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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to Arrive in April

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the one-bad-kitty dept.

Silly Burrito writes "Think Secret is reporting that Tiger will be out in April with an event on April 1st and it should be out in stores by April 15th. If this is true, I can finally get both the Mini and a new Powerbook, as I've been waiting for Tiger to be released before I do so. Let's just hope that this isn't a bad April Fools Joke!"

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  1. Lawsuits over then? by bigtallmofo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Does the ensuing release mean they'll stop suing people that revealed details about Tiger prematurely?

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  2. Re:The question is: by Khuffie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Good luck on that. Apple has a habbit of forcing you to pay for OS updates to get updates to their free software like Safari/iTunes/Mail. Which can be annoying since the OS updates are never worth the asking price, and the updates to the free software are important security updates, or required to use your iPod.

  3. Re: by MatthewRothenberg · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    >>I wonder if Apple will delay the release because of this leak? That'd suck!

    Delaying a planned release to spite the Mac sites would be even more counterproductive than Apple's recent actions. However, I wouldn't underestimate Apple's willingness to cut off its own nose -- and those of its users -- to spite its face.

    Matthew Rothenberg
    Executive editor
    Ziff Davis Internet

  4. Re:Yellow Dog Linux is ready now! by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    re you a fucking idiot? the compiler on OS X is GCC your twit. and OS X is a real OS.

    oh... I see, you just installed Linux for the first time and feel like a super geek.

    they are SO cute when they are that age!

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  5. Re:The question is: by drsmithy · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    OTOH, both 10.3 and NT4 ran fine on new machines when they came out.

    Bollocks. NT4 was quite snappy on average hardware of the time (Pentium 100ish). OS X needs at least a G5 to be even *close* to that level of responsiveness.

  6. Re:The question is: by drsmithy · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Depends on what you're doing.

    I doubt any 1995-era PPCs would be slower at their Pentium counterparts at anything in terms of raw performance. Unfortunately most of them were crippled by MacOS Classic and couldn't really perform to the best of their abilities.

    By the way, don't be such a wanker - it's Pentiums (I bet you say "virii" as well and think it's cool, right ?).

    To say you need a G5 to make OSX outperform NT on a Penita 100 is a fantasy and proof you've never tried it.

    That's not what I said at all - and I *have* tried it. A 64MB Pentium 100 (I happen to have such a machine around because I use it for playing old games) running a 1996ish installation of NT4 (or even with the IE4 update) has a snappier, more responsive GUI than OS X on anything short of a G5. Certainly, the G5 plasters it in any *speed* benchmark, but I was (clearly) talking about UI responsiveness.

    Don't make shit up if you expect to be taken seriously.

    I'm not making anything up. While OS X almost certainly has the best-of-breed GUI at the moment, it's sluggish and unresponsive (apart from a few of the flashy effects) on anything but the highest-end machines.