Is iTerm still relevant against Terminal? [OS X]

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Published on 2009-12-18T13:27:25Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 18:51 UTC
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Back in the day when Tiger ruled the world, iTerm was a must have for me if only just for the tabs feature that Terminal didn't have. After Leopard came out Terminal got several improvements, like supporting tabs and implementing profiles.

Since that day I just don't see the need for iTerm, but I still notice there's people using it. There's something I'm missing?

Why should I use iTerm over Terminal?

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