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Mac OS X Tiger at FOSE

Marble said:
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright


What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

-Blake (not Wordsworth!)
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WTF? what a pain,
Where the hell is thy brain?
Why the wait? Cut the crap!
Release Tiger ASAP
 
liketom said:
i think we might know why tiger was delayed later on in april/may when they slap some more law suits against rumor web sites!

this can only be a mole hunt at apple and certain web sites passing on the infomation leaked.
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Yes, Apple is delaying the release of Tiger to find out who is leaking feature tidbits to rumor web sites. Apple, a $35 billion company that will ship ALL of its new computers with Tiger, is delaying the release to ferret out the rumor fink. To assist them in this effort, Apple is bringing in Scooby, Shaggy and Angela Landsbury.

Good grief.
 
pennKid said:
The guy at the Mac store in Philadelphia told me that you'd have two weeks of $20 upgrading before Tiger is announced.
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Cool!

If you walk into an Apple store with a receipt of a Mac purchases within this 2 week period, will they give you a copy free (the $20 fee is for postage isn't it?)
 
mvc said:
Y'know its true, you just gotta watch 24 🙄
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yeah that was pretty sweet, but since CTU was destroyed in the 3rd Series, i think HP has infiltrated the 4th series with a vaste range of minging computer equipment.
 
pennKid said:
The guy at the Mac store in Philadelphia told me that you'd have two weeks of $20 upgrading before Tiger is announced.
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Apple has not done this nor would it make much sense. It would be rather difficult to keep the release date a secret, yet allow people to buy it at a discounted price ex post facto. 😉
 
Punani said:
Apple has not done this nor would it make much sense. It would be rather difficult to keep the release date a secret, yet allow people to buy it at a discounted price ex post facto. 😉
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Punanin, i think he didn't mean it the way you understood it. People who bought a mac two weeks before tiger was announced, will be eligible for a free upgrade. But off course, they can only state this after Tiger is announced..

Nevertheless, I think only computers bought since Tiger has been announced will be eligible for a free upgrade, but hey, we'll see when it arrives
 
cybertron3 said:
To anybody at the show: can you get a list of devices that will work with iSync in 10.4? Will Motorola phones sync over bluetooth work? Oh man, I hope so...
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The Motorola bluetooth sync problem is in the phone, not in Panther or any other computer's OS. Apple can't do anything about the Motorola bluetooth sync problem. The solution will have to come from Motorola (by writing a firmware update) and your service provider (by giving it to you).

Ringu said:
Cool!

If you walk into an Apple store with a receipt of a Mac purchases within this 2 week period, will they give you a copy free (the $20 fee is for postage isn't it?)
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Nope. First of all, the effective date for the $20 fee has always been the official announcement date, and not for two weeks before that date. Secondly, you can't walk into an Apple store and do that. At a store like CompUSA or Micro Center, however, they're nice enough to print out an up to date form for you. You need to mail or fax that form (you can't leave it at any store).
 
If anyone makes it down to FOSE today, how about reporting back
and letting us know what you see down there?

It would also be great to know how the Apple Booth is doing in general.

It's beyond me why anyone seriously concerned with cyber security
would ever purchase Windows based anything when OSX is CLEARLY
the most secure OS.
 
geeyesgee said:
WTF? what a pain,
Where the hell is thy brain?
Why the wait? Cut the crap!
Release Tiger ASAP
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Nice, but I think you should change ASAP at the end to rhyme with crap.
 
TMA said:
Nice, but I think you should change ASAP at the end to rhyme with crap.
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ahh, you are failing to see the poetry!

Where I'm from we sometimes pronounce ASAP: "A-sap"

also it's supposed to rhyme visually 🙂
 
Don't Hold Your Breath!

sjl said:
...I damn well hope Apple lets me upgrade rather than buying a completely new package. Ordered my Mac Mini on 17th of January. It arrived ... yesterday. 😡 Nearly three bloody months between ordering and delivery; I certainly expect Apple to do something to make up for it. Since I doubt they'd give me a dual G5 PowerMac, I'll settle for a cheap Tiger upgrade. 😀
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Your sense of entitlement amuses me.
 
pennKid said:
The guy at the Mac store in Philadelphia told me that you'd have two weeks of $20 upgrading before Tiger is announced.
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Is there anything official yet on when two weeks before the announcement is? I don't know for sure about everyone else, but I bet a lot of us would like to know.
 
geeyesgee said:
ahh, you are failing to see the poetry!

Where I'm from we sometimes pronounce ASAP: "A-sap"

also it's supposed to rhyme visually 🙂
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I thought it was just in movies people would say it "A-sap!" to sound cool. Didn't realise people actually said it like that 😱 Sozza We definitely say Ay-Ess-Ay-Pee here.

