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Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” Gold
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Yeah, window resizing is improved in Tiger, just like it has been in every major OS X release. It’s noticeably smoother. Still, it could be better, but I won’t complain.
The effects Core Image makes are quite amazing. The water effect when dropping Dashboard widgets… wow. 
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-> the osx gui sort of feels like a rubber band being torn.
wonderful discription, it’s exactly what I always think but this genious phrase didn’t came into my mind.
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…the expected April 1st announcement date according to ThinkSecret (http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0503tiger.html) with an expected ship date of April 15th.
Happy April Fools Day, Mac lovers everywhere
Earlier this week, Apple release a “FC” (final candidate) build to developers and other partners to test the operating system for any last minute “showstoppers.”
Isn’t that a little too quick to progress from FC to gold? Hope this doesn’t mean that we’ll have to wait till 10.4.1 for them to iron out the major kinks.
While I think it’s really cool that they’ll be releasing this within a few weeks, the story on AppleInsider did say that Apple are shipping Tiger knowing that there are still a few issues that will be fixed in a downloadable update by the time Tiger starts shipping.
If you are going to upgrade to Tiger, I’d advise to wait until at least 10.4.1, maybe even 10.4.2 to upgrade. There are always going to be bugs that Apple just wont be able to iron out. They have a tiny amount of devs compared to all the people that are going to install Tiger as soon as it hits the shelves.
anyone in the beta know if they are finaly updating the Finder?
I am going to upgrade immediately with no Carbon Copy cloned backup on an external FireWire drive in sight!
I also will not test it using a fresh install on a blank partition.
Yiippii Kii yea mo!
According to everything I have read there are only 2 problems. A carbon problem with relation to Nvidia cards and a problem with the Japanese character set. Both of these problems are supposed to be small and should be fixed by April 15th. You have to beeeeee careful with early versions. Like the other poster said, carbon copy your HD to a firewire drive for backup.
All kidding aside, I have actually been very lucky. I am still working off of the same home folder that I had since 10.1.
It ain’t real. Nothing to see here, move along…
Long live “Tiger” !
hasnt it always been that the OS unveiling happened at WWDC, if thats not til June then whats the purpose of rolling out 10.4 in april? There not going to be any software to take advantage of it until after WWDC so whats the rush? I could be wrong though, Apple does pretty much what it wants, but this is lost on me.
Do I wait and pick it up at an Apple store the day of the release, or do I pre order now from Amazon.com and get some money back, but wait weeks after it is release to get it? What to do.
releasing with a few bugs and you’re gonna wait? A few bugs is scaring you? they worked their butts off on this, and i’m sure the bugs that are shipping are pretty small, they are in NO position to ship something shotty right now, you can guarentee its pretty solid. If a new os upgrade shipping with a few bugs in it scares you, i’m betting your windows boxes are still running windows 95. You can bet that windows ships with far more bugs than the tiger upgrade will ship with. Hell, MS’s PATCHES ship with bugs…
Any chance this will spark the release of an upgraded mini model?
I am going to buy one, but I don’t want to buy the 1.0 model, I am waiting for the second generation models to come out. You know they must have them ready to go.
I kinda thought maybe the release of Tiger would be a good time for new models of the mini to come out too.
What do you think?
Han Solo
No, they will update it in 6-12 months. The mimi was just unvailed a couple of weeks ago.
Since it seems the “good news” is that they’ll be ready to thip Tiger within 30 days. I only have one question:
What does “thip” mean?
Sorry Han. I think you are going to be waiting some time for a mini update.
I think they are selling like gang busters under the current config.
I don’t do much with my iBook short of surfing the web, listening to music and an occasional Excel spreadsheet I take home from work. The new feature list doesn’t seem too compelling to me at this time, but I’ll likely go for 10.5 next year. On the other hand, my dad is in the market for a Mac and I will recommend that he waits until Tiger is shipping on new models.
That’s quite true, however Apple unveiled Tiger at LAST years WWDC. With the other releases it was shown at WWDC and then released later that year. Apple’s taken more time with Tiger.
I am waiting on 10.5, that will be the version competing with Longhorn. It will be fair then to make judgement about which Company (Microsoft or Apple), makes the best operating system.
Andre Da Costa
HAHA! You can wait all you want. I’ll be using 10.4 and getting my work/play done now. Bye.
As someone mentioned previously, I don’t do too much with my Mac to take full advantage of all the features listed on Apple’s page. However, I will more than likely purchase 10.4 in the near future as every OS update has brought speed and new life to my aging 667mhz Powerbook. Depending on the system requirements for Tiger, that may be the last OS upgrade this Powerbook can handle.
