Want your VM pagefile scrambled in case your machine is purloined? Secure virtual memory. Need your home directory obscured from prying eyes with AES-128 encryption? FileVault (introduced in Panther, made better in Tiger). Got to really, really delete that sensitive file? Secure empty trash. Since 10.4 shipped, it may not have kept pace with the wider compatibility of Firefox or the wealth of options in Opera or Omniweb, but it's still the standard for Mac browsing and the future platform for Dashboard widgets and iPhone apps. The addition of built-in RSS feedreader capability made Safari the browser to beat. Although the Konqueror-based browser made its debut in Panther Jaguar (displacing the unlamented IE 5.1), it really started kicking ass and taking names in Tiger. It's all worth it for that moment when the entire family (or the far-flung workgroup) pop up on the same screen in glorious H.264 - and for a lot cheaper than previous videoconferencing options. Sure, it requires hefty hardware, and the connection troubleshooting is more finicky than Morris the Cat. I've seen happy campers on original Bondi iMacs and USB-only iBooks with Tiger, although most folks on low-end gear will need to disable Spotlight to get adequate performance. Officially, Tiger installs on any Mac with built-in FireWire unofficially, any machine with a G3 processor and adequate RAM will rock the casbah. so here goes: the top ten things we still love about Tiger. With all the focus on 10.5, it seems to me that we've lost sight of all the wonderful things about our current main squeeze. Whether you're disappointed or pleased at the four-month delay for Leopard, there's no question that the progress, or lack thereof, on Apple's next OS release has been big news.
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