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I'm looking forward to getting Tiger as soon as it is available. I plan to camp at the Towson (Md.) store, and also pick up iLife '05 at the same time. Heck for another $300, I can get a Mini. Hmmm.......
nesbitt_a said:
Seed, seed, seed.... no seed... no seed.... release! I've heard this may be a typical cycle. For one, a company may have seeded enough to think they have a good bug list and only have to find bugs on the last small changes, which they can do internally. And, a purpose of seeding is to get feedback, and at the end of the cycle there is no time to receive and integrate the feedback.
So, possibly... No news is good news.
This is great news - only question left is will there be a nice shiny new PM to run it on? Tax day is Tiger Day!!! Wooo-Hooo!
Guys not to get too off topic but typically how long after release before we will see Apple hardware ship with the updated OS? I'm jonesing for a Mac Mini but it would be critically stupid to get one this close to launch and with a possible hardware refresh at WWDC. Possible. 
Bear said:
Ah, but I'm not asking for a copy, just curious as to whether such activity goes on. I don't want to install a beta on my Mac - don't have the time to risk a buggered system
Once Apple announces Tiger, you should be eligable for the Up To Date program with any machine purchased after the announcement.SiliconAddict said:Guys not to get too off topic but typically how long after release before we will see Apple hardware ship with the updated OS? I'm jonesing for a Mac Mini but it would be critically stupid to get one this close to launch and with a possible hardware refresh at WWDC. Possible.
Once Tiger actually ships, current machines will start showing up with Tiger tossed into the system box. Existing models may or may not get Tiger pre-installed on them.
New models announced after Tiger is shipping will come with Tiger.
FYI, yes there were. I've seen people selling CDs/DVDs of betas on a certain large auction site. They also were doing the rounds on the usual p2p networks months back. I wasn't interested as I've got better things to do than download 2GB of buggy beta that could hose my data....Philsy said:
caveman_uk said:
Thanks - figured that would be the case.
A related question - anyone know how many official beta testers Apple has for Tiger?
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hmm...
Could it be that this release date is part of a debugging process meant to ferret out where their internal leaks are coming from?
Could it be that this release date is part of a debugging process meant to ferret out where their internal leaks are coming from?
Well I think that the date mentioned in the newsflash could be the actual date for releasing Tiger. Mainly because Apple will have a decent period for shipping OS 10.4 to their Customers. Also this has an advantage for their WWDC upcomming in June. Because at this WWDC they can tell to the world how many Tiger Copies are shipped and/or are reserved by Apple Users.
If they are willing they may also update the PMG5 lines in order for me to buy a new Dual 2.0 with 512mb ram if the rumors are right and served with the delicious sauce of Tiger
If they are willing they may also update the PMG5 lines in order for me to buy a new Dual 2.0 with 512mb ram if the rumors are right and served with the delicious sauce of Tiger
You figure it out...
Don't know if it's coming out in April or not (I'd rather see it stabilized a bit more myself). But... I have a stable system *now* albeit without all of Tiger's features.
I'll let all of you folks let me know where the bugs are and I'll move from one stable system to another when I stop hearing talk here about how unstable and buggy it is... several months from now...
Stella said:
Don't know if it's coming out in April or not (I'd rather see it stabilized a bit more myself). But... I have a stable system *now* albeit without all of Tiger's features.
I'll let all of you folks let me know where the bugs are and I'll move from one stable system to another when I stop hearing talk here about how unstable and buggy it is... several months from now...
That depends on each person needs.pimentoLoaf said:
Some people won't upgrade to Tiger for many months. Some may hae something fixed in 10.3.9 that they need immediately.
So I can see lots of people installing 10.3.9 and any other updates to 10.3 that may come out. Remember Apple is still providing security updates for 10.2.8.
The whole topic of whether people get Tiger straight away, whenever it comes out, is really down to them. However it cannot be that buggy otherwise why would Apple release it? I thought this company were proud of their quality image? Also this is Apple we are talking about, not Microsoft! We dont want to wait 5+ years for an OS that is already out of date! Anyhoo, how perfect are most OSs on first release, despite how long they take to develop?? Nothing is perfect.
I can really understand large pro customers and businesses wanting to wait however, they do not have the luxoury of an immediate swap for the very latest thing like the normal everyday home user with money does!!
Also, on the whole topic of whether this is real or not, I can understand Apple wanting to fool TS and reveille their leaks, but why drag eWeek into this, who as far as I know have been pretty quite for Apple!...unless eWeek was not Apples intension and all this is indeed a stunt. But ofcourse TS could be the source, as my fellow forumer "uae" before has mentioned!! If not TS, another rumour site. These circles can be vicious!! Lets hope they dont bite us in the ass!!
If it is a hoax and a prank I think Apple will be playing a very dangerous game, because as this one forum shows, people one way or another are getting excited and worked up over it. If Apple do not release it in April like it is rumoured too, it may have a lot of unhappy customers and potential customers on their hand who may just get tired of waiting.
Also, linked with this, as said in a similar Tiger string by someone, why would Apple risk losing money from people not buying their hardware or software until Tiger came out?? If it is a hoax it could be dangerous, they may want t oget it out now the rumours are very hot and close even if they werent.
I can really understand large pro customers and businesses wanting to wait however, they do not have the luxoury of an immediate swap for the very latest thing like the normal everyday home user with money does!!
Also, on the whole topic of whether this is real or not, I can understand Apple wanting to fool TS and reveille their leaks, but why drag eWeek into this, who as far as I know have been pretty quite for Apple!...unless eWeek was not Apples intension and all this is indeed a stunt. But ofcourse TS could be the source, as my fellow forumer "uae" before has mentioned!! If not TS, another rumour site. These circles can be vicious!! Lets hope they dont bite us in the ass!!
If it is a hoax and a prank I think Apple will be playing a very dangerous game, because as this one forum shows, people one way or another are getting excited and worked up over it. If Apple do not release it in April like it is rumoured too, it may have a lot of unhappy customers and potential customers on their hand who may just get tired of waiting.
Also, linked with this, as said in a similar Tiger string by someone, why would Apple risk losing money from people not buying their hardware or software until Tiger came out?? If it is a hoax it could be dangerous, they may want t oget it out now the rumours are very hot and close even if they werent.
You should talk to the people who installed 10.3.0 and had firewire harddrives with a certain type of controller in them. A lot of them lost all their data due to one of Apple's little bugs. That's why 10.3.1 came out so quickly. Personally I'm happy with 10.3.x at least until 10.4.1 comes out.Gil_Grissom said:
Tiger in April I say will happen indeed.
Since WWDC is in June, it's quite possible indeed.
Time to sell this notebook soon.
Since WWDC is in June, it's quite possible indeed.
Time to sell this notebook soon.
