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Tiger's 200 New Features
An anonymous reader writes "If this hasn't already been posted, Apple set up a page listing,
by software section, all of the new features for OS X.4, or Tiger.
Given that every upgrade touts over a hundred features, it is interesting to see all of the enhancements to this upgrade to see what adopters get out of the box.
There are a lot which are tweaks, some new non-Spotlight oriented features and a few that are interesting, mostly security related features.
2 words: stealth mode.
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Of course it has been posted. But slashdot has shown repeatedly that
a) they dont mind posting a dupe
b) they worshipping everything Apple does
Combine (a) and (b) and you have a serious dupe-fest, which is what we have now.
Stealth mode?!
Oh yeah, like Zone Alarm and every other Windows firewall since forever hasn't been able to do this.
Are you serious? How many "features" did SP2 come with? A firewall. Wow, what a huge addition. Wait, actually that is something that should have been there since Windows 3.1. This is a MAJOR release. Wait until you actually see all the improvements first hand. I can, without certainty, see you pulling the foot out of your mouth. I'll never understand how people can comment on something they know nothing about yet. I have my (LEGAL) copy of Tiger already, and I see posts like yours and laugh.
3 words:
Oh my god...
2 words:
What's that?
"Alas, despite the wait, Tiger is a minor revision, like all previous OS X updates."
and
"Though it is marketed by Apple as a major release, Tiger is in fact a minor upgrade with few major new features for end users (though developers will be interested in some of the low-level work Apple has done with Core Image, Core Audio, and other technologies. That won't stop Apple fans from flocking to Apple Stores on April 29 and standing in line to buy it, even at its inflated $129 price."
Yes, but it's Appple.
Goodness gracious.
I think mods need to learn the difference between flamebait, troll, and overrated.
And how do they figure such a blatant flamefest with the intent of sarcasm (come on people: encyclopedia, scientist, MAC, LOL!) could be considered troll is beyond me.
I don't think they really know what a troll means.
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
Burning software, yes...
But core operating system? I still can't burn a CD with Windows XP Pro by just sticking it in....gotta have some one's software.
As a rock-in-roll Physicist once said, No matter where you go, there you are.
It's not Windows.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
we got them from KDE and Gnome
Oh come on. Talk about the usability innovation of OSX, but don't even dream of talking about anyone ripping off the usability of KDE or Gnome - both of which are wholesale ripoffs of Windows/OSX/BeOS.
Of course I just saw another conversation where a proud KDE user claimed that a disk usage utility, showing files as differently sized rectangles, was stolen from KDE...this despite the fact that such utilities have been around since the 80s.
from microsoft = feature bloat
from apple =
" ...at $129 yet again, but I've got the family pack on pre-order, so amortize the $150 after the Amazon rebate across 4 Macs and it's quite the bargain. They should really provide upgrade pricing, but the $129 list is still wayyyyy cheaper than XP Pro, but twice as expensive as my SUSE 9.2 boxed set."
I've gotten my patches to XP for free for 3 years now. $0 beats the hell out of $129/year.
Vote for Pedro
"I (and I think many others) don't want their operating system selling them crap."
Actually most Mac users do want their operating system to sell them crap. Especially if it is overpriced. It gives them a warm and fuzzy feeling. If you don't believe me, read the other replies to your post. I don't really know the exact reason why seemingly intelligent people would love being overcharged so much, but it might have something to do with SM fantasies involving Steve Jobs. That's my best guess.