Panther Dog Tags?

MacRumors · 12:49 PM

One anonymous/unconfirmed submission claims the free Panther Gifts at Apple Stores will be a pair of Dog Tags, "silver with a black Apple on one side, the other side being all black, one with just the silver X and the other with the silver X but saying Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Worldwide Release October 24th"

kb9000 · Oct 24, 2003, 12:44 PM

I would want one of these... to bad I don't live near an Apple Store. I hope the FedEx man gets here soon!

Dr Data · Oct 24, 2003, 12:49 PM

When my kids attended the Apple Camp, they gave out dog tags. So it is a familiar concept.

BTW: My kids (8 & 10) really liked the camp. My son now asks how old does he have to be to work at the Genius Bar. I mention that the camp didn't teach him everything.

LimeiBook86 · Oct 24, 2003, 01:04 PM

Apple Camp?!

Doctor Q · Oct 24, 2003, 01:16 PM

I guess dog tags are good to have because, when authorities find your lifeless body somewhere, they can immediately identify you as a Mac user.

LimeiBook86 · Oct 24, 2003, 01:17 PM

HAHAHAHAHA, then do they put you in a different pile?

dho · Oct 24, 2003, 01:30 PM

I am going to be the bay street store in 9.5 hours. I think I can wait to find out.

dho · Oct 24, 2003, 01:31 PM

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Originally posted by Doctor Q
I guess dog tags are good to have because, when authorities find your lifeless body somewhere, they can immediately identify you as a Mac user.

good point!

wouldn't it make more sense to call them cat tags?

Lanbrown · Oct 24, 2003, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by LimeiBook86
HAHAHAHAHA, then do they put you in a different pile?

Not until piles is included.

nagromme · Oct 24, 2003, 01:45 PM

So this is a good thing because.... then they can identify dead Mac users?

mrsebastian · Oct 24, 2003, 02:11 PM

who needs dog tags when fedex has been here and i'm installing panther right now

cc bcc · Oct 24, 2003, 02:13 PM

Touché

rekab · Oct 24, 2003, 02:19 PM

These are the dog tags -- at least I think so. This image appeared in an email I received from Apple. As you can see the email was in Japanese.

pyrotoaster · Oct 24, 2003, 02:40 PM

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Originally posted by rekab
These are the dog tags -- at least I think so. This image appeared in an email I received from Apple. As you can see the email was in Japanese.

That's certainly interesting, but (no offense) there's no real reason for us to believe you. Though, I will admit that this seems likely.

clonenode · Oct 24, 2003, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by rekab
These are the dog tags -- at least I think so. This image appeared in an email I received from Apple. As you can see the email was in Japanese.

Anyone able to translate this?

pyrotoaster · Oct 24, 2003, 02:48 PM

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Originally posted by clonenode
Anyone able to translate this?

I can't, but I imagine it talks about the Panther launch shindig (assuming it's legit). But I can't believe some Japanese Apple web guy decided to reveal the secret free swag in an emailing (well, I can believe it, but it's a stupid thing to do).

scmacdaddy · Oct 24, 2003, 02:53 PM

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Originally posted by Lanbrown
Not until piles is included.

ROFL!!

nycmacartist · Oct 24, 2003, 02:58 PM

"Anyone able to translate this?"

If someone finds this tag around my lifeless body, I'm a mac user.

pyrotoaster · Oct 24, 2003, 03:02 PM

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Originally posted by Lanbrown
Not until piles is included.

Just move your cursor over the pile and watch as each different corpse is displayed, bringing morgue organization into the 21st century.

Makosuke · Oct 24, 2003, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by clonenode
Anyone able to translate this?

It very roughly says that you get bonus dog tags at the Apple store, then goes into some brief details about Panther--14,800 yen retail; the 5-user family pack is 22,800 yen. I'm pretty sure it says that you have to buy Panther at the Apple Store to get the dog tags.

Looks like the Japanese prices are just a hair higher than the US at current exchange rates.

Elan0204 · Oct 24, 2003, 03:47 PM

I was in Best Buy earlier and they had posters up in the window announcing Panther's arrival. They also had free Panther mouse pads. The mouse pad is the same circular shape as the Jaguar mouse pads given out last year. They have a black background with a large brushed metal Panther X on it. There is also a small white Apple logo at the bottom centered beneath the "X."

paulc · Oct 24, 2003, 03:47 PM

Thank GOODNESS that dead Mac users only account for 2.8% of all dead people! Otherwise, 'd be more, er, worried.

