Countdown to Tiger 10.4 [Archive]

Zaty

Apr 5, 2005, 04:10 AM

So today is the day Tuesday and my credit card is awaiting the anouncement.

T- minus : ??:??:?? till Tiger

If Tiger is announced today and assuming they're updating the store at the usual time, I'd say the countdown now stands at T-3 hours.

Lincoln

Apr 5, 2005, 04:23 AM

I can stand the anticipa.............................tion (think Dr. Frank N Furter for how to say that).

Every day there's new evidence that it will appear on Friday, then Monday now Tuesday (usual day for new announcements). :confused:

In addition .mac has been up and down like a yo-yo lately. According to MacOsRumors Tiger will bring a few .mac additions too.

So will it be today? I hope so, but time will tell.

P.S. Also looking forward to updated iMacs too. :p

Zaty

Apr 5, 2005, 05:58 AM

We'll find out in the next half hour if something is coming. If so, non-US stores will go down within the next 30 minutes! At this time, they're still online though. But that doesn't mean anything as the usually go down after 1pm CET (it's now 12.58 pm). BTW, European stores were offline last night, probably for maintenance. However, they might also have prepared something for the big launch. Let's wait and see :)

Bern

Apr 5, 2005, 06:16 AM

We won't be seeing anything this week

Zaty

Apr 5, 2005, 06:23 AM

We won't be seeing anything this week

How do you know?

GodBless

Apr 5, 2005, 06:27 AM

My guess is that Apple will announce Tiger today around 08:00h to 10:00h Pacific Time (+08:00 GMT). Any other guesses?

Zaty

Apr 5, 2005, 06:37 AM

My guess is that Apple will announce Tiger today around 08:00h to 10:00h Pacific Time (+08:00 GMT). Any other guesses?

If they followed their usual pattern, they would announce within the next hour or so. Panther was announced about an hour later than hardware, though.

rosalindavenue

Apr 5, 2005, 07:39 AM

Looks like its not today. It seems more and more likely that the April 1 "leak" was phony -- a shot across the bow at thinksecret and appleinsider and this site. Too bad. :(

Platform

Apr 5, 2005, 07:49 AM

My guess is that Apple will announce Tiger today around 08:00h to 10:00h Pacific Time (+08:00 GMT). Any other guesses?

That seems right ;)

vouder17

Apr 5, 2005, 07:51 AM

Looks like its not today. It seems more and more likely that the April 1 "leak" was phony -- a shot across the bow at thinksecret and appleinsider and this site. Too bad. :(

Yeah but today isnt april 1st. Today is "early" april. It isnt like anything can be done to change it; it has gone GM. So either they release it now or a bit later, but with a bit later they will loose precious days of advertising. I really do believe that it will be released to buy on the 15th/16th(whenever NAB starts), so for apple it would have to be the sooner the better, but then again apple has always surprised us with some strange things....eg Powermac Shippping dates.

liketom

Apr 5, 2005, 07:58 AM

if it was to come it would be in about 2 mins right ?? 14.00 UK

iGary

Apr 5, 2005, 08:03 AM

Store is still up. :rolleyes:

rosalindavenue

Apr 5, 2005, 08:06 AM

Yeah but today isnt april 1st. Today is "early" april. It isnt like anything can be done to change it; it has gone GM. So either they release it now or a bit later, but with a bit later they will loose precious days of advertising. I really do believe that it will be released to buy on the 15th/16th(whenever NAB starts), so for apple it would have to be the sooner the better, but then again apple has always surprised us with some strange things....eg Powermac Shippping dates.

I really hope you are right; but as of now (9:04 AM on the 5th) I dont know that we even have reliable info that Tiger has actually gone gold-- all of the stories that I saw had the "gone gold" were stated in conjunction with the April 1 announcement.

iGary

Apr 5, 2005, 08:07 AM

So now we wait until noon EST.

