to dedicate drives for booting into either OS 9 or OS X, thus ensuring backward compatibility. Additional improvements in AppleScripting, a customisable Dock, videocard and printer drivers, and networking add to the appeal. One important missing feature is the ability to print to a remote USB printer. Using OS 9, Apple included the USB Printer Sharing control panel, which allowed remote Macs to print to any USB-connected printer on a local Mac. This worked flawlessly for us when printing from our Powerbook to an Epson 1280 connected to our G4. However, there seems to be no such facility for printing to remote USB printers under OS X. Aside from that, OS X on a contemporary Mac is a solid performer and a glimpse of how things ought to work. --Mike Caputo However, since upgrading over a month ago, the only times we've needed to boot into OS 9 was for using a Firewire card reader (for reading compact flash cards from a digital camera) and only because the drivers aren't yet available. But you don't need a high speed G4 to use it. Read more Mac OS X.1 Upgrade

Mac OS X.1 Upgrade Feature

Dozens of new features

Redesigned Finder gives you 3 options for viewing file systems

Drag and drop items into the Dock, which holds as many items as you want

Large buttons instantly take you to the most frequently accessed areas on your Mac

Aqua interface features liquid color, translucence, and depth

NOTE: This is an upgrade for a previous version

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