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Tiger Available April 29th
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If you had kept up with the thread from the start, it's not bad. For someone starting to read it now it would be daunting.James Philp said:Why are people still posting on this thread? 770 odd messages in! You can't be reading them all!?!?
I broke down and pre-ordered Tiger as well. I was going to wait a couple months for a maintenance release or two, but all the excitement got the best of me. Besides, I was already buying Office 2004. I also bought a 1 GB Shuffle today at my local Apple store. My will power has been very weak as of late.
I kept up with the first 4 or so pages, but after that my life got in the way!feakbeak said:
Who can talk and read and watch about one thing for so long?
While 95% of my software is native to OS X, there are the straggler games and apps that won't be coming anytime soon, if ever. I still need Adobe Streamline, for instance. I use it daily.patseguin said:
I really hate the attitudes that abound that "if it doesn't affect me then it truly isn't important". This board is lousy with it.
James Philp said:Why are people still posting on this thread? 770 odd messages in! You can't be reading them all!?!?
I have kept up with this thread from its inception. So I read the posts each day since I last posted. No need to read the whole thread again.
Tiger on my Mini?
I'm running a Mini at 1.25/40/512..do you think Tiger is well supported on this machine, or should I hold off until I go the 1 gig of RAM route later this year?
I'm running a Mini at 1.25/40/512..do you think Tiger is well supported on this machine, or should I hold off until I go the 1 gig of RAM route later this year?
MmmPancakes said:
Pancakes,
No problem with Tiger on that machine. In fact, you'll probably see speed improvements, with Tiger. That machine and Tiger will be a great combination.
One thing that has me holding back on Tiger is that Spotlight, et al doesn't seem to much more than several other items I use. I use Firefox, so I have a gmail notifier, weather, etc on my browser..I can add flight times, stock quotes etc very easily....There are also a number of apps that let me do desktop searches.
I guess I'm not sold yet on the primary features yet...
I guess I'm not sold yet on the primary features yet...
RE: Tiger Available April 29th
Pre-ordered Tiger on Amazon and then received an estimated ship date of 29 Jun...once Apple announced the release, I cancelled my order at Amazon and used the Apple Store. I ordered the bonus pack: iLife 05, iWork and Tiger for $249. Seems like a good deal, and it will be here this month!
Ryan
Pre-ordered Tiger on Amazon and then received an estimated ship date of 29 Jun...once Apple announced the release, I cancelled my order at Amazon and used the Apple Store. I ordered the bonus pack: iLife 05, iWork and Tiger for $249. Seems like a good deal, and it will be here this month!
Ryan
hoggdogg said:Pre-ordered Tiger on Amazon and then received an estimated ship date of 29 Jun...once Apple announced the release, I cancelled my order at Amazon and used the Apple Store. I ordered the bonus pack: iLife 05, iWork and Tiger for $249. Seems like a good deal, and it will be here this month!
Ryan
Amazon is shipping on the 28th of April. If you're an Amazon Prime member like myself, the $3.99 Next-Day shipping will get it to you on April 29.
Education pricing?
Anyone know why Apple is offering nearly a 50% educational discount on the single-user version of Tiger ($69 vs. $129), but not offering a discount on the family pack???
Will the single-user version really only let you install once?
Anyone know why Apple is offering nearly a 50% educational discount on the single-user version of Tiger ($69 vs. $129), but not offering a discount on the family pack???
Will the single-user version really only let you install once?
powerbook911 said:
While there's obviously no guarantee, I've always found that Amazon is extremely conservative in their shipping estimates. I always use Super Saver shipping and have always had my order ship well before their estimate. I got Return of the King extended edition via Super Saver last December. Amazon said estimated ship was after the release date, but it arrived at my house the day before release.
If I were ordering from Amazon, I'd go Super Saver, but as I said, you never know. They put in a conservative estimate to cover themselves in the rare case that it actually takes that long.
vaprof said:
They've done this since they started offering the family pack. 2 educational copies are still quite a bit cheaper than family pack, and for 3-5 computers, the family pack is cheaper than educational copies. Pick the one that works best for you.
If it's like previous releases, there is no serial number, activation, or anything else like that. You can install off the same copy as many times as you want, you'll just get that horrible feeling inside that you're doing something terribly bad and wrong.
It's worth mentioning that Apple does have serial numbers in their pro apps (FCP, OS X Server, etc) and I've read -- but never seen myself -- that they will look for other running copies with the same serial number on the local subnet. If they find something, they'll disable themselves until the other copy quits. Or so I've read.
vaprof said:
I guess that (according to the Edu discount logic...) Apple assumes an edu. priced piece of software is going to be serving one starving student. The discounts are intended through people going through (or working at a) school, so they can afford more Apple toys.
I don't know many college students with 4 G5s to upgrade.
bankshot said:While there's obviously no guarantee, I've always found that Amazon is extremely conservative in their shipping estimates. I always use Super Saver shipping and have always had my order ship well before their estimate. I got Return of the King extended edition via Super Saver last December. Amazon said estimated ship was after the release date, but it arrived at my house the day before release.
If I were ordering from Amazon, I'd go Super Saver, but as I said, you never know. They put in a conservative estimate to cover themselves in the rare case that it actually takes that long.
This is a bit different because Amazon is being told by Apple, when they can ship Tiger, on April 28. I love Amazon prime membership. Anything, even if it costs $3, ships 2-day air free, and anything can be had next-day air for $3.99. I've used it for Powerbook, cinema display, loads of books, etc. The Powerbook and Cinema display alone for next-day air has already covered by $79 Amazon prime membership for the year.
If you want Tiger early though, I'm still trusting Apple.com, for I'm hoping it could arrive a day early, from them. I've got orders with Apple and Amazon to ensure I have the best route picked out.
bankshot said:If it's like previous releases, there is no serial number, activation, or anything else like that. You can install off the same copy as many times as you want, you'll just get that horrible feeling inside that you're doing something terribly bad and wrong.
yes of course... although having dropped $10K on apple hardware in the last 8 months I might not feel *too* guilty.