Might help some of you:

Try resetting PRAM as a last resort for fixing VPC performance problems.

[MacInTouch]

Well, I haven’t been able to make this crappy app work properly under Panther. I didn’t do a clean install of the whole thing though. VPC 5.0 and the XP operating system, that I use. I can launch the app, but the hard drive I created before Panther is corrupted in some way so it’s trying to repair but never succeeds. I’m not going to pay for the upgrade to 6.01 because the app is probably going to die soon anyway. Crap! I only use it for web banking, because the banks here in Europe aren’t to Mac-friendly.

Exposé is absolutely fantastic! This is another great use for it.

“I select some text in Safari. I click and hold until it becomes draggable. Now I hit F9. All of the windows shrink. When I place the cursor over the desired TextEdit window, the cursor becomes a white circle with slash, indicating that I can’t drop there. However, a moment later Exposé brings that window to the foreground and I am able to drop my text. Elegant!”

From [Mac OS X Hints]

In fact you can drag your text to any text editor, even the weblog editor in NetNewsWire.

Anyone have an idea whether this is a functional combination? I really don’t want to shell out for VPC 6 after M$ bought VPC… I installed VPC 5 on one of my harddisk under Panther and dragged the image of my “old” Windows “harddisk” over into the Configurations folder in the VPC 5.0 Preferences folder. Unfortunately I get an error saying that I need to try to reinstall a certain VPC 5 extension again

Mark Pilgrim has a very good presentation with screenshots on the new Panther update to Mac OS X:

What’s New in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

The presentation is accompanied by many screenshots by is therefore good for anyone looking to see if the Panther release is interesting for them.

David Pogue’s latest article Apple’s Latest 0.1 Adds a Lot on the NY Times web site highlights some of the new key features in the Panther update. Among other things he points out the 100% virus free Mac OS

MacMerc.com has some good points about what to do before installing the Panther on your Mac. Just in case…

[via Mac-Mike]

MacMerc.com: What to do before installing Panther

It’s in German I know but interesting … and hopefully true! iTunes 5 schon in der nächsten Woche?
Nach diversen Gerüchten zu iTunes für Windows gibt es jetzt auch einen Bericht, dass am 16.10. iTune… [MacTechNews.de]

Will it finally launch? According to Appleinsider it will take place at Moscone West Facility in San Francisco on Thursday, October 16th!

So please – bring it to Europe as well – before May 2004! Arrgh!