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Apple Store ships Mac OS X Tiger for early delivery

updated 08:35 am EDT, Fri April 22, 2005

Apple ships Tiger

Apple has begun shipping Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, the next version of its Mac OS X operating system. Expected to be , including its Spotlight search technology.

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kerryb
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Check out Staples

I remember a couple of years ago Staples had put 10.2 on its shelves the day before its official release. It was only one day but it felt a little special getting then.

toddjkelly
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My order

My order still shows "processing order" as the status. I hope I get mine early :)

TK

JohnnyFive
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04/22, 10:20am | report spam | close Reply |
Relax it's just Shipping

They have to send it early if it's going Ground. Besides, if anything, FedEx is probably instructed to hold off delivery until March 29th, as was the case for Panther.

I'm still excited either way.

testudo
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04/22, 12:48pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: relax

They have to send it early if it's going Ground. Besides, if anything, FedEx is probably instructed to hold off delivery until March 29th, as was the case for Panther.

WTF??? I'm not going to wait until next March to get my hands on Tiger. They bette not be holding it up for 11 months, that would just suck!

Although, since there really isn't anything interesting in Tiger (unless someone comes out and tells me its 'snappier!'), I'll be sitting on the sideline for a while.

Applefreak01
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04/22, 01:25pm | report spam | close Reply |
Ground?

Mine says 2 day so I assume that's Fed Ex 2 day air not ground. It did say ground until a couple of days ago when it magically upgraded to 2 day.

JohnnyFive
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04/22, 01:43pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: relax

Err.. my bad. I meant April 29th. Duh.

C.A.S.
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04/22, 01:51pm | report spam | close Reply |
Got mine....

MacMall must have their calendars on next week since I got a very early knock on the door from the FedEx guy with my sparkling copy of Tiger...Installing right after I type this...

denim
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04/22, 02:14pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: Got mine....

Don't tell Apple. They'll get pissed at MacMall.

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Do tell

so how is it?

hashboy0519
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Bulid Number

Is it 8A428 or 432??

john the artist
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04/22, 03:59pm | report spam | close Reply |
Build #

Ya, that's the burning question. Which version shipped? =)

nerd
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Build Number

I would like to know the build number also.

jkish2
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Please, Please... Please!

We're all dying to know what the magic number is!

Feeling_Macish
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04/22, 04:39pm | report spam | close Reply |
everyone dying to know

the build number does so to see if it matches up with the copy already out there via BT.

john the artist
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04/22, 04:45pm | report spam | close Reply |
Uh, no...

Not everyone interested in knowing the build has pirated it from BT. As a developer who is concerned about the state that 8a425 was in, I hope that the public release is greater than 8a428. Because 8a425 really felt rushed.

Plus the news that DVD Studio Pro requires 10.4.1 tells me that we'll see an update very quickly.

jkish2
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04/22, 06:27pm | report spam | close Reply |
Exactly right!

I just want to know the build number out of (extreme) curiosity! I'm still going to pick up my copy on the 29th regardless.

Person Man
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04/22, 08:12pm | report spam | close Reply |
Build Number

Build number is 8A428, as was confirmed on the MacNN forums by the guy calling himself "piracy"

No, I don't have it yet.

testudo
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Re: build number

Build number is 8A428, as was confirmed on the MacNN forums by the guy calling himself "piracy"

No, I don't have it yet.

Sorry, hate to say it, but I have trouble trusting a source with the name of 'piracy'. Then again, everyone seems willing to trust some guy on the MacNN forums, too, so who knows.

C.A.S.
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04/22, 09:34pm | report spam | close Reply |
I got mine part deux

People here are so cynical...Like several people that got their retail version from PC/Macmall we all show that we have build 8A428. I have mine installed and all is well except for Remote Desktop which we all knew (actually I forgot and freaked out) that it would not work with Tiger.

mr100percent
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04/23, 03:38am | report spam | close Reply |
CDW

CDW MacWarehouse has it with a 1-3day ship time

piracy
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Re: build number

The build number of the release version of Mac OS X 10.4 is 8A428, dumbasses.

And my name was originally in protest to the premature judgments being made about Mac OS X 10.0 based on the rampant piracy of prerelease builds being judged by people who had no f****** clue what they were talking about.

And you can believe what I confirmed over two weeks ago, or not, as I did (and plenty of others can vouch for) for Mac OS X 10.0 (4K78, when people kept insisting it was 4K83), Mac OS X 10.1 (5G64, when people kept insisting it was 5G68), Mac OS X 10.2 (6C115, when people kept insisting it was 6C115b), Mac OS X 10.3 (7B85, when people kept insisting it was 7Cxx), and now Mac OS X 10.4 (8A428).

You're welcome.

Quadra
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04/23, 11:21am | report spam | close Reply |
how about a benchmark

How about a performance gage between Panther and Tiger from anyone who has received it?

njfuzzy
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04/23, 01:00pm | report spam | close Reply |
Installed or bundled

Are Macs ordered now from the Apple store coming with Tiger installed, or a bundled DVD? Or do we still need to use the Up-To-Date program if we order now?

whoami
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you'll get it in the box

it will come in the box on DVD, but you'll have to install it!

Secret__Police
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04/23, 07:03pm | report spam | close Reply |
Any grace period w/....

The Mac-Up-to-Date program?? I ordered my iBook on the April 9th, shipped on April12th. April 12th is the cut off date for the OSX update program.

Skyhawk53211
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04/24, 11:15am | report spam | close Reply |
re: where to buy Tiger

I just killed my Apple Store Order ($136 with shipping) and ordered from Amazon ($95 with $35 rebate & FREE shipping)

http://daringfireball.net/2005/03/preorder_tiger

Todd Madson
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04/24, 12:40pm | report spam | close Reply |
Yeesh....

I was all looking forward to Tiger to see how it performed on my setup and my sawtooth G4 blew up this morning (I'm typing this on my work laptop).

I guess I HAVE to get new hardware now. Grumble.

mr100percent
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04/24, 09:39pm | report spam | close Reply |
RE: Amazon

Yes, but won't Amazon's arrive a day after, at the earliest? Apple will ship early, so you get it on the 29th. WIll Amazon do the same, or ship on the 29th?

LouZer
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04/24, 11:29pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: amazon

Yes, but won't Amazon's arrive a day after, at the earliest? Apple will ship early, so you get it on the 29th. WIll Amazon do the