Reanimation_LP said:
Good to know that my 4.5+ year old G3 400 MHz with FW still have some value to it.
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Good to know that my 4.5+ year old G3 400 MHz with FW still have some value to it.
gopher said:
that kind of thinking is what hurts apple's software, and you're only preventing yourself from having new technology for no real reason. i understand your suspicion, but 10.3 worked fine (apart from tiny things, which were fixed soon after) and 10.4 will too. then, you will have 10.4 when it comes out, and 10.4.1 when that comes out, then 10.4.2, and because of apple's stability, and the fact taht you can check macrumors forums for any known problems after updates/releases come out, there's NO reason to wait for 10.4.5. thats like saying "i'm not gonna buy a powerbook until its a G5". no point. the G5 won't be THAT much faster than a G4 in a laptop. mark my words.
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G3 > 500Mhz
G4 > 500Mhz
G5 All
Just remember to have enough RAM. 256MB is minimum, 512 or greater is better.
Also....
10.0, 10.2, and 10.4 are all built by the same Programming team (A)
10.1, 10.3, and 10.5 are built (going to be built) by the same Programming team (B)
OSX Public Beta was built by both together, and then at a peticular point, the code diverged into the current scheme.
As soon as a release is GM'd they begin work on their next release (2 points away), starting from a base code, but otherwise it is from the ground up. Also, secondary teams do the updates, usually a small group that had been part of the original programming team, as to not tie up all the resources with patches.
TEG
I think not. After all Apple did say they plan to give Tiger a longer development time, and to all OS X releases from now on. If Tiger is released in January, that won't be true - Jaguar was released in Auguest 2002, then Panther in October 2003, and now if Tiger is released in January, it won't be a "longer development time" at all.
What I'm thinking after seeing those Apple pages with the different tabs is that Jobs will announce Tiger on Tuesday, and announce that it will be released in March or April. That's fully feasible, as Jobs did announce Jaguar in June, updated tabs and all, then released it on August. Same thing here. Think: free upgrade for all users who buy a new Mac after January 11! Oh yeah!
What I'm thinking after seeing those Apple pages with the different tabs is that Jobs will announce Tiger on Tuesday, and announce that it will be released in March or April. That's fully feasible, as Jobs did announce Jaguar in June, updated tabs and all, then released it on August. Same thing here. Think: free upgrade for all users who buy a new Mac after January 11! Oh yeah!
m a y a said:if Apple/Steve Jobs didn't know it could be completed by then, he would have never said H1 2005.
"we'll be at 3 GHz in 12 months time".......
..."we hope". People always forget that part.jelloshotsrule said:"we'll be at 3 GHz in 12 months time".......
tech4all said:Why does Tiger have to have a Mac with Firewire?
Has to do with enough computing power to drive the OS and its features.
^^ that is the way Apple puts it.
Not to say a hacked version for non supporting Mac's will not be out a few weeks later after the official release.
Logik said:
sure, but wouldn't you still think that jobs would've been smart enough to wait til it was *definite* before saying something? it really made him look pretty dumb. why? because apple rarely ever announces something in advance, much less a year... so to do it once, and then fall short.... pointless