Then I stop caring and watching. ;)

vouder17

Apr 5, 2005, 08:07 AM

if it was to come it would be in about 2 mins right ?? 14.00 UK

Wouldnt it be released at 9:00 AM cupertino time(not sure which Time zone) that is only happening in 3 hours. This is usually the time that apple releases new products in my memory.

miloblithe

Apr 5, 2005, 08:09 AM

Damn. I am really hoping for something today. Something!!! I'm easy to please.

liketom

Apr 5, 2005, 08:09 AM

this can not be true !!!

iBook updates / eMac / iMac / Tiger 10.4 WHEN ????? April is here and time is ticking

COME ON APPLE - i'm not spending another penny until i get my updates

(liketom picks up his rattle he dropped out of his pram )

thefunkymunky

Apr 5, 2005, 08:13 AM

Wouldnt it be released at 9:00 AM cupertino time(not sure which Time zone) that is only happening in 3 hours. This is usually the time that apple releases new products in my memory.

I'm pretty sure if anything is going to be announced today it won't be until 9.00am or 10.00am Cupertino time. 5.00pm or 6.00pm UK(GMT) time.

TheWitePony

Apr 5, 2005, 08:20 AM

I'm pretty sure if anything is going to be announced today it won't be until 9.00am or 10.00am Cupertino time. 5.00pm or 6.00pm UK(GMT) time.

I agree, if it gets to be after noon Cupertino time and no announcement then I don't think this is going to happen anytime soon (as in not this week at least).

miloblithe

Apr 5, 2005, 08:21 AM

That's what I remember too. 12:00 or so Eastern time, with the store going down at 11:00. So I'm remaining hopeful.

C'mon. At least update the 1.25Ghz eMacs to 1.33. That'd get me through the day.

liketom

Apr 5, 2005, 08:25 AM

they could at least get rid of them dam iPods from all the stores arrrrr how many times do i have to look at that - picture of an apple logo would be cool if they have nothing

mmm or even a box coverd by a sheet with a phrase : are you ready ? under it .

arrr things to pass the time lol

timmyb

Apr 5, 2005, 08:41 AM

I dont know that we even have reliable info that Tiger has actually gone gold-- all of the stories that I saw had the "gone gold" were stated in conjunction with the April 1 announcement.
I agree with this. If it has gone gold master, wouldn't Apple say so?

vouder17

Apr 5, 2005, 08:49 AM

I really hope you are right; but as of now (9:04 AM on the 5th) I dont know that we even have reliable info that Tiger has actually gone gold-- all of the stories that I saw had the "gone gold" were stated in conjunction with the April 1 announcement.

True, but if Macworld announced it, i would find it strange taht it wasnt Gold. well i am really trying to stay optimistic...i really really want TIGER!!!

GodBless

Apr 5, 2005, 09:19 AM

I agree, if it gets to be after noon Cupertino time and no announcement then I don't think this is going to happen anytime soon (as in not this week at least).

And if they don't announce it today then it is not coming before NAB because Apple will want more than 10 days between their announcement date and the date that Tiger is in stores (unless they will announce it the day it is in stores -- they'd pick up more impulse buyers that way). They could however announce it at the NAB conference which could be the first day that it is in stores. If it is not announced today then a NAB Tiger announcement is what I will be looking for.

Come on Apple update your site today. I want to familiarize myself with all of the great new Tiger features so I will know what to experiment with as soon as I install Tiger on my iBook.

Zaty

Apr 5, 2005, 09:33 AM

I'm sorry to break the news to you but it's not going to happen today. Apple launches new products between 2 and 3 pm CET (= 8 and 9 EST) unless the announcement is part of a keynote or any other similar event. Also since Apple seems to have moved away from Tuesdays only announcements, there's still a small chance it might happen tomorrow. After all Panther was announced on a Wednesday (October 8, 2003), too. If nothing happens tomorrow, I have to agree it won't happen before NAB.

thefunkymunky

Apr 5, 2005, 09:40 AM

Apple store is down. :) :D

thefunkymunky

Apr 5, 2005, 09:41 AM

Apple store is down. :) :D

Sorry I couldn't resist :p Been wanting to say that for ages. :rolleyes: ;)

GodBless

Apr 5, 2005, 09:43 AM

liketom

Apr 5, 2005, 09:44 AM

Sorry I couldn't resist :p Been wanting to say that for ages. :rolleyes: ;)
and tiger has been released too wow shipping today - free upgrades for all customers ...

thefunkymunky

Apr 5, 2005, 09:54 AM

and tiger has been released too wow shipping today - free upgrades for all customers ...

