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This could be a decisive moment for the software market. Microsoft's big cash cow is the Windows/Office combo. If you look through the company's financial reports, you'll see that profits come mainly from Windows and Office. This means that Windows sales support the existence of other products and services. An unexpected drop in demand of Windows could cause a domino effect. At the moment this seems highly improbable because Windows desktop market share is over 90%, even though there is an increasing interest in MacOS X and Linux.

Both Apple and Microsoft seem to know what's needed for the next step in desktop computing.

According to Tim Deal, a senior analyst with Technology Business Research in Hampton, N.H., Apple makes efforts to minimize compatibility problems between operating system upgrades. "It provides developers with a comprehensive set of tools that enables them to better create applications for each specific release of its operating system," he said. Also, Apple goes 64-bit with Tiger release of OS X.

I have written (and continue to write) an application called Desktop Manager for OS X. It provides virtual desktops to those refugees from Unix like myself :). Recently it became apparent that it would no longer work under Apple's forthcoming Tiger release of OS X. This proved a little bit of a problem for me since I have no copy of Tiger to test with and don't wish to risk Apple's wrath by obtaining a less-than-legitimate copy. Instead I have relied on a network of people I correspond with via my blog to tell me when things break. It also means I have to attempt to reverse engineer something I don't have in front of me. I am indebted to these people and would like to thank them for their hard work.

Mac OS X Update 10.3.9 has been released, here is the Client version and here is the Server one.

"10.4 "Tiger" is the strongest OS X release yet and a worthy competitor to Windows XP. Though it is marketed by Apple as a major release, Tiger is in fact a minor upgrade with few major new features, more akin to what we'd call a service pack in the Windows world" says WinSuperSite.

Today, Apple Computer announced the release date of MacOS X 10.4 "Tiger." Tiger will hit shelves on Friday, April 29.

Point-counterpoint at DaringFireball's interesting editorials.

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Apple Computer's next-generation operating system, is just about ready to wrap.

As we already know, the performance of DOOM 3 for Mac in comparison to its Windows counterpart is a little depressing - but those tests were on a Mac running Panther. Now running Tiger, some have seen an incredible performance boost. A clean install of both the latest Tiger beta (8A414) and DOOM 3 saw a steady 35-40 FPS at 1024x768 on High quality, with 2x Anti-aliasing enabled. Quite an improvement over Panther.

Revenge is sweet for Apple, now savoring the rise of Mac OS X and Xserve in the lab, but this is still the planting. A difficult growing season lies ahead.

CherryOS is available for trial and download. Requires a 1.6 Ghz PC or more and at least 256 MBs of available RAM.

With the beginning of 1996, Apple realized that with the next generation PC's running Windows NT to be released within the decade, they would need a new, modern operating system to run on their machines. Most in the industry were certain that Apple would choose Be, whose operating system, BeOS, already ran on Apple's newest computers. Read the (updated) article here.

Recently Apple added the ability to scroll with your trackpad on the new series of Powerbooks. However, most Mac OS X users were already able to do just that and much more by using the SideTrack utility which works on most iBook and Powerbook models.