March 2, 2005 12:39 AM PST

Mac OS X 10.3.8 Special Report: Positive reports

by CNET staff

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Lest readers think that we've only heard bad things about 10.3.8, we should point out that we've received many, many positive reports -- possibly more than with any recent OS X Update. Below is a representative sample of the praise:

Gulliver: "I have a G5/Dual 2.5 GHz. When I ran SETI@Home with previous versions the fans would continuously cycle on and off -- extremely annoying. This was completely fixed with the 10.3.8 Update. My G5 was never so quiet like after this update."
Doug Stringham: "My experience has been 180° the opposite of the [bad fan reports of] G5 owners you have posted on your site. The fans on my dual 2.5Ghz G5 would do exactly what they describe is happening... but since the 10.3.8 update they have ceased their revving."
Spencer: "I installed the 10.3.8 combo update this morning, and rebooted. I'd become quite used to the on and off fan while running BOINC/SETI@Home. After the update the fan was still cycling in the same way, but at a much lower (and quieter) speed. It's a great improvement!"
Hessel Haak: "For me the best news so far is: Myst IV Revelation is working properly again!"
Tony Martin: "Ever since 10.3.6, my 1 Ghz PowerBook has had extremely noisy and erratic behavior of its fan. 10.3.7 only slightly improved it. 10.3.8 seems to finally fix it for good."
Patrick Barsby: "Original problem [since 10.3.5]: If you set the device for sound output to Digital Out (Optical digital-out port) and then send the G5 to Sleep, when it wakes up, the Output device is switched back to Internal speakers (Built-in audio). The problem is now fixed with 10.3.8 (for me at least). Digital Out (Optical digital-out port) stays as Digital Out after Sleep."
Robert Shaye: "10.3.8 resolved my Safari problems. The most recent security update had caused a 50 second loading time for the Citibank website on my 1.25GHz Aluminum PowerBook and my Power Mac G4 B/W. With 10.3.8, the loading time is faster than ever on both units."
Michiel Houtman: "The update solved very slow access of Mail to mailbox (receiving and sending mail); Quicktime player not loading 'hot picks'; very slow access to iTunes Store; and very slow access to all Apple servers."

Despite our focus on troubleshooting, we're always happy to hear that an update works as advertised.

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