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Posted on 03/11/2005 9:11:28 PM PST by HAL9000
Apple will officially announce Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger's release at an event in early April and will begin shipping the operating system within two or three weeks afterwards, Think Secret has learned. Apple has previously only stated that Tiger will ship during the first half of the 2005.The event, sources say, is currently scheduled for Friday, April 1 and will be delivered via satellite to numerous locations around the world. Unknown at this point is where the event will take place and whether the media or other outsiders will be invited to attend. Well placed sources say Tiger will likely be in stores by April 15.
Multiple pieces of information gleaned from sources in recent weeks have pointed to an April release date for Tiger. Apple has doubled the software metrics for stores and resellers for the second quarter, ending May 31, for example. While several new software titles slated for release at NAB on April 18 will boost software revenue for stores, Tiger will be the jewel that Apple expects will allow resellers to double their sales from the first quarter.
At least one of Apple's new pro apps the company will introduce at NAB will also require Tiger, sources say. Additionally, Apple is currently targeting updates to its iMac G5 and eMac systems for mid-April, which will come pre-installed with Tiger and iLife '05 (see related story).
In recent weeks, Apple has significantly increased the frequency of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger builds released to developers, another indication that development is rapidly wrapping up. Earlier this week, a gaffe on Apple's Mac OS X downloads page also listed three new categories pertaining to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: links to "Automater Actions," "Dashboard Widgets," and "Spotlight Plugins" all lead to pages that were not yet available at apple.com. Apple has since removed those links from the categories listing.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger will sell for $129 and has been billed as the most substantial upgrade to Mac OS X since the operating system debuted.
QuickTime 7 will also be released with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, sources say. A Mac OS X 10.3-compatible version, code-named Gibson, will be released around the same time.
I can't wait.
Swordmaker,
Alert the troops! ;-)
OTOH, one has to be just a little suspicious of an April 1st debut. Especially since ThinkSecret is the subject of a suit from Apple. could be Jobs' idea of a great April Fool's Joke.
I hope not. Tiger looks great to me and I am ready to spend the money.
April 1st will be Apple's 29th anniversary.
Pingy wingy.
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In my opinion, yes, it is a better system for most computer users.
Some other people disagree - especially those who earn their money from virus-removal and PC repair services. They say Windows is better.
Yikes!
I'll tell you what.
When Tiger is released, take a walk (or a drive) over to your local Apple retailer amd have a look at a Macintosh G5 computer running Tiger (OSX 10.4).
If you can walk away from that experience unconvinced, you are a hard case indeed.
Right on.
Thanks for the ping.
Doesn't Microsoft have to unbundle Windows Media Player from it's standard distribution? Why is it okay to bundle Quicktime with the new Mac OS?
Am I missing something?
Anyways, Quicktime is a system component - NOT an application (like media player is). Various applications and services make use of it, and if you choose not to install it you do lose function in several things, but QT _is_ the media-handling component (video/audio/midi/etc) of the Mac OS and nobody has anything on the market that can replace it.
Thanks for the Meow ping.
Big Striped Kitty Bump!
Apparently it's more expensive, since they are charging $129 for a service pack.
Nothing has been posted to date (at least that I've found), here's a response taken from the Apple Discussion Boards regarding Tiger and hardware compatibility:
Many people are asking what the system requirements for Tiger will be. At this time, Apple has not posted any official system requirements for any component of Tiger. There was initially a list of graphics cards that would be supported for full Core Image support, but that list has been removed. What, if anything, that removal indicates, no one here knows or can say.
Apple has not posted anything further regarding supported processors, minimum or recommended RAM or hard drive space, or what other technologies might be supported. We'll all have to wait for Apple to post further information before we will know what Tiger will require and support.
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