First impressions of OS X 10.1

The Register weighs in with its first impressions of Apple’s OS X 10.1 update, saying the company’s new operating system is “becoming a contender.” Users should immediately notice that applications launch much more quickly than before, especially native OS X applications, reported to now “zip along.” The speed of file operations have been bumped up a notch, too — on the lower-end machine used by the reporter, the time needed to display and copy a directory with over 19,000 items was cut almost in half.