Panther stuff
p. My local Apple Centre emailed at the end of the week with an invitation to come to a Panther party on Friday night. They had permission to sell Panther at 8pm—a full 4 (or 5?) hours before it was released in the States. I had previously ordered 3 copies for all our Macs at work, and of course I jumped at the chance to spend the weekend tinkering with it.
p. The Apple Centre here is really tiny. They don’t have a lot of space to keep stock in, so most of their business is ordering in hardware and software, repairs, and a fair bit of Education account business with the University—it’s just a couple of rather small rooms. When I turned up after dark, the place had the feel of a 1930s speakeasy, with a lot of furtive looking geeks hanging around, collars turned up, and then emerging clutching black boxes under their raincoats before they hurried off into the night. “Psst. Wanna buy a pukka operating system?”.
p. It was all great fun. They had some machines set up and running Panther, so the monetary transactions were all carried out to a soundtrack of oohs and ahs, as people discovered Exposé for the first time.
p. It was quite late when I got back so I didn’t install until today. I also wanted to read my iFriend[1] Joe’s new eBook, [“Take Control of Upgrading to Panther”:http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/panther/upgrading.html]. If you haven’t upgraded yet, I heartily recommend the book to ensure that you make the right choices while upgrading, and take all the safety precautions you can. It’s $5 well-spent in my opinion.
