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#26 2005-02-22 11:45 am
- jobro
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
I don't know about you guys, but System 6.0.8 ROCKS on my MacPlus!
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#27 2005-02-22 9:54 pm
- Thunderstruck
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
10.3.8 updated fine on imac g4, imac g5, ibook g4, ibook g3. no problems at all
iBook G4 | 12" | 40GB | 1.33GHz | 512MB | Combo | 10.4.3
iMac G4 | 15" | 40GB | 700MHz | 512MB | Combo | 10.4.2
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#28 2005-02-22 11:04 pm
Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
I went clean install 10.3.7 to software update 10.3.8 on my 900 G3 iBook and it simply KILLED my startup time. My screen saver would be running by the time the finder loaded, don't ask me how. Revert back to 10.3.5 and it's as fast as it can be, starts up in about 30 seconds or less. I will not update this computer again.
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#29 2005-02-22 11:19 pm
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
My 3 Macs have seem to have liked 10.3.8. Everything seems to be working just fine.
Power Mac G4 - Single 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 w/ 20" Cinema Display (ADC)
MacBook Pro - 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo w/ 15" Anti-Glare Display and 20" Cinema Display (DVI)
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#30 2005-02-27 10:19 pm
- Weighted Memory
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
I have had NOTHING go wrong. YAY!
Dual 2GHz G5 RevC, 1.5GB RAM, 23 inch Apple Cinema Display, Logitech z680 5.1 Surround, Logitech Click! wired optical mouse
eMac 800MHz G4, 256MB RAM
Go off to sleep in the sunshine, I don't want to see the day when it's dying...
Mac OS 10.4 puts the GRR in Tiger, baby, yea!
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#31 2005-02-28 11:55 am
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
four Macs updated fine here:
G3 iMac 333 mhz
G4 iBook 800 mhz
G4 PowerBook 1.5 ghz
G5 Dual 2 ghz
The dual's where I make my money, so I not only Repaired Permissions (as I did on all my Macs) and then booted Diskwarrior 3, booted Norton Disk Dr. 8, repaired very minor stuff, and ran the update via Software Update. No probs.
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#32 2005-03-03 4:40 pm
- tomfoolery
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
EricP wrote:
I went clean install 10.3.7 to software update 10.3.8 on my 900 G3 iBook and it simply KILLED my startup time. My screen saver would be running by the time the finder loaded, don't ask me how. Revert back to 10.3.5 and it's as fast as it can be, starts up in about 30 seconds or less. I will not update this computer again.
Dude, that sucks! My 900 G3 iBook runs 10.3.8 sweet - no difference in startup time from 10.3.7 or .6 or .5 ... I always download the full Combo package and always repair permissions before installing.
Touch wood I have never had a problem, mind you I'm one of those irritating types - been using Windows for over 10 years and never had a single virus, and never been hacked.
Anyway, to get back to the point... there's nothing *technically* to stop you upgrading your iBook to 10.3.8. After all it's just a refinement, nothing too major. If you're noticing a significant performance degradation after upgrading, that suggests (to me) there is something seriously amiss with your machine. If I were you, I'd back everything up, wipe my HDD and reinstall OS X.
Just an idea 
tF
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#33 2005-03-03 6:41 pm
Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
tomfoolery wrote:
EricP wrote:
I went clean install 10.3.7 to software update 10.3.8 on my 900 G3 iBook and it simply KILLED my startup time. My screen saver would be running by the time the finder loaded, don't ask me how. Revert back to 10.3.5 and it's as fast as it can be, starts up in about 30 seconds or less. I will not update this computer again.
Dude, that sucks! My 900 G3 iBook runs 10.3.8 sweet - no difference in startup time from 10.3.7 or .6 or .5 ... I always download the full Combo package and always repair permissions before installing.
Touch wood I have never had a problem, mind you I'm one of those irritating types - been using Windows for over 10 years and never had a single virus, and never been hacked.
Anyway, to get back to the point... there's nothing *technically* to stop you upgrading your iBook to 10.3.8. After all it's just a refinement, nothing too major. If you're noticing a significant performance degradation after upgrading, that suggests (to me) there is something seriously amiss with your machine. If I were you, I'd back everything up, wipe my HDD and reinstall OS X.
Just an idea
tF
Seconded, and definitely download the 10.3.8 combo update.
If you use Software Update to update and you have issues, you should go and download the combo update before giving up.
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#34 2005-03-03 7:39 pm
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
No problems here. 
Mac Mini 1.5/512/40/SuperDrive
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#35 2005-03-03 7:49 pm
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
Running 10.3.8 on four computers: G3/450 upgraded to G4/800 Sonnet 768mb RAM, G3/400 upgraded to G4/500 Sonnet 5128mb RAM, Pismo G3/500 Powerbook 512mbRAM, and aniMac G3/350 192mb RAM. No problems on any of them. Ran Cocktail and fsck before and Cocktail after on each one, to delete cahes and repair permissions.
Worf
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#36 2005-03-04 7:51 am
- nrowe
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
Loaded first time and run fine on restart."-)
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#37 2005-03-04 7:40 pm
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
My system is fine 15" 1.67 Ghz powerbook
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#38 2005-03-05 5:48 pm
- MacDudeG4
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
So far, so good. I have not had any real problems. I recently upgraded to 1 GB of memory and the system even boots up faster (at least it seems like it) 
G4 17" Apple Powerbook 1 Ghz
1 GB Ram with 80 GB HD
Mac OS X 10.5.1 "Leopard" (PPC based, not Intel)
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#39 2005-03-06 9:05 pm
- billybeige
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Re: OS 10.3.8. Anybody NOT having problems?
No problems here. 10-4 (I mean 10.3.8) over and out.
Don't look at the sun.
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