Mac OS X 10.4: Tiger

[allpar]

Gak!

Expose in itself was worth the 129 dollars, the upgrades are well worth the money.

If that's your attitude, it explains why Apple doesn't sell computers under $999 - and why the ones under $1400 (dual G4) are so uncompetitive. They've got a great loyal user base with far more money than they need, why would they want to sell to the rest of the world? The Mercedes comparison works...corporate arrogance and high price tags...except that Mercedes loses money (when they aren't sucking it out of aquisitions such as Chrysler, Freightliner, Detroit Diesel, and presumably Fokker and then pretending that those companies were losing money before the buy).

This way lies oblivion. At some point if market share doesn't rise, Apple's gonna be in big doggy-doo -- Linux is getting better every year, and Apple will have to show that it has an advantage that merits paying twice as much, other than being able to run Office (which Linux will be able to do eventually).

 

[wdlove]

So I wonder how Apple will set up the nomenclature when they switch to 11.0? I thought that most of this decade was going to be X.

Here in New England and Boston in particular Linux is rising faster than Windows.

 

[ingenious]

personally, id love for them to call it sabertooth instead of tiger... tiger is too bland. not like the apple we know (or at least used to- can u say yearly HD updates )!

 

[Urdam]

I agree

I agree

 

[ingenious]

no.

build numbering is totally different than release numbering. osx panther is a third major release of osx, and that's why they call it "three". osx updates to some major version are dot-something and the naming system clearly tells you the order in which the updates are released and the major release the package is upgrading. so if apple decides to release fifty updates to panther, they will release a 3.50 update of osx.

(the dot does not represent a decimal, but makes a difference between major release and upgrade, and the whole thing is not a version number but a version name. for example oracle uses similar naming scheme and the version name can be something like 9.2.0.1.0 - you can clearly see that it is not a number but a name instead.)

so again, no, osx version is not a number: panther's hundredth update would get release name of 3.100 if they would for some reason want to stick with major release three for that long. and for the very same reason - if apple decides so - the osx system can have more than nine major version releases before osx name would have to be changed. apple can keep the osx for as long as they like, be it a "kittycat osx 99.999" or whatever.

jeez. i was j putting that there for fun.... i didnt mean anything technical by it...

 

[Toe]

So I wonder how Apple will set up the nomenclature when they switch to 11.0? I thought that most of this decade was going to be X.

There's a whole different issue with 11... if they use the current naming style, it would be OS XI (which some people would write as OSXI). Two problems there... First, it's too many capital letters. Americans are confused by that much stuff. Second, while no many people call OS X "Oh-Sex," people would certainly want to call OS XI "Oh Sexy." Or is that a good thing?

Anyway, 11 would have to be a major change to break the 10.x scheme they've been doing. In that case, they might opt for something completely different... like "Mac2" or something that sounds as revolutionary as that would have to be. Or maybe just "Eleven" with no Mac or OS or anything.

 

[slooksterPSV]

Well Mac has a good thing going if they're going to call it Jaguar, Tiger, Panther etc. Felines are fast, some are sleek, and very powerful. Maybe they should start naming their processors after powerful creatures like Power Lion G6 Processor... maybe not...

 

[mudflapper]

OS Naming

Well, I really like LYNX too, but you know some marketing guy at Apple will probably suggest that the name is too close to LINUX, so we probably wont be spotting that cat for a little while.

OS11 lookes weird, not to mention that it would be open season on Apple for Spinal Tap jokes. I like OSXI too, but wasn't that the name of that kinda-hot Russian ice skater a few years back?

-mudflapper

 

[wdlove]

Well, I really like LYNX too, but you know some marketing guy at Apple will probably suggest that the name is too close to LINUX, so we probably wont be spotting that cat for a little while.

OS11 looks weird, not to mention that it would be open season on Apple for Spinal Tap jokes. I like OSXI too, but wasn't that the name of that kinda-hot Russian ice skater a few years back?

-mudflapper

I'm not sure what you mean by saying that OS 11 would cause 'open season on Apple fro Spinal Tap jokes?' Being a medical person I know what a spinal tap procedure means.

 

[AppleMatt]

I'm not sure what you mean by saying that OS 11 would cause 'open season on Apple fro Spinal Tap jokes?' Being a medical person I know what a spinal tap procedure means.

I think he means the band Spinal Tap, not an actual lumbar puncture!

AppleMatt

 

[ingenious]

Well, I really like LYNX too, but you know some marketing guy at Apple will probably suggest that the name is too close to LINUX, so we probably wont be spotting that cat for a little while.

