Mossberg: Apple’s Tiger ‘the best, most advanced personal computer operating system on the market’
Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 12:23 PM EDT"Despite all the advances in personal computing, one problem has remained constant: It often is really hard to find a file months or years after it was created. To have any hope of doing so, users have to create a logical, structured system of folders, and take care to give consistent, descriptive names to their files. But few have the patience to do that," Walter S. Mossberg writes for The Wall Street Journal. "Tomorrow, Apple Computer will introduce a new edition of the operating system for its Macintosh computers that finally solves the missing file problem, and introduces other features as well, including a new 'Dashboard' that instantly displays small, frequently used programs like a calculator, dictionary and stock tracker."
Mossberg writes, "Spotlight is vastly better than prior built-in search functions on either the Mac or on Microsoft's Windows operating system. It also beats the add-on search programs for Windows. Spotlight can rapidly find almost any file, any time -- even years after it was created, and even if it is hidden among tens of thousands of other files. So as users learn to trust it, they no longer will have to worry about where they store files and what they name them."
Mossberg writes, "Overall, Tiger is the best and most advanced personal computer operating system on the market, despite a few drawbacks. It leaves Windows XP in the dust. It also adds to the Mac's general superiority over typical Windows computers as the best choice for average consumers doing the most common computing tasks. Apple's hardware already was the best in the business, and Mac OS X has, so far, escaped the virus and spyware problems that plague Windows. The new Apple system boasts some key capabilities Microsoft won't introduce for another 18 months or so, when it finally rolls out its long-awaited next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn."
Mossberg cites "slight, but greater-than-normal, delays from time to time," writes that in his opinion Automator's "too complicated for most average users," and says that Mail "offers less information on what is happening in downloads of new mail, unless you bring up a special window" as drawbacks. Mossberg concludes, "Still, Tiger is a beautiful and powerful operating system that advances personal computing. It is a big gain for Mac users right out of the box. If Apple can wring out the delays, it will be a home run."
Full article with good descriptions of Tiger's key features here.
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