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    OS X Tiger Launch (pics, info.)

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Barry J. Doyle, May 1, 2005.

  1. Barry J. Doyle

    Barry J. Doyle Notebook Geek NBR Reviewer

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    OS X Tiger Launch

    "Overall, Tiger is the best and most advanced personal computer operating system on the market, despite a few drawbacks. It leaves Windows XP in the dust."

    - Walter S. Mossberg, The Wallstreet Journal

    Got a PowerBook? Debating on whether to splurge for the $129 upgrade to Mac OS X Tiger? On Friday during the worldwide launch several hundred thousand users took the plunge. The reaction to Apple's latest release has been overwhelmingly positive.

    Whether you got out to your local Apple Store or not, we took some pics of the "Mac Geekfest" at the Phoenix Apple Storefor you to enjoy:

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    An Apple Store employee wore his stripes for the occasion.

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    The line wrapped around the side (and back, and the parking lot...

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    ...to the front. There was plenty of help to keep it moving.

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    Welcome to the TOY STORE!

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    "Dude, I gotta get a new display" (Apple dropped prices on displays Friday as well).

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    A beautiful 17" PowerBook

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    Well the least you can do is show us how to use the new OS!

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    Tiger's new "Dashboard" in action.

    If you are still not convinced to upgrade, check out what the press is saying:

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/reaction/

    Barry

     
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    Barry, thanks for those pics. Looks like a lot of fun, gotta give Apple the kudos for another great job on marketing their products. The dude in the tiger suit looks more like a Tigger than a tiger though.

    The OS looks really cool actually. I'm a bit jealous, but not enough to switch. Now if Apple keeps pumping out cool OS updates and has a party every year, then I'd consider [ :p]

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    I've been through both Jaguar and Panther and there was nothing that dazzling about those upgrades despite the hype. Not too fascinated with Tiger and my antiquated G3 iBook would probably have a heart attack if i installed it.

    Apple is one hell of a marketting company, I'll give them credit for that. They certainly drew the crowd wih this release.



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  4. Barry J. Doyle

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    Your antiquated iBook would have a "heart attack" LOL! You just might be right. In all truth I actually notice that Tiger seems to demand a bit more in the resources department.

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    Heh, yeah, I'm running a G3 iBook 600mhz, and who knows how many miles I have left.

    You're right about the hardware requirements. In fact, OS X is the most hardware intensive operating system I've seen. You just don't get that much eye candy with the minimum specs. Case in point, I have 384MB of ram installed on my system. Running OS X, with 2 or 3 apps open, all that ram is used up.

    OS 9 and previous classic OS's were terrific. The interface was blazing fast, and you had a little bit more control over the memory management for each application running.



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