Mac OS X Tiger - Smaller, Faster, Better

A look at what it's been like moving from Leopard and going back to Tiger. In short I don't feel like I'm missing much.

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• Mac
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• Tiger
• vs
• Leopard
• Snow
• 10.5.
• 10.6
• 10.4
• boot
• up
• wifi
• MacBook
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[mclaurin10]

I agree completely with the airport signal, at first I thought it was my Airport Extreme Base but no, it happened on a different network.

Though one thing I have noticed that is worring me a lot is when I back up to time machine, I do it wirelessly I am using about 2.0GB of space on disk a day. Which, for me, is a lot. More than Im using. I dont know if this is the OS or not but I need t fix it.

[dell1032]

I think Apple is having issues supporting older hardware with machines that were upgraded with Leopard because my old Yonah MacBook was frought with these Airport issues. When I got my new Penryn MacBook, the Airport works flawlessly, like it should and to me it seems like Apple simply did not have enough engineers to support all the projects they had going on at the time.

[wmwm69]

"turning off my system in leapord takes about... 2 or 3 seconds longer..."

dude... thats not even a good argument

[dell1032]

It's not an argument, it's a matter of fact, and I mentioned it to point out that Apple still has some power management issues to work through in order to make the system shut down more smoothly.

[helipilot727]

you know nothing about computers, end of story.

[cjmillsnun]

The difference in space is due to the fact that Tiger was platform specific (PPC or Intel) whereas Leopard is Universal.

[TheTechGuys8]

the early version of mac os x have problems but updates do fix them

[applefreak441]

unfortunatly i don't own tiger! it was the first compuzer os i worked with! Then i was so afraid to get a macw because i liked this chrome lool in the windows! Then i got it and BOOM Dark Snow Leopard Windows ! I also think that tiger wold run smoother on my PBG4 because it was it's original system ! Does anyone have on Install DVD or Image left ?

[iover9000]

So on my powermac g5 i should use tiger?

[dfuentes80]

What kind of mac are you using there, PPC or Intel? I have a mac mini with leopard but the only thing it awful is streaming videos to it, like youtube or megavideo etc. I blame Flash for that but still. It is a nice computer with 1gb ram. An equal pc with those features can perform much better in that sense. I do not understand it. Is it because Flash is not intended to be used on macs at all...My Macbook Pro gets really hot when playing too much videos and it is by far a much better machine.

[pitashen]

I agree that Tiger is much more optimized than Leopard. But seriously thats quite a bit of whining u got.

[fatestkoopa]

When is Mac OSX Lion coming

I want to say its in april

[aryatololHTF]

That Quick Time Minimize preview issue is also happened in my brand new MacBook Pro 2010... Why the hell did Apple drop this feature? I was shocked when I realized that feature didn't work anymore in Snow leopard....

[mickyd110011]

what macbook did you have?

[GarabatoxTut]

Buy a new Mac. Every new system is going to be heavier than the old version, that means you'll need more RAM, HD Rmp Speed & a good CPU. Tiger is not that fast with an intel computer, just look at the spotlight search is so slow.

[HBeagley]

Video playback when a video is minimised does not work on Snow Leopard, I think it is due to the 10.5/10.6 Dock being 3D, & you can gain back 2GB lost by Leopard/Snow Leopard by installing it your self and using the customisation options during the install, like removing additional languages & printer drives, and AirPort issues are something you will have to get used to as not every piece of hardware in a computer is not going to work exactly as you expect it should. Humans Make Computers!