Makosuke · Oct 24, 2003, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by paulc
Thank GOODNESS that dead Mac users only account for 2.8% of all dead people! Otherwise, 'd be more, er, worried.

You're forgetting that Mac users aren't necessarily in the same statistical category of other people; just like we make more money on average, we probably have a much longer lifespan, and being that computer users are a young demographic and we're probably less likely to die of non-age related causes as well, we probably only account for 1% of dead computer users, and an even smaller percentage of dead people on the whole.

Unless we get killed as a result of computer-bias-hate-crimes more often, that is...

LimeiBook86 · Oct 24, 2003, 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by Elan0204
I was in Best Buy earlier and they had posters up in the window announcing Panther's arrival. They also had free Panther mouse pads. The mouse pad is the same circular shape as the Jaguar mouse pads given out last year. They have a black background with a large brushed metal Panther X on it. There is also a small white Apple logo at the bottom centered beneath the "X."

All Best Buys? Mine doesn't have Mac things (last time I checked) you think it would have anything like that?

Phil Of Mac · Oct 25, 2003, 12:35 AM

These would have worked better if Power Computing gave them away during their "We're Fighting Back for the Mac!" campaigns.

Oct 24, 2003, 12:37 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Panther Dog Tags? One anonymous/unconfirmed submission claims the free Panther Gifts at Apple Stores will be a pair of Dog Tags, "silver with a black Apple on one side, the other side being all black, one with just the silver X and the other with the silver X but saying Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Worldwide Release October 24th" Last edited by arn : Oct 24, 2003 at 12:49 PM.

Oct 24, 2003, 12:44 PM	#2
kb9000 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: (Lab)	nuts I would want one of these... to bad I don't live near an Apple Store. I hope the FedEx man gets here soon!

Oct 24, 2003, 12:49 PM	#3
Dr Data macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2002	They have been used before When my kids attended the Apple Camp, they gave out dog tags. So it is a familiar concept. BTW: My kids (8 & 10) really liked the camp. My son now asks how old does he have to be to work at the Genius Bar. I mention that the camp didn't teach him everything.

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Doctor Q macrumors god Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the table with countless relatives	I guess dog tags are good to have because, when authorities find your lifeless body somewhere, they can immediately identify you as a Mac user. __________________ "You've just been abducted, of course you need crepes!" -- Walter Bishop

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LimeiBook86 macrumors Demi-God Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hanging around in NJ with his cutie. :)	HAHAHAHAHA, then do they put you in a different pile? __________________ my site my blog Mac's Comic Mac's Shop "Just you try and stop me..."

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dho macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California	I am going to be the bay street store in 9.5 hours. I think I can wait to find out. __________________ "Dont do schoo Stay in milk Drink your drugs" ~Mr. T

Oct 24, 2003, 01:45 PM	#10
nagromme macrumors 601 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Blinking blue dot	So this is a good thing because.... then they can identify dead Mac users? __________________ nagromme Would you like a treatment?

Oct 24, 2003, 02:11 PM	#11
mrsebastian macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: sunny san diego	who needs dog tags when fedex has been here and i'm installing panther right now __________________ [ding]

Oct 24, 2003, 02:13 PM	#12
cc bcc macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: nl	Touché

Oct 24, 2003, 02:19 PM	#13
rekab macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2003	These are the dog tags -- at least I think so. This image appeared in an email I received from Apple. As you can see the email was in Japanese. Attached Thumbnails

Oct 24, 2003, 02:58 PM	#18
nycmacartist macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2003	"Anyone able to translate this?" If someone finds this tag around my lifeless body, I'm a mac user.

Oct 24, 2003, 03:47 PM	#21
Elan0204 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicago, IL	I was in Best Buy earlier and they had posters up in the window announcing Panther's arrival. They also had free Panther mouse pads. The mouse pad is the same circular shape as the Jaguar mouse pads given out last year. They have a black background with a large brushed metal Panther X on it. There is also a small white Apple logo at the bottom centered beneath the "X."

Oct 24, 2003, 03:47 PM	#22
paulc macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NYC	Thank GOODNESS that dead Mac users only account for 2.8% of all dead people! Otherwise, 'd be more, er, worried.

Oct 25, 2003, 12:35 AM	#25
Phil Of Mac Banned Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Washington State University	These would have worked better if Power Computing gave them away during their "We're Fighting Back for the Mac!" campaigns.

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