Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

Wehey! Sorted.

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

My copy of 10.4 arrived about half an hour ago. Now I can't wait until 17:30 so I can go and upgrade my computers. :D

http://homepage.mac.com/lwernham/.Pi.../MacZealot.png

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

Cool, let me know how it goes, and what you honestly think about it (although I can probably guess).

I still don't think I am going to upgrade yet, not at 90 quid. Is the price liable to come down much?

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

well jimbo and i are off to Birmingham now to get our copies from the new apple store when it opens at 6pm :D

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

Ars Technica have a review of 10.4 here.

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

Woah! Thats one loooooooong (but still interesting) article.

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

And MB and I are now back from Birmingham with Tiger and free t-shirts! Yay us! :D

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

yay indeed :)

now installed... and all i can say is.... rarrrr tiger! :D

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

It is very impressive. Very responsive and the dashboard is wow!

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

Dam TNT, Still waiting for it.

Is it faster?

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

How the hell can you compare point upgrades of OS X to XP Service Packs? I've been an XP user since it's release, and I didn't see any major changes to the OS in any of the service packs. The only things I've seen are security fixes. Upgrades to IE6? What a joke. They'll be showing it on the Antiques Roadshow soon.

OS X has Service Packs too. If you're using 10.3 you can update to 10.3.1, 10.3.2 etc. In those you get bug-fixes, security patches, minor tweaks to the OS - basically the same sort of thing you get in an XP service pack.

Take a look at the list of changes in Tiger. I didn't see those sort of changes in any of the XP service packs. I bet the last time changes like that were made was when the move from 2K to XP was made. And how much did a full retail version of XP cost on release? I bet it wasn't £89.

Put it this way - MS and Apple are as money-grabbing as each other, they just do it differently. Apple upgrade yearly (though Tiger was 18 months), MS can take years. And both price them accordingly.

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

Does Tiger upgrade well from Panther or is it better to do a clean install? Can anyone who has performed an upgrade offer their experiences please?

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

I had the pleasure of using Safari to browse CF yesterday and all I can say is that I want one. :(

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

It is faster after the initial searchlight scan has completed and looks fine after an install over the top of 10.3

When it first starts up it can be a bit hairy as it looks like the computer has frozen but since then it has been going strong.

Re: Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" on april 29th!
 

Its coming! Next time you see me, I will be posting using Mac OS 10.4.