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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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    8==8 Bones 8==8
  2. 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...

  3. 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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    "Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness." --Eric Blair