Well this seems like good news, but I know there we a few bugs in 80?
They were all hammered out already?
They were all hammered out already?
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Is Mac OS X Panther 7B85 Gold Master?
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Originally posted by Dippo
Does anyone know how long it normally takes to go from starting duplication to shipping date.
3 weeks seems like a very long time, maybe they will shipped sooner, and at the same time with iTunes for Windows
Three weeks from an Apple build on some G5 cluster in Cupertino to a neat row of Panther boxes on a shelf in a store near you doesn't sound like a long time to me. Shipping G5's and 12" PB's seems to take a lot of time too. Expect panthers in your local store's storage rooms up to a week in advance of the official release date.
Yes, we are going to hear rumours about mysterious pallets being delivered to stores, with notices not to open them before 10/24...
Does anyone remember how many 'jaguars' were sold in the first week or so?
I'd like a Dutch version. Can't remember if that's included in the same box, or if I'm going to have to wait for a localised version. Any info?
M.
Hoping for the free upgrade...
I just got my new 15" in the mail yesterday, and I'm still hoping for a free upgrade. (OK, that's a lie. It's at home, 1000 miles away, waiting for me )
C'mon Apple! Get that OS out in the next 29 days!
I just got my new 15" in the mail yesterday, and I'm still hoping for a free upgrade. (OK, that's a lie. It's at home, 1000 miles away, waiting for me
)C'mon Apple! Get that OS out in the next 29 days!
What would you want a headless desktop for? Planning on using it as a server? Why would you want to use panther (client)? Just wondering...
Am I being headless here for not getting it or is it just you?
M.
wow. i wouldn't even have to think about pre-ordering it. i would. never pre-order it., then you miss out on the fun at the apple store! i mean, you can't show up and not buy anything like a regular day. i want to see if they have the big "X" shelf like jaguar did
cool, great news. I was waiting for Panther to order new 15 PB, pre-installed with Panther. I dont want to shell out another $129, knowing apple very well. They will offer some kind of upgrade for new owners, but restricted to people who purchased a new system a week or so.
Nice timing. Ordered a dual G5 a couple of weeks ago and the tentative ship date is 10/31. "Trick" would be to ship early, "Treat" would be to come early with Panther.
Does this mean that 10.2.8 just happens to no longer exist? I wonder if they'll ever re-release it?
There's quite a few folks that have downloaded 10.2.8 and don't like it very much. I surely hope Apple isn't going to get quiet and hope these early-downloaders (me) just buy Panther. 10.2.8.1 anyone?
Too early
To be honest, i belive, that it's NOT a golden master yet. I belive that after disaster with 10.2.8, when whole quality assurance department shoudl scratch they heads, they will run through complete standard FC builds run (usualy few builds are testes before GM is declared). I prefer two weeks later, without major glitches, than to wait for another small update... so, be realistic and don't be in hurry - later is sometimes better.
btw, if my notes are right, GM of Jaguar was 6c115, which was released on 31. july 2002 and few days later (2nd, 3th august?) was declared as a GM. Oficial shiping started at 24. august.
To be honest, i belive, that it's NOT a golden master yet. I belive that after disaster with 10.2.8, when whole quality assurance department shoudl scratch they heads, they will run through complete standard FC builds run (usualy few builds are testes before GM is declared). I prefer two weeks later, without major glitches, than to wait for another small update... so, be realistic and don't be in hurry - later is sometimes better.
btw, if my notes are right, GM of Jaguar was 6c115, which was released on 31. july 2002 and few days later (2nd, 3th august?) was declared as a GM. Oficial shiping started at 24. august.
Originally posted by TylerL
I'm surprised they went GM so quickly, especially since they were throwing out new builds almost daily. You'd think they'd want to beat the crap out of a FC build for a few days before declaring it "perfect".
...and as of 7B80, there were still some bugs I would like to see fixed. If only I had an ADC account, I'd report them...
I have an ADC account, and the last official build up there is 7B74. Not sure where you got 7B80, but not from Apple.
(ie. they very well could be doing a beat the crap out of it right now and for the next few days. Declaring something GM doesn't mean it's really GM, if something serious comes up).
I don't know... I ordered my 1.25 DP G4 about a month after 10.2.6 was out. I think 10.2.5 was out at least 2 months before that. In the end the 1.25 DP G4 shipped with 10.2.4. I ordered it through Apple too. Of course 10.2.6 was a free update so maybe that's why.
Release Date
I think Apple should release it on the 31st and allow any one who has paid for X, X.1 or X.2 to say trick or treat and they in turn get a free copy of X.3 - this will make OS "X dot" a $400+ OS
Still $400 for a Mac OS is better then buying a PC and at least I finally got my faster system Bus!
Go G5!
G
I think Apple should release it on the 31st and allow any one who has paid for X, X.1 or X.2 to say trick or treat and they in turn get a free copy of X.3 - this will make OS "X dot" a $400+ OS
Still $400 for a Mac OS is better then buying a PC and at least I finally got my faster system Bus!
Go G5!
G
Then where else would they get it from?!!?!?!
Microsoft?!!?!?!?
If there are internal releases, then someone that works at apple released it....
I would value my job better then that!!!
Argh, I'm needing to pick up a laptop sometime next week from the local store. Guess that means it's more than unlikely that I will have a free update to Panther...
Cheers.
Cheers.
as an ADC member, do you have access to the very latest builds, or do you think it's more reasonable that as they approach GM they release the newer builds to fewer and fewer developers?
lol. that will b easy to say really fast
steve jobs would say "Mac O S Ten dot Two dot Eight dot One
"I dont know about you guys but when Jaguar was released at like midnight was it?? It was a mess. I went to the Rockingham Apple Store and the line was soooo long just to buy Jaguar. It was mainly because it was SO friggin unorganized it was pathetic. If they do the same thing for Panther I hope the hell they have a dedicated LINE just to buy Panther. There were so many idiots buying computers and then asking all the questions at the checkout line as to how to use it. It made me so mad! As well as many others. Took almost an hour just to pay for it. LAME!