OS11 lookes weird, not to mention that it would be open season on Apple for Spinal Tap jokes. I like OSXI too, but wasn't that the name of that kinda-hot Russian ice skater a few years back?

-mudflapper

im still goin with sabertooth. that is sooo awesome. it invokes fear!!! muahahahaha!

 

[iBunny]

I would like to know when Tiger will be available?

and will it work on current iBooks / Powerbooks? or will you need a G5 Processor?

Thanks

(Remember I dunno anything about mac's yet.... I havent a clue)

 

[johnnyjibbs]

No, it will be at least four years before support for the G3 and G4 are stopped, as Apple is still selling G4 systems and probably will be until around Summer 2005 (iBooks will be last).

 

[wdlove]

im still goin with sabertooth. that is sooo awesome. it invokes fear!!! muahahahaha!

The last thing that we want to do is have Apple with a product that induces fear. Unless it would actually be a positive effect and people would be afraid not to have the OS!

I guess that I'm showing my age again, never heard of the band Spinal Tap.

If true johnnyjibbs, that would be a fairly swift transition is done by next summer. Then we can also have a 64 bit OS.

 

[MacAliciousGirl]

Meow

It should be cheetah, seeing how thats the fastest cat. Tiger sounds pretty lame-o, and I think we can reserve the title "lame-o" for strictly windows people. so..Tiger-no cheetah - yes

 

[CraigandhiseMac]

What?

Microsoft does not update yearly.

Windows 95 - 1995
Windows 98 - 1998
Windows XP - 2002
Windows Longhorn - 2006ish

NT3.51 - 1994
NT 4.0 - 1996
Windows 2000 - 1999
Windows XP - 2002
Windows 2003 Server - 2003

How do you figure (and please dont flame me if my dates are exactly right!) that Microsoft does a yearly upgrade? Or that MacOS X upgrades are in line with Microsoft's OS releases

You got that wrong, Win 95A came out in 1995, Win 95B(OSR2) in 1996, Win 95C(OSR2.1) in 1997, Win 98 in 1998, Win 98 SE in 1999, Win ME in 2000 and XP in 2001, its since XP MS has dropped the yearly update/patching of Windows.

Before you lot curse me Im a recent switcher and I aint looking back

 

[gopher]

It should be cheetah, seeing how thats the fastest cat. Tiger sounds pretty lame-o, and I think we can reserve the title "lame-o" for strictly windows people. so..Tiger-no cheetah - yes

We all know it should be called Cheetah. Unfortunately and this is the big joke Cheetah was Mac OS X 10.0.

So we aren't going to have the fastest of cats.

 

[iBunny]

Do you think we will se OS 10.4 by christmas?

 

[Sparky's]

This would have been my choice

Margay

Common Name(s): Margay, Marguey, Tree Ocelot
Scientific Name: Felis [Leopardus] Wiedii
Weight: 9-18 pounds
Head/Body: 26 inches
Tail: 16 inches
Subspecies: 11
Gestation: ~81 days
Status: Endangered
Estimated World Population: ~10,000

http://home.twcny.rr.com/mainelyfelids/margay.html

 

[iBunny]

what happens when they run out of cats?

They could name it OS10.7 The Bunny

 

[mattmack]

what happens when they run out of cats?

They could name it OS10.7 The Bunny

Nah they should switch to marsupials OS X.9 Koala

 

[iMeowbot]

what happens when they run out of cats?

Judging by the noises from out by the river that just woke me up, and the frequency with which that happens, there will never, ever be a shortage of cats.

 

[egghead9@mac.co]

Tiger

I think tiger is a great name, but i wonder how far apple can go with this, there are only so many felines that they can take advantage of.
Maybe they will move on to amphibians to emphasize the cross platform integration.
I have created an image of what I think the Tiger box will look like
(I do not work for apple)!!!

 

[aswitcher]

Nah they should switch to marsupials OS X.9 Koala

Brilliant! Koala, Platipus, Echidna, Wallaby, Quoll, Numbat, Bilby

 

[wdlove]

I think tiger is a great name, but i wonder how far apple can go with this, there are only so many felines that they can take advantage of.
Maybe they will move on to amphibians to emphasize the cross platform integration.
I have created an image of what I think the Tiger box will look like
(I do not work for apple)!!!
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Nice job [email]egghead9@mac.co[/email]. Your design of the X is why I'd like to see Tiger used. It just looks so elegant. I'm not so sure that I like the dull gray look, or is that to be brushed metal aluminum?

Sparky's I also like your suggestion Margay. It has a very nice sleek coat also. The only problem might be that the name isn't as catchy.