You could have "Release Tiger in a snap!"
 
Rootman said:
Is there anything official yet on when two weeks before the announcement is? I don't know for sure about everyone else, but I bet a lot of us would like to know.
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That won't be known until the announcement!!
 
Tick Tock...Next Week??...

I know people are still talking about Tiger being announced this week, every day someone else seems to say it could be released today or the next day. Im not argueing with these people, heck I wish they are right!! 🙂

But anyone else get the feeling that Tiger now wont be announced or whatever till next week at the earliest?? 😕 I hope it is sooner (not that it makes a difference, a week or too!!) but its just nice to know things!! Nice to have the wait over! Im waiting for my perfect full switch over to Mac, Tiger is the key!! I guess I can wait...(but between you and me, I cant!! hehe!!) 😛

With not much big news out of Apple recently somethings gotta give soon!!!
Wouldn't it be cool if loads suddenly came at once??!! New eMacs and iMacs same time as Tiger, along with 512Mb standard and maybe even new powermacs?? (Im saying whats already been said....but its so exciting!!) 😎
 
Gil_Grissom said:
With not much big news out of Apple recently somethings gotta give soon!!!
Wouldn't it be cool if loads suddenly came at once??!! New eMacs and iMacs same time as Tiger, along with 512Mb standard and maybe even new powermacs?? (Im saying whats already been said....but its so exciting!!) 😎
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Exciting.. ??? Its driving me mad 😱 I have just bit the Mac bullet recently and I can't believe what this does to you. I have a 12inch PwrBook (4 weeks old) and I am waiting to buy a PowerMac now.

These forums are great (I haven't seen anything like them in the Windows world) but it doesn't have drive you crazy waiting for the release of new kit. In the PC world the changes are generally more often and gradual but it seems for Apple they are larger jumps.. (which means you feel like you have more to miss out on).

So part of me wishes I had never started to read these roumours as I would have just gone and bought a G5 by now.. 🙂
 
pgre said:
Exciting.. ??? Its driving me mad 😱 I have just bit the Mac bullet recently and I can't believe what this does to you. I have a 12inch PwrBook (4 weeks old) and I am waiting to buy a PowerMac now.

These forums are great (I haven't seen anything like them in the Windows world) but it doesn't have drive you crazy waiting for the release of new kit. In the PC world the changes are generally more often and gradual but it seems for Apple they are larger jumps.. (which means you feel like you have more to miss out on).

So part of me wishes I had never started to read these roumours as I would have just gone and bought a G5 by now.. 🙂
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My point exactly!! It screws ur insides in a horrible (and kinda sad) way...but end of the day we love to hear about these things! News from Apple is usually always exciting!!

You wont believe how many times Ive almost done what uve done!!! Ive been waiting really mainly since August to get this powerbook and Tiger (obviously I knew it wouldnt be out for ages but I wanted to wait!!)

How is ur new powerbook btw? It kewl? I cant wait to fully join and byte the bullet myself!! Using macs at school and friends macs is getting too much without ur own!!

I sure hope this Tiger at FOSE is a sure sign...I-JUST-CANT-WAIT-ANYMORE!!

PS> Panther is still good right???!!! 😀 ....hehehehehehehe 😛 😛 😀 😀
 
Gil_Grissom said:
How is ur new powerbook btw? It kewl? I cant wait to fully join and byte the bullet myself!! Using macs at school and friends macs is getting too much without ur own!!
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PowerBook is great.. mainly got it for the video editing.. but its a great laptop. OK its not as fast as my IBM Thinkpad I use for work.. but its much more fun... and since I work with unix.. it's nice to be able to get under the covers.

Only thing the Powerbooks missing is an IBM Trackpoint ! .. saying that the new trackpad on the PwrBook is the best Trackap I have ever used.

Can't wait for the G5 when I eventually order it.. in the next week or so hopefully.
 
pgre said:
PowerBook is great.. mainly got it for the video editing.. but its a great laptop. OK its not as fast as my IBM Thinkpad I use for work.. but its much more fun... and since I work with unix.. it's nice to be able to get under the covers.

Only thing the Powerbooks missing is an IBM Trackpoint ! .. saying that the new trackpad on the PwrBook is the best Trackap I have ever used.

Can't wait for the G5 when I eventually order it.. in the next week or so hopefully.
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Great to hear about ur powerbook!! Just a quick note...u posted ur reviews on the trackpad on some powerbook trackpad posts?? as their reliability is in question.

(Sorry folks for going off topic there a tad...just a quickie!!) 😱

What additional BIG security features do people know about that Tiger has over Panther, if its at FOSE?
 
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