Apple Tiger Soon?

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  1. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    Could the next major version of OSX (10.4 or Tiger to it's friends ;)) be out soon? Apple insider's back page (so take with a pinch of salt) are speculating that the gold master build could be ready in the next 60 days.

    Wishful thinking? Maybe, but several people have discovered some new links on the Apple web page to service the new aspects of the OS, such as Spotlight and Widgets.

    http://www.appleinsider.com/news.php?id=940

    It's definitely going to be out in the next couple of months regardless. Tell me again - where's Longwait?

    Now concentrate this time, Dougal. This OS is near to release; that OS is far away... ;)
     
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  2. Gordy

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    Hope its soon as I'm holding off my 12in pb till its released! :(
     
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  3. Cheese

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    I've mixed feelings about it, I'll have to install it when it comes out annnnd I'll probably have to reformat and do a reinstall (like to do things properly), I'm not looking forward to that!
     
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    The dashboard and automator look very very useful..

    [apple fan boy]Actually having new features added in an OS upgrade....The Apply differnce...[/apple fan boy]
     
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  5. TekMonkey

    TekMonkey I enjoy cheese.

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    Maybe Apple is just trying to throw us off. I can't imagine they're dumb enough to acutally post those links on their website by accident. :eek: :hehe:
     
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  6. Kevo

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    Don't forget every new thing they add they will remove or brake things that have worked for years.... ;) :p
     
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  7. Piratetaco

    Piratetaco is always right

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    noooo just as i was about to buy the ibook.bollocks
     
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  8. GreatOldOne

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    What's stopping you? If you need a laptop now, get it. You'll just have to upgrade later, like the rest of us. :D
     
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  9. Piratetaco

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    mac osx newbie mode on/

    is it just an upgrade not an whole new OS?(like sp2?)

    mac osx newbie mode off/
     
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    Its new and you have to pay the tidy sum of £99 for the priverlage ;) On the plus side of paying for Tiger or any Mac OS refresh every year is that they actually make there OS better (for the most part!).
     
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    And TBH, even if the rumors of an earlish release of Tiger are true, don't expect to see it for 3 months. Like I said, if you need a laptop now, I wouldn't hold off.

    There's nothing wrong with Panther - and you don't necessarily have to upgrade to Tiger straight away. There are still Mac users out there using 10.2 (hell, there are still people who sware by OS9!!)
     
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    I prefer 10.2 :clap:
     
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    Any rumors of hardware upgrades comming soon, specificlly the 17inch pb?
     
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    Not that I've heard - The Powerbooks got speed bumped last month, so I don't expect that they'd get a further spec change so soon. They also cut the prices as well.

    IIRC, the 17" came out tops in the latest upgrade, as they can now drive the 30" apple display and they got an optical input / out jack (Something none of the other PB's have)
     
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  15. fantastic dan

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    I'm holding off buying a mac mini until tiger comes out because i don't want to hav to pay for the upgrade on top so i hope that it comes out soon.
     
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    Didnt Jobs state it would be out in april when he did his last speech thang? :)

    I'm expecting it soon tbh! :)
     
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  17. TekMonkey

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    He said first half of 2005 at Macworld.
     
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    Ah which could mean july :(
     
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  19. TekMonkey

    TekMonkey I enjoy cheese.

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    Well June actually.
     
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