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Mac OS X Tiger Goes Gold

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the on-the-prowl dept.

bonch writes "Following up yesterday's story, AppleInsider now reports that Tiger build 8A428 has been deemed the Gold Master for shipping. Sources expect an announcement of Tiger's completion sometime tomorrow." There are far better days to make a product announcement, should a company wish to be taken seriously, but it worked for Gmail!

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  1. Let's not forget by Bones3D_mac · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apple was founded on an April Fools Day, so this would really be an anniversary event.

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  2. Cheap updates? by antizeus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there any word about whether they'll offer cheap updates to people who recently bought a Mac? I've heard that they've done so in the past, and I hope that they do again, because I just got my iBook yesterday.

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    1. Re:Cheap updates? by As+Seen+On+TV · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Okay, let's squash a couple of pieces of misinformation.

      One: You're not thinking of Core Video. You're thinking of Core Image.

      Two: Core Image has no requirements at all. Any computer that can run Tiger can run Core Image code.

      Three: Core Image will take advantage of hardware acceleration if it's available. But it's also smart enough not to take advantage of hardware acceleration if the CPU is faster. For instance if you run a Core image application on a 2 x 2.5 GHz G5 with a GeForce 5200 card, nearly all Core Image functions will be executed in the CPU. Because it's faster.

      Four: Motion does not use Core Image. Rather, Core Image is derived from some of the work that was done for Motion, with significant portability enhancements. Whether or not you can run Motion has nothing to do with Core Image.

  3. Yeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!! by rokzy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've just been looking at the Tiger preview stuff on Apple's website. it's been there for ages but I never bothered with it until now.

    I knew the features were cool but there were a few extra surprises, like in Dashboard there's a language translator that translates your words as you're typing. it looked really cool - he was typing "French fries" which was dynamically translated frenc->francais->pommes frites as more letters were typed. I didn't notice a USA ("Freedom fries") option in the language list though.

    Automator looked far cooler than I'd imagined too.

    I must say I don't like the new look of the email app though. I love the current skin.

  4. Re:Great! by moosesocks · · Score: 4, Interesting

    actually, apple's been really good with supporting old hardware provided you stuff it with enough ram.

    my G4-450 tower is over 6 years old, and works great with the latest version of OS X Panther -- everything is just as snappy as it is on my fairly new powerbook (as far as the os is concerned...). I've been using the latest release of final cut pro on it without a problem for the past few weeks.

    can you say that you can use a 6-year old PC without any siginificant upgrades and still run the latest OS and software and be productive with it? Paying $2000 for a machine that will last 6 years is definitely justifiable compared to paying $1000 for a mediocre machine that lasts 2.5 years.

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  5. and it's already a bestseller... by QuantGuy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...acccording to Amazon. It's the top Amazon software and electronics item, which is pretty amazing considering it's outselling TurboTax and the iPod.

    I ordered mine already, of course...

  6. Re:expect... by jericho4.0 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    It might not move as many as you think. The people in the market for a mini (the archtypical 'switcher') don't really follow OS releases.

    OTOH, I've had 'wait until Tiger' in the back of my head when thinking about getting a Mac.

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  7. Automator by jay-be-em · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Automator has to be one of the coolest things I've seen in a gui.. ever.

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/automator.html

    It looks like Apple has finally found an elegant way to make a GUI accomplish tasks like these faster than I could at a bash prompt.

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