Tiger Early Start Kit

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Posted by pudge on Wednesday October 20, 2004 @10:32AM 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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Re:$500 to Beta Test! by the+arbiter · 2004-10-20 11:02 · Score: 0, Troll

So, like the first guy said, $500 to beta test. No thank you. Why people fall for this I will never understand-if you want to invest in the company, buy stock. Hard to imagine, but you'll probably get some percentage of your money back.

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Re:Marketing by FiReaNGeL · 2004-10-20 11:06 · Score: 0, Troll

Sure I get the picture. But if you want to compare with Win95, you must add Mac Os 8 and 9... so it's more like :

Win 95
Win 98 (and maybe Win Me)
Win XP

Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Mac OS X
Mac OS X.1 (they didn't charge for this one I think)
Mac OS X.2
Mac OS X.3
and now, Mac OS X.4

The 'feature pack' trend started only recently. But anyway, Mac users have a past history of paying more for the same functionality (look, an iMac! It's so cute! 300$ more than a comparable PC? who cares! It's cute!)

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Sad but true by INeededALogin · 2004-10-20 11:32 · Score: 0, Troll

This will be available via BitTorrent for anyone who doesn't care about their data and the ADC membership or doesn't have the money. In fact... Tiger has been available for sometime(earlier release?). Not trying to Troll, its just a fact.
There goes me Karma by numbski · 2004-10-20 13:15 · Score: 0, Troll

Arr...where's the .torrent link mateys? :)

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Re:$500 to Beta Test! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-20 15:49 · Score: 0, Troll

Moot Point!.
I already get more than 20% off by not buying Apple. OUCH!
or if you are an Apple dev, you already have a high end mac. So this is just to encourage you to buy something you don't need, and you still don't have EVERYTHING (software) Apple makes.
Besides, my point, which you ignore, is that you get EVERYTHING M$ pimps... not just the OS(s).
You missed a lot of point releases for Win9x by brokeninside · 2004-10-23 07:55 · Score: 0, Troll

Windows 95 OEM == Windows 4.0 Windows 95 Retail == Windows 4.1 Windows 95 OEMSR2 == Windows 4.3 Windows 98 == Windows 4.4 Windows 98 SE == Windows 4.5 Windows ME == Windows 4.6
don't be a boob by Scudsucker · 2004-10-23 09:37 · Score: 0, Troll

If 10.4 is a service pack, then 2000 was a service pack to NT. And XP is a service pack for 2000.