RE: Frustrated in installing Jaguar for testing purpose
RE: Frustrated in installing Jaguar for testing purpose
- Subject: RE: Frustrated in installing Jaguar for testing purpose
- From: "Chen Wang" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 10:41:08 -0400
- Thread-topic: Frustrated in installing Jaguar for testing purpose
Thanks Alex and all others for the
suggestions. It sounds strongly reasonable that development projects should
target to the latest release of an OS version. I’m also wondering how
many people are still using old OS X system (not including classic), because it
happened to me quite often that one function with hundreds lines of code (LOC) in
Jaguar might cost less than twenty LOC in Panther. Sorry, I know I should ask
this question to the marketing department but not here J
- Chen
>>Thanks Wayne. I’ve
checked my original CDs. The version is 10.3.7. My understanding is that I will
not have chance to install all Jaguar versions and Panther prior to 10.3.7.
Perhaps I will try to find a beige G3 for testing.
>Keep in mind what Philip
wrote, he is right: Most companies (including me) restrict their testing to the
last revision of a given system, i.e. 10.3.9 and 10.2.8. And unless you have a
very solid reason do to otherwise, you should stick to that. There is no reason
for users not to upgrade to the releases.
>As to getting a machine:
The Beige G3 is a nice "bare minimums" testing machine, and if you
are a bit lucky you might even get one for free. It keeps developers humble,
and reminds us that not everybody has USB or Firewire, and may still have SCSI
hardware. However, I find it is not useful for very much else these days.
>On the other end of the
scale is the June 2003 PowerMac G5 -- the most powerful machine that still runs
Jaguar. It will be a bit more pricey, but on the other hand the machine will
run anything from 10.2.8 to 10.4 -- and while I do not have a crystal ball, it
may well be supported by the next OS. So, depending on your needs, it may well
be worth the investment.
>There is a very bright
side compared to the windows world: You can easily install several version of
Mac OS X on different partitions on one machine, or external drives. This is a
lot, a lot easier than keeping different versions of Windows on a test machine
and not going insane.
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