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Stability and hardware support

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Stability in 10.1 has been comparable to 10.0.4—that is to say, excellent. The same caveats about actual stability vs. perceived stability still apply to 10.1. I haven't run it long enough to know if user interface death is more or less of a problem in 10.1. There is still no way to recover from a total UI crash without another computer from which to connect and kill processes. A hardware-based interrupt system (something like 'virtual consoles' on other Unix variants) that was guaranteed to remain accessible during anything short of an actual kernel panic would go a long way towards getting Mac OS X over that final stability hump.

I don't have access to enough hardware to know how much hardware support has improved. My serial printer (attached to an adapter in the G3's internal modem port) is still not supported, nor do I really expect it to be in the future. Networked laser printers accessible from the G4 worked in 10.0.x, and continue to work in 10.1. But 10.1 still does not include the proper PPD files for several of the LaserJet printers on the network.

As mentioned earlier, the Displays preference pane still does not list all of the supported refresh rates for the G4's monitor, forcing me to use a slower refresh rate in OS X than in OS 9.

On the G3, a series of repeating console messages cause delays in both startup and shutdown. They look like this:

Sep 23 14:57:26 localhost mach_kernel: ADPT_OSI_IndicateQueueFrozen: id 5, freeze
Sep 23 14:57:26 localhost mach_kernel: ADPT_OSI_IndicateGenerationChange (nop)
Sep 23 14:57:26 localhost mach_kernel: ADPT_OSI_IndicateQueueFrozen: id 5, unfreeze
[repeat many times]

My only guess is that they're related to the G3's cable modem, SCSI card, or ATA/66 card. These messages do not appear at all on the G4.

Enhancing Your 10.1 Experience

Here are a few of the third party applications that I find beneficial to my Mac OS X experience. The first is ASM, an application-switcher menu replacement that also includes an option to change the OS X window layering policy to be per-application (like classic Mac OS) instead of per-window. ASM is implemented as a 'Menu Extra' (despite Apple's refusal to make these APIs public—way to go, Frank!) and includes its own preference pane.

(Mercifully, Apple has seen fit to make the preference pane API public. But I'm not sure how the System Preference application plans to handle what is sure to be a flood of new preference panes. There's not a scroll-bar to be found in the System Preferences application, and that window can only get so big...)

DragThing provides an example of what the Dock could have been, allowing an arbitrary number of highly customizable, moveable, achorable Dock-like palettes. I simply use it to recreate the classic Mac OS application switcher palette, but it is capable of much more.

Classic Menu provides a user-configurable Apple menu for Mac OS X. Unfortunately, it must use the 'hack' method of drawing directly on top of the existing Apple menu, and it therefore does not interact with other menus in the expected way. But it's the best option so far for users who miss the functionality it provides. (Bonus points for including an optional rainbow-striped Apple icon :-)

Finally, TinkerTool prvides a convenient interface for many of settings that were previosuly adjustable only from the command line: Dock pinning, Terminal transparency, finer control over font smoothing, etc. It is also implemented as a preference pane. The version that is compatible with Mac OS X 10.1 is still in beta, however.

Miscellaneous

Mac OS X 10.1 includes attractive new transparent overlays that appear in response to the dedicated volume control keys on the new Apple keyboards, then 'fade out' when they're done:

Volume control overlay

The F12 key doubles as the dedicated 'media eject' key on all Macs running 10.1, not just portables which require this functionality. This means that desktop Macs with one of the new Apple keyboards now have two eject keys on their keyboard. Worse, accidentally hitting the F12 key during, say, a CD burning session can produce coasters in some situations, so be careful. (This is a known bug.)

A 'CrashReporter' daemon is running by default in 10.1. Its purpose is to write crash reports to per-user log files. It is controlled through the Console application, and does not create crash logs by default.

On the Unix side of 10.1, the new compiler toolchain has thrown a monkey wrench into the build processes. Traditional Unix applications that once built flawlessly on 10.0.x now require significant tweaking to build on 10.1. The main culprit seems to be the new two-level namespace linking option, which is enabled by default in 10.1. While this new featue stands to enable programs that produced run-time symbol conflicts in 10.0.x to build and run successfully on 10.1, at this early stage in 10.1's life cycle, it is causing more build problems than it solves.

10.1 supports CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD-R burning from the desktop—provided you're using a supported configuration (usually a Mac that shipped from Apple with one of those drives in an internal bay). I do not have a supported configuration (external SCSI CD-RW on the G3, internal DVD-ROM on the G4) so I could not test these features.

AppleScript support has been greatly enhanced in 10.1. Many of the new abilities of AppleScript in 10.1 were demonstrated during the keynote speech at the 2001 Seybold publishing conference. AppleScript has been elevated to first class status among the programming languages available on Mac OS X. Complete Mac OS X native GUI applications can be created using the new AppleScript Studio development environment.

On a slightly personal note (I use Perl in my day job), 10.1 still ships with perl 5.6.0 rather than 5.6.1, which has been the latest stable build of perl since February, 2001). It's understandable that 10.0, released in March 2001, shipped with 5.6.0, but 10.1 should have come with 5.6.1.

Apple is also reported to have a Cocoa-to-Perl bridge functioning in-house, but not released. There is already a petition online asking for the release of this code. If AppleScript can do it, why not Perl too?

