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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. Of all the times to live in by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The US..
    Oh-and Frist Psot!

  2. Re:MOD PARENT UP by aixou · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    There seems to be a bug with Slashcode. I'm not getting the "+1, aixou agrees with him" moderation option.

    Lol.. That's pretty funny.. though that wasn't the point of my post. It wasn't "I agree with him, therefore mod him up".. It was "I agree with him, here's why".

  3. Best mac links? by claes · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got a Mac at work a few weeks ago, a Powerbook G4 or something, probably about one year old. I have never been into Macs, but since the Mac is also a Unix I can get work done. I work with Java development and use emacs, Firefox, some terminal I don't remember the name of and regular java tools such as ant etc. After about a month, I must say I am not particularily impressed. Probably that is because I have not found the best ways to work with the Mac. Sometimes I am not allowed to browse directories I know are there. Switching application windows ("alt-tabbing") is more complicated than on Windows or KDE, since certain windows can only be switched to within the application (such as Firefox). Expose is nice but not as effective I think. Windows expand differently and unpredictively. Applications such as emacs crash quite frequently, compared to Linux where it never happens. And so on...

    I learned Linux the hard way, from -95 onwards, and I don't have as much time nowadays for these things. I don't have time to hunt down every little tip on the web to get the most out of Mac, but if someone have high quality links to share, I would appreciate it. There must be more to the Mac experience than I have seen, right?

  4. Opening video mirror by alienfluid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check out the opening video for Tiger (the first time you set it up).

  5. Re:Amazing true fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Very clever, great and ineffable mod. I just hope that your amusement at the incredibl(e|(y stupid)) meta-joke you've perpetrated by modding that previously unrated comment "Overrated" is justification enough for its having been done, because it's certainly the only utility to be derived therefrom.

  6. Tiger vs. Xbox by Pingsmoth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Come on, you know they shipped it early to avoid Microsoft stealing their thunder. Rumor has it they were going to announce Xbox 2 on April 28...

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    http://www.walkingtaco.com
  7. Re:Amazing true fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What a pedantic gasbag.

  8. Wasn't the final build ofOS X 10.4 already leaked? by Phoenixhunter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could have sworn I saw a torrent listed the other day...