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Mac OS X Tiger Accidentally Shipped Early

Posted by Zonk on from the ooops-hey-this-is-shiny dept.

boarder8925 writes "Engadget reports: 'In many places around the world, Mac fans and Apple distributors received a shipment they weren't quite expecting: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger arrived at the door a full eight days ahead of schedule for some lucky folks who pre-ordered. Vendors PCMall/MacMall and ClubMac gave pre-order customers a treat by unleashing the OS ahead of schedule, quickly followed up by a 'recall' of the copies from PCMall.'"

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  1. 201 new features by ehack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Feature 201: It's early !

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  2. who would return it? by jshaw001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just want to know who were the people that returned the copies, so I can laugh at them. somethign like that.

  3. Amazing true fact by SYFer · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you are located within 50 miles of Cupertino and listen very carefully (I actually had to turn off my computer to cut the fan noise), you can actually hear Steve Jobs yelling!

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  4. But Longhorn will average it out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But Microsoft will ship Longhorn...oh...just a wee bit late, so on average...the world is OK

    1. Re:But Longhorn will average it out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well if Longhorn shipped 8 days early I would live in fear for those 8 days. With no autoupdate who knows what terrible exploits would surface in 8 days...

  5. Torrent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Torrent please

  6. Maybe... by SnowCrashed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Microsoft could have something that closely resembles this feature in Longhorn =)

  7. Well, that spoiled the buildup. by zapfie · · Score: 5, Funny

    So.. this must be how my girlfriend feels when I.. uh.. arrive ahead of schedule. :|

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  8. Re:Oh come on... by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey this is Apple, clearly this is a new and innovative shipping concept, designed to be aesthetically plesing to the user.

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  9. Re:Other early resellers... by ricotest · · Score: 5, Funny

    ":)" says:

    Hello, I'm mister quotes! When put around certain words, I imply that my use of the word is not 100% correct!

    For example, you are a very "clever" person!

    Bye!

  10. Finally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A feature that Microsoft can't copy!

  11. Re:Apple cut piracy on Tiger. NOT. by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny
    This doesn't cut piracy, and apple knows it, for the reasons the other posters spelled out above. They put this on DVD so they could send you one disc instead of 5. This has nothing to do with trying to cut piracy.

    If Apple really wanted to cut piracy on Tiger, they would include a sticker on the disc that says "Don't steal Tiger."