If only eh. We can all but dream. ;)

rosalindavenue

Apr 5, 2005, 10:05 AM

Apple store is down. :) :D

Not funny. :rolleyes: Particularly not funny after this close to April 1, which is a disaster now-- April 1 needs to become "national offline day."

gopher

Apr 5, 2005, 10:07 AM

Hate to break it, but Tiger won't ship until July 2nd, 2005, 2 PM Pacific Time. It won't be announced ahead of time, and people who order new machines after that date and time will have the option of upgrading for $20 if it doesn't ship with it.

Everyone who buys new machines before then will have to pay the full educator, college student, military, government, family pack, or retail price of $129.95 unless Amazon honors their rebate.

At least this is what I believe.

I've been known to be wrong before.

Meanwhile if you want to know how to make Panther look like Tiger, just ask. Most of Tiger's functions are available third party for Panther.

thefunkymunky

Apr 5, 2005, 10:11 AM

I'm actually not to bothered when Tiger ships. I just want Apple to announce the damn thing. Especially since we've had FC and Gold confirmed. Well more or less anyway.

forthebrave

Apr 5, 2005, 10:12 AM

APRIL FOOLS!

thefunkymunky

Apr 5, 2005, 10:18 AM

APRIL FOOLS!

If most people think FC and GM were hoaxes. Why everyone getting so wound up about Apple announcing something today or even this week. It might be ages before Tiger is announced. Oh wait it will be "first half of 2005" yeah we know already :p

daveL

Apr 5, 2005, 11:25 AM

So today is the day Tuesday and my credit card is awaiting the anouncement.

T- minus : ??:??:?? till Tiger
Panther was announced at 8:30 AM Eastern on the 8th of October, 2003, a Wednesday.

zooniverse

Apr 5, 2005, 11:55 AM

If Tiger's been completed I doubt Apple would wait around for two months to release it. I think it will be either announced or released in or around the 3rd week of April.

MacNoobie

Apr 5, 2005, 01:24 PM

I bet Apple will announce Tiger right at NAB, have the announcement and the product right there at the same time. I guess Steve likes wowing the crowds when he says what evers being announced is available... day one.

I'd kind of make sense anyways GM being announced though it'd be an ugly joke if it was an April fools thing. All the cameras at NAB and Apple showing off the technologies of Tiger. Steve announcing that Tiger will available today (around April 16-18) day one.

pdpfilms

Apr 5, 2005, 02:28 PM

I bet Apple will announce Tiger right at NAB, have the announcement and the product right there at the same time. I guess Steve likes wowing the crowds when he says what evers being announced is available... day one.

Very true. And when you think about it, Apple is DEFINETLY not going to miss releasing the new line of pro apps at NAB, seeing as they all will rely on Tiger. And if there's no Tiger, there's no Pro Apps.

Tiger HAS to come out before NAB.. it just hhaaaaas toooo.....

gopher

Apr 5, 2005, 03:13 PM

Very true. And when you think about it, Apple is DEFINETLY not going to miss releasing the new line of pro apps at NAB, seeing as they all will rely on Tiger. And if there's no Tiger, there's no Pro Apps.

Tiger HAS to come out before NAB.. it just hhaaaaas toooo.....

Not quite. The pro apps may only depend on Quicktime. In which case, the rumorred Quicktime for Panther update may include the features necessary for those Pro Apps. Tiger may simply better integrate Quicktime 7 into the Finder. If that's the case, the Pro Apps could be released at NAB, and Apple could still wait till the end of June for the rest of Tiger.

iJaz

Apr 5, 2005, 03:28 PM

Strange that the pre-order of Tiger still is the #1 top seller in the category Electronics over at Amazon! :eek:

vouder17

Apr 5, 2005, 04:04 PM

Grrrr.... I am sad,angry :mad:

powerbook911

Apr 5, 2005, 05:12 PM

Strange that the pre-order of Tiger still is the #1 top seller in the category Electronics over at Amazon! :eek:

I wonder if any PC users are ordering Tiger, thinking they can install it. :D