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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for x86 Leaked?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the believe-it-when-i-boot-it dept.

patr1ck writes "Mac Daily News is reporting that Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for x86 processors has been leaked to the internet already. Apparently the version running on the development kit machines is easily transfered to run on any x86 machine. Conspiracy theorists unite: an Apple marketing scheme?"

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  1. So...http://apple.slashdot.org/users.pl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...who has the torrent?

  2. Lousy journalism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Where was it leaked to? Sheesh..

  3. Bill Gates said to be ... by KSobby · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bill Gates said to be muttering something about "Tiger Tiger. burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" Who knew he was a Blake fan?

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  4. Who Has The Torrent? by ihatewinXP · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a second when I read this story I thought the same thing......And then I realized that I have a Powerbook and am typing this on Tiger 10.4.

    I am such a kleptomaniac.

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    1. Re:Who Has The Torrent? by petrus124 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think the question all mac users are asking is, will this run on Virtual PC???

    2. Re:Who Has The Torrent? by DigitalHammer · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, the real question is: will it run on a P-P-P-P-P-P-Powerbook?

  5. Re:This Will RUIN Bill Gates' Weekend by nick-less · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows 2/3 was popular when we were leeching warez from bbs and you were sitting in diapers. This wont have bill gates worrying...

    What? You mean that Windows2 thing we needed to use to start Aldus Pagemaker was actually an operating system?

  6. Re:Same hardware as Darwin by Hope+Thelps · · Score: 2, Funny

    You would probably find it interesting to know it just booted on my Athlon 64 X2.

    I'd be more interested to know where I could download it :)

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  7. Leaked?? by base_chakra · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, am shocked.

  8. Re:legal? by stereotree · · Score: 2, Funny

    how many laws would I break by downloading and installing it? (laws affecting Australia that is...)

    1138.

    -George Lucas's Lawyer.

  9. No real Windows users.... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...will even care about this. It's not like I'm going to take my wonderfully stable Windows XP Pro installation, that runs 98% of all software out there (either Windows, or Un*x software via Microsoft SFU or Cygwin), and replace it with some flakey old NeXT software....

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  10. so where the hell is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    jeez guys about 100 comments posted already and not a single link?

    slashdot is slacking today!

    a disturbence in the force, I sense...

  11. the apple strategy as a lymeric by goombah99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quothe Bill Gates "longhorn draws the noose tighter"
    Who smiled as he rode on a Tiger
    They returned from the ride
    with intel inside
    and the smile on the face of the Tiger.

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  12. Serial Number: SJOBS_000001 by drxray · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've extracted the serial number from the version I downloaded, and it's SJOBS_000001. Whatever could it mean?

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  13. I just downloaded it... by meisterk · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... it definitely feels snappier.

  14. I want it by Viadd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds great, but I don't have any intel machines.

    Can you run it under Virtual PC on the G5?

  15. Re:It's a fake story to get web visitors by Spetiam · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry, but you've been duped.

    Now all we need is a dupe of this story tomorrow.

  16. Re:This Will RUIN Bill Gates' Weekend by cosmo7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't you see the CONNECTIONS?

    WILLIAM the Conquerer died in 1086 (X86), 20 YEARS after INVADING England and beating KING HAROLD who received an ARROW (ie: pointer) in his EYE (i).

    HAROLD is also the name of HAROLD EDGERTON, who became famous for his high-speed images of bullets piercing APPLES.

    So, twenty years ago WILLIAM (Gates) killed APPLE. But now WILLIAM is dying. WILLIAM was followed by his son, RUFUS THE RED (ie: Longhorn), who was incredibly unpopular and ironically died from an ARROW in his EYE.

    It ALL FITS.

  17. Re:probably buggy too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, unsubstantiated anonymous clams are all I need.

  18. its a fake!!!!! by BobVila · · Score: 3, Funny

    the torrent that is floating around is fake. if you unrar, burn, and boot like the .nfo file says, it just boots it to a very lovely goatse image. no joke, wasted two hours of my life and made a coaster out of some DVD+R media. HILARIOUS!