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Tiger Early Start Kit

Posted by pudge on from the do-it-to-it dept.

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."

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  1. Huh? by fl3shymut4nt · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Let me get this? $500 to be a developer on an OS that is even more marginal than Linux. I guess it's part of the whole Apple mystique to pay for everything.

  2. Marketing by FiReaNGeL · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I like the way Apple managed to charge for OS upgrades. Call it whatever you want, patches are still patches. The list of new features is not revolutionnary, by far (http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/)And it's not like they did it only once. Jaguar, Panther, and now Tiger...

    Imagine if Microsoft was doing the same thing. Want better security with SP2? 129 bucks! Sure, they charged us for win95, win98, winME, winXP and soon Longhorn, but Apple pulled the same thing with os8, os9, osX...

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    1. Re:Marketing by FiReaNGeL · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      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.

      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/ ... 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.

      Crazy Mac fanboys, moderate this down, I don't care.

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  3. Oh Ess Ecks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Be sure to call it "oh ess ecks," not "oh ess ten." They hate that, and that's teh funnay.

  4. Re:64bit OS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Are you retarded? OS X is fucking UNIX. Do you understand that? Can you comprehend that little fact? Dumbass.

  5. Re:64bit OS by DogDude · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Apple went from a pascal based operating system (OS9) to a fully functional, hyper powerful OS in less than 10 years.

    And it's users paid out the nose for each and every release! That's grrrrrreat!
    Really, Apple releases so incredibly often, and does such a half-assed job at backwards compatibility, I have to wonder why Mac users keep buying each and every release.

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  6. Re:Yeah yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Control-Click, not right-click you ignorant retard.

  7. uh, no by Scudsucker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    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.