# Mac Users: Upgrade to Panther? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681 "2003-10-10T15:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/1 "2003-10-10T15:12:40Z")
What the title says. Are you planning on upgrading to Panther (OS 10.3)? If yes…when? I was able to get Jaguar for free…so I might hold off for awhile and wait for the reviews before jumping in. Expose’ does look pretty spiffy, though. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/2 "2003-10-10T16:19:48Z")
I can get it for $69 through the school, so I’m going to do that. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/3 "2003-10-10T19:33:48Z")
I’ll probably wait a week for the initial bugs to get reported and fixed, then go for it. All accounts I’ve heard say there’s a significant speed increase for older machines. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/4 "2003-10-10T20:17:44Z")
I’m going to do it if I can make it install and boot on my old-world WallStreet PowerBook with its ADB and classic serial ports and lack of built-in USB. Among other things, Panther allegedly plays much nicer with FileMaker than Jaguar, which was close to incompable. (In fact I stuck with 10.1.5 until about 5 days ago, when Village Tronic released a CardBus second-monitor card so I could finally run a second independent display off my PowerBook under X. The card required Jaguar. Were it not for that I would have held off until Panther was out) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/5 "2003-10-10T21:02:00Z")
I may have to wait for my Christmas bonus. But eventually, yeah. Just because I like to be up-to-date. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/6 "2003-10-10T22:07:13Z")
I think I’ll wait for the 10.3.1 release. I’m humming along fine on my 400 MHz TiPB for now, and I don’t want to muck with it until I’m sure it’ll work okay. I’m not crazy about the new Finder look, though. I don’t care for the thought of every window looking like iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/7 "2003-10-10T23:05:42Z")
I will wait. I got Jaguar the day it came out, (and it was fabulous) so I think I can hold my horses this time. Plus, I’m kind of broke. But I figure–maybe by the end of the year or early next. I’m looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![Geoduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@Geoduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geoduck)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/8 "2003-10-11T04:53:10Z")
I tend to wait about 4-6 months to let other folks identify the bugs and Apple to issue the followup fixes. I been doing this stuff since the 512K “Fat Mac” in what 1985? I think Jaguar is excellent, and am looking forward to the Finder/operational speed improvements that Panther is supposed to bring to G4s. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/9 "2003-10-11T05:45:46Z")
I work at a company that makes Mac software, so I’ve been mandated to upgrade as soon as I can get my hands on a set of CDs. I’ll probably upgrade my laptop too, after I back up what I’ve got on there, since I usually bring work home. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/10 "2003-10-11T15:44:18Z")
I am married to a Mac fanatic. This means that we will, no doubt, get Panther as soon as he can get it. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/11 "2003-10-12T01:18:28Z")
“Yeah, it’s our honeymoon, dear – but it’s _Panther!_” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/12 "2003-10-13T00:24:53Z")
Leaning towards getting it right away. But the 4th season of _The Sopranos_ is being released October 28. Not sure which one I am looking forward to the most. ---
**Author:** ![Joools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Joools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joools)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-upgrade-to-panther/206681/13 "2003-10-13T06:09:22Z")
Oh yeah, definitely right away. For one reason alone: fast user switching. I love it in Windows XP, and I can’t wait to have it on my iBook.