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Mac OS X 10.4 - Final Candidate?

Gimzotoy said:
Here we go. I can't wait. Some of the new features look pretty cool, and I'm holding off on a new Mac mini until this comes out. The sooner the better (unless it's not done, obviously. No need to rush a buggy OS to market, they're at least a year ahead of MS.).
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A year? Please. Panther is decades ahead of MS.
 
Spotlight is for work!

mainstreetmark said:
Surprisingly, none of the major new features are amazingly appealing to me:

Spotlight: Quicksilver's ability to call up applications, and iTunes tracks, just might win over Spotlight's ability to look inside files.
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I'm amazed at how many posts I've seen dismissing Spotlight because other apps find files quickly. Spotlight will be amazingly useful for people who actually do work on their computers. How many times have I had to do grep */*/* foo | grep bar? :)
 
i don't really care because i'm getting my (dual core :-D [hopefully]) powermac in august.

but because i'm down with this whole mac cult thing, i hope you guys get it soon.
 
The biggest feature of Tiger

may be all the LITTLE things not worth mentioning at Apple.com. Things most of us have never heard about.

That was true of Jaguar and Panther for sure. The big things like Spotlight and Dashboard and Automator are worth my $95, but I'm looking forward to lots of little annoyances disappearing--even ones I've never thought about--and lots of little thoughtful touches added. Things to discover in the weeks ahead.

Any one of those little improvements is a yawn. All together they may make my daily computing a LOT nicer. We'll see if Tiger lives up to Panther in that regard.
 
People are waiting...

All I know is, a LOT of people (including myself), are waiting until Tiger is pre-installed by default before making their next purchase. If it DOESN'T come out in April, I will have made more than a few people pissed off at me for advising them to wait... LOL! As for me, I am STILL using my TiBook/667, and really REALLY want a new PowerBook. Buggy Tiger is still better than NO Tiger IMHO... -JB
 
macux said:
I'm amazed at how many posts I've seen dismissing Spotlight because other apps find files quickly. Spotlight will be amazingly useful for people who actually do work on their computers. How many times have I had to do grep */*/* foo | grep bar? :)
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Yeah, just remember part of why spotlight is actually cool is that it's integrated into the OS. Meaning, unlike a third-party program, any developer can just assume Spotlight will be on a system with Tiger and make their apps work with it or incorporate it somehow. This is not possible with a third-party app.
 
A totally revamped mail program with a vastly improved search feature will really make a huge daily difference to most of us! Can´t wait.
 
daveway00 said:
Announcing products on a Friday would be out of the ordinary for Apple or any other company. Apple likes to hold their events early on in the week so that the press can report and momentize during the week. If you release a product on Friday the wow factor wanes over the weekend and not many news sources catch on Monday.
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True, making product announcements on a Friday is usually a bad idea since it won't get too much press coverage over the weekend and the excitement will probably die out by Monday, but you have to remember that this is Apple we're talking about, Friday is April 1st, and it's also the day Apple was founded (April 1, 1976).

If Apple does make an annoucement, there will be a lot of talk about whether it's true or just an April Fools joke.
 
as long as it is out by may (so i can ask someone to buy it for me as a birthday gift :D)
 
sw1tcher said:
True, making product announcements on a Friday is usually a bad idea since it won't get too much press coverage over the weekend and the excitement will probably die out by Monday, but you have to remember that this is Apple we're talking about, Friday is April 1st, and it's also the day Apple was founded (April 1, 1976).

If Apple does make an annoucement, there will be a lot of talk about whether it's true or just an April Fools joke.
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i can see a longhorn related april fools joke, that would make the news.
besides, since when did the news stop over the weekend? do people actually even get weekends anymore, i know i don't :(
 
well it's about bloody time for some good apple news !

Tiger will ROCK ! hehe i'm will be very happy if they do the 1st of april thing as it is my BIRTHDAY maybe i could get a discount ?
 
otterpop said:
it's also 4 /1
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Or try it backwards as a joke 04/01 would then be 10/40 just add a couple of points and take out the slash and what do you get? 10.4.0

Hey maybe it will Gold Master on the 5th "Final Candidate" then it would really make sense because you could add in the year and get 10.4.0.5 200 new features -- That is if you go by the chronological dating or system like I do (i.e. YYYYMMDD instead of MM/DD/YYYY) and then put the first 3 digits of year 2005 on the very end :D. Yeah, I know its a long shot but it works doesn't it?

Is my proposal for Apple's home page on April Fools Day amazing or what? Yeah, I know my proposal isn't a joke but remember Apple has to think different. ;)
 
I can't wait for Tiger.

As a point of interest (maybe), I recieved an e-voucher for the Apple Store (UK & Ireland) a while back that runs out on the 31st of March... could be coincidence, but maybe not.
 
Tiger will run on those Macs even if Core Image doesn't support those Graphic Cards ; You just won't see the Eye Candy.

Tiger will run on G3s - there are too many out there to be just dumped.. the same way tiger will probably be released on CD rather than DVD ( too many Macs with non DVD drives)?

As for april fools - Apple are NOT going to spring an April fools like this - especially a OSX release, that is certain. Too much at stake.

nagromme said:
As if an early release of Tiger isn't disturbing enough, I have seen NOBODY in this topic complaining that Tiger won't run on most Macs because it needs Core Image. Come on, what's wrong with people? :) I used to COUNT on that in any Tiger thread.

Have they finally realized that Apple has stated all along that Tiger will run on G3s? Have they realized that Core Image will run on the CPU if your GPU can't handle it? Have the discovered that Quartz, not even Quartz Extreme, much less Core Image, is all you need for most users' tasks? Have they accepted that it's OK to support OPTIONAL hardware--like high-end GPUs, DVD burners, scanners, and trackballs? ;)

I am disappointed. Perhaps we'll have to settle for the classic complaints of "Apple is improving OS X too much too soon." Or "all my current Panther apps will suddenly stop working because they know Tiger exists." ;)

I won't be surprised if Tiger is announced next week instead of Friday, but either way, its a lot earlier than I'd have thought. Glad I got my $35-rebate pre-order in early at Amazon :) Go grab it for $95. (Unless you get Apple edu pricing which is $69.)

Any advice on how to force myself not to install until 10.4.1? I really do like the idea of thousands of guinea pigs paving the way for me. Ah, forget it. What else are backups for? :)
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