Conclusion

I wrote at the start of this article that I want to believe in Mac OS X. I want to believe that it will replace Mac OS 9 in a way that improves upon every aspect of the classic Mac OS user experience. Unfortunately, although this may still come to pass, Mac OS X 10.1 is not that version of Mac OS.

But 10.1 improves on 10.0.x in many important ways. Overall system performance shows the biggest improvement, but it is not as drastic as some reports may lead you to believe. Other areas have stagnated. The user interface has not made significant strides since 10.0.x. Many annoying bugs remain, and many features have yet to be implemented.

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Should you purchase Mac OS X 10.1? If you already use and enjoy Mac OS X 10.0, you should run out and pick up a free 10.1 upgrade CD at your local retailer as soon as possible. If you tried 10.0.x and found it somewhat lacking, I recommend at least giving 10.1 a try to see if the improvements are enough to push you over the edge. If you are waiting for the point of no return, where Mac OS X is a complete no-brainer upgrade from Mac OS 9, you'll have to wait a little longer. If you plan to run Mac OS X full-time, you should consider upgrading your RAM to what were previously through of as obscene levels (512MB or more). It will be the best thing you can do for Mac OS X, short of buying a faster Mac.

If you're not a Mac user at all, but are intrigued by the possibilities of Unix based operating system with friendly user interface (Linux fans, no flames, please), 10.1 is as good a version as any to dip your toe into. Windows users should not expect a feature set remotely comparable to Windows XP, but Mac OS X is different enough that it should still broaden some horizons. And Linux users might want to see how another operating system has chosen to build a GUI on top of a Unix core.

To amend my earlier sentiment, it might be more accurate to say that I want to believe not just in Mac OS X, but in Apple itself. I want to believe that they can produce the next insanely great platform: a powerful, stable OS with an interface every Mac user can love, running on stylish, high performance hardware. Both the software and the hardware end of that dream currently need work. And so the waiting game begins again, as Mac users settle in with 10.1 and prepare for the inevitable 10.1.x updates. Will there be more 10.1 users than there were 10.0.x users? Probably. But it says something about this supposed 'mainstream release' of OS X when Apple itself is still selling all its hardware configured to boot into Mac OS 9 by default.

I want to believe. But it looks like I'll have to wait a bit longer.

It may not feel that way, but we Mac users have now had quite a long run with OS X. We're coming up on 12 years since the first public release of the operating system (and even longer if you consider the betas and developer previews), and we've seen OS X go through plenty of changes during that time. Indeed, even Mac veterans may—with the passing of the years—have forgotten just how shaky some of those early OS versions could be.

Don't remember what OS X used to look like back when dinosaurs used to roam the planet and Apple's OS ran only on PowerPC processors? We've mined more than a decade of our own OS X reviews—studiously authored by John Siracusa—for screenshots and other OS X-related memories that trace the development of Apple's desktop OS through the 2000s. If you're interested in seeing how various UI elements have evolved over the years, strap yourself in for this safari showcasing OS X's big cats...

Mac OS X 10.0: Cheetah

OS X was officially released to the public in 2001 after a rollercoaster series of developer previews, some of which barely resembled the final product. Because it was brand new to most users coming over from Mac OS 9, the new OS featured a number of 'shocking' interface elements, such as the new file browser:

And because so many users were still making generous use of their OS 8 and 9 applications, OS X featured a 'Classic' mode. Take a look at 10.0's Classic mode settings panel:

In his review of Mac OS X 10.0, Siracusa concluded with this fairly mixed verdict:

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Mac OS X shows tremendous promise, which is a nice way of saying that the 10.0 release is not quite ready for prime time. This is most certainly an early adopter's OS release. Interface responsiveness and effective stability are the two biggest fundamental problems, but missing features and compatibility issues rank just as high if you actually intend to use OS X as a full Mac OS 9 replacement: the 10.0 release cannot view DVD movies; printer drivers are still scarce; CD burning is not yet supported, even by Apple's own iTunes CD authoring application; and a lot of hardware (like my G3/400's serial port adapter to which my printer is attached) seem destined to be orphaned forever.

Perhaps the most important feature of the 10.0 release is the Software Update preference panel. A 10.0.1 update that includes a new kernel and classic environment, SSH support, a slew of updated drivers, and many other small fixes has been circulating on the net, and may be released by the time you read this. A regular series of free, network-distributed OS updates will go a long way towards making OS X fulfill even the limited promise of a first release of a brand new operating system. Let's hope Apple doesn't foolishly try to charge for the more significant upgrade due in time for July's MacWorld Expo in New York.

Unlike previous articles, this one was written almost entirely in OS X. I forced myself to do this, to some degree, and I certainly spent most of my time in classic applications like BBEdit and Photoshop even when running OS X. But the experience was at least tolerable, which is more than can be said for my experience with earlier releases.

Should you upgrade to Mac OS X? If you don't already have a copy (or plans to buy one), the answer is no. Most users should wait for a future release, and possibly new hardware to run it on. Should Apple have released OS X in its current state? I think so. Nothing stimulates application development like a shipping OS. Let's hope that the official release of Mac OS X also stimulates Apple itself to make improvements.

Mac OS X 10.1: Puma

The next major version of Mac OS X, 10.1, was released the same year (2001) as 10.0. Apple was quick to make some tweaks in the first six months. So what did it look like?

Here's Puma's Dock:

And the System Prefs:

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The Login window also sported this Aqua-fied look:

Siracusa's take was only a bit more positive this time around, and believing in the new OS still required nothing short of faith: