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Tiger Early Start Kit
EccentricAnomaly writes "If you can't wait until next spring for the official release of next version of Mac OS X, Apple is offering a Tiger Early Start Kit to those willing to pay $500 for an Apple Developer Select Membership. And if you don't want to spend the money, they've also added a developer overview page describing some of the guts of Mac OS X v10.4."
The security thing was about new features introduced in Windows XP SP2 (Firewall, etc). I never mentionned OsX 'upgrades' as security fixes; I am aware of them being freely available.
... and honestly, nothing I see here warrants a 129$ US price tag. And Tiger? http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/. Improved search, improved videoconferencing software, and RSS support for Safari. Wow. I have better things to do with my money, I'll stick to Linux / Windows, thanks.
Still, charging for new features is retarded, in my opinion. The fact is that they are charging for features which should be free. Panther claim '150 features and innovations'. Among these, a new interface, fast user switching, videoconferencing sofware... and that's about it. The whole list can be found at http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatures/
Crazy Mac fanboys, moderate this down, I don't care.
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Not insightful, -5 Ignorant Boob. Apple's developer tools and most if not all SDK's are a free download. The $$ memberships get you big discounts on hardware and tools and OS updates mailed to you. Then try comparing the price of Apple's professional memberships and software to Microsofts, and then get back to us.