Why wait for Longhorn? And who says 10.5 is going to be competing with it? For all we know 10.6 or 10.7 will be rolled out before M$ gets it’s act together.
Can you tell me the features in 10.5 that you’re waiting for?
Why is Slash, er OSnews suddenly reporting rumors?
Since when is a rumor news? If this is the new status quo, I heard about this guy who has this OS that’s really really awesome and it’s going to be free and it runs on peanut butter.
A Mac Mini with 10.4 and (hopefully) 512MB RAM as default makrs the sweet spot when I venture into Macland.
Wont be out for a while, Tiger is here for the next few years.
“Sorry Han. I think you are going to be waiting some time for a mini update.
I think they are selling like gang busters under the current config.”
Just go order one Han, I picked mine up from the Apple Store last friday. The thing is solid.
Expose is the coolest and excellent in the mac workflow.
yeah, the mini is solid, thanks in part to it being based on other hardware (pb, ibook). Super solid. I’ve had zero problems. (!)
Any Mac resellers taking trade ins on pcs for macs?
I’m also pretty stoked about XCode 2 as well. Thankfully, Apple hasn’t taken a page from Microsoft’s book and continue include all the development tools with the OS, as it should be.
According to everything I have read there are only 2 problems. A carbon problem with relation to Nvidia cards and a problem with the Japanese character set. Both of these problems are supposed to be small and should be fixed by April 15th. You have to beeeeee careful with early versions. Like the other poster said, carbon copy your HD to a firewire drive for backup.
First thing I do after install is move my home directory to another disk.. Problem solved.
A tale of two cities, or in this case, Operating Systems.
Today Tiger Goes Gold GM
And today in the Windows world…
‘High Risk’ Flaws Found in IE, Outlook
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1781171,00.asp
Imagine you’re working in an Apple Store. I’ve been in one, it’s a really cool environment [I think so anyway] and you have all these nice and shiny new toys and great software just beckoning at you.
A prospecting new Mac user comes in and wants to trade-in his old PC. Depending on who made it, it can be ‘pretty ok’ over ‘nice try but no cigar’ to ‘get that thing out of here!’.
What do you think Apple is going to give you for your computer? It’s not a car, it’s an old computer. By default less cool than anything you’re going to be buying at the Apple Store. I’m not deriding you for the attempt, actually I wish you all the best of luck.
Now, get yourself a Mac and enjoy the experience.
Since Tiger went gold, I would most definitely hold back buying a new machine until it comes with Tiger, which won’t be long now. Conversely, you’ll probably be eligible for a free upgrade if you buy your new machine inside of a certain window [!
] before Steve holds the shiny striped disk in his hands and officially releases the new kitty into the world. In that case get your Mac now, Panther is a great introduction to the Mac world.
Do yourself a favor and put a gig of RAM into the box [don’t buy it at Apple though
], you’ll love it. Does anyone know what the system requirements are going to be for Tiger? It should run ok on older Macs [I’m fondly hoping 
] but it needs memory like a CEO needs stock options.
I’m also pretty stoked about XCode 2 as well. Thankfully, Apple hasn’t taken a page from Microsoft’s book and continue include all the development tools with the OS, as it should be.
That’s mostly because XCode wouldn’t sell. Honestly, it’s one of the worst IDEs I have ever used. VS.NET or CodeWarrior are faster, more stable, less confusing and create much faster binaries. I had cases where applications compiled in XCode/gcc3.3 -O3 ran at only half the speed of the same code compiled in CodeWarrior 8.
XCode is great to have bundled with the OS, but it’s certainly not an IDE I’d pay money for.
Even though I use XCode, I agree that it isn’t as good as VS.NET. If they sold it separately, it probably wouldn’t sell at all. But then, I’m glad it’s included free. I like it better than KDevelop or Anjuta but it’s definitely no VS.NET.
Could someone clarify whether the Tiger windowing system is resolution-independent. Is it at the same level as or better than Avalon?
Yes, the GUI system is resolution independent. However, most Carbon apps look quite bad with enlarged windows (everything is simply enlarged). Cocoa apps work better. However, most GUI elements are still only resized bitmaps, making them look a bit borky.
It is more accurate to say that support for resolution independence is in 10.4, however it is preliminary at this point. It’s really only there for developers to test and update their apps for resolution independence, or for adventurous users. It will probably be available in default settings come 10.5.
I heard that 10.5 codenamed “Lion” will have a Start Menu.
I doubt that will happen Windows fan boy.