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1. IF I UPGRADE MY MAC OS CAN I LOSE EVERYTHING MAC OS X
2. IF I UPGRADE MY MAC OS CAN I LOSE EVERYTHING SOFTWARE

Switching between open applications is also different, not to mention ingenious. Windows has them at opposite ends, corresponding to up and down. For instance, navigation, with all windows having the up and down control buttons located together at the lower portion of the navigation bar.

This was not because they were difficult or obscure, but simply because they were different to the Windows way I was used to. There were several quirks about the way it did things that had me confused. In total, I believe it took around 45 minutes to develop a complete mental model of how the Mac operating system worked. Thankfully it was this area that would impress me further. I was impressed by all of these things, but I knew that all this would count for nothing if Panther was lacking in the usability stakes. The thing that struck me initially about the Mac OS was its presentation: Aesthetically it was leagues ahead of Windows XP, with a modern brushed metal appearance for windows, vector-based icons that could scale indefinitely, and eye catching graphical effects, such as transparency and zooming, not to mention the stylish system fonts used throughout the OS. Upon finally receiving my iBook G4 and booting it for the first time, I instantly knew that I was in the presence of something much more advanced than I was used to on the PC. These were the things I was looking for in an operating system, and Panther seemed to fit the bill perfectly.

IF I UPGRADE MY MAC OS CAN I LOSE EVERYTHING SOFTWARE

Frequently I would hear claims that the software was easier to use than Windows, required less maintenance, and was inherently more secure. Prior to receiving my new Mac and its operating system, I read up on the Mac OS to get an idea of what to expect.

IF I UPGRADE MY MAC OS CAN I LOSE EVERYTHING MAC OS X

When I purchased my first Mac in early 2005, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther was preinstalled on its hard drive. I have personally used two versions of Mac OS X, 10.3 and 10.4, and I will describe my experiences with both here. Since its first release in 2001 (with a public beta released the previous year), Mac OS X has had four updates.* These occurred on a roughly 18 month release cycle, with the latest version being Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, the edition I will use as the basis for my usability study. Since I began to use the Apple Macintosh, there have two distinct releases: Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and 10.4 Tiger. My history with the Mac OS is considerably shorter than my time with Windows, but it is no less interesting.