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Apple Announces Tiger Release Date

Posted by Zonk on from the forward-down-forward/down-punch dept.

GatorMarc writes "Well, it's official. Tiger will be released into the wild on April 29th with more than 200 new features, including Spotlight, Dashboard, Automator, VoiceOver, Safari RSS, Core Audio, and Core Image." Additional commentary available on ThinkSecret and MacWorld.

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  1. List of New Features by ckswift · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is the entire list of the 200+ New Features:

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatures/newfeature s.html

  2. Re:Mac Mini update? by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 5, Informative

    core image is an API... it will use the fasted thing on your Mac to do the rendering work.. if you have a 128 MB GFX card but the processor will get the job done faster, then it will use the processor.

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  3. I just called too.... by kajoob · · Score: 5, Informative

    I ordered a mini last friday, so I just called and spoke to the Apple CSR. She said any mac purchased before the announcement won't ship with Tiger and she told me about the up to date program ($9.95) upgrade. HOWEVER, it did not take any arm twisting to get her to take $10 off the purchase price of the mini so it's like I'm getting Tiger for free. Give it a try...

    Apple Customer Service
    1-800-676-2775

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  4. Re:Java 5 by XenoWolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to http://developer.apple.com/java/faq/ Java 1.5 is available to download for Tiger, albeit as a "Developer Preview" - still it's there, and will be coming soon for full release

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  5. Re:Please explain by Khakionion · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, I hate to present your trolling with these pesky facts, but Apple Automator will definitely help with improving productivity.

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  6. Re:Upgrade or clean install? by D'Arque+Bishop · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, you're in luck. Mac OS X (as of 10.2) came with an upgrade option called "Archive and Install". Basically, what it does is it takes your old system files, puts them in a special folder called "Previous System", and then loads a clean copy of the new OS. During this install you're given the option of saving all of your old settings.

    That's actually the method I used to upgrade my Powerbook from Jaguar to Panther, and it worked almost flawlessly. (The only issue was that my Palm HotSync Manager stopped working, but a reinstall of the Palm software fixed that.) I'd personally say it's the best way to cleanly upgrade your system and maintain your current settings.

    If you want more info on Archive and Install (as of Panther), just click here.

    Just my $.02...

  7. Re:Core Image/Core Audio by As+Seen+On+TV · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good God, are you ever not a graphics developer.

    I'm gonna make this fast because I'm sick of writing the same comment in every Tiger article. Core Image is Apple's implementation of hardware-accelerated 2D image processing. It's comparable to SGI's ImageVision Library, which you should look up right now.

    Core Audio is a hyperlow-latency audio-processing framework.

    Neither of these things is in any way related to Direct X, Open GL, or any form of 3D programming.

  8. Re:Adieu to Tray-Load iMacs by Secret+Agent+99 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Careful with that "tray-loading" business: all iMac G4 models are tray-loading, and they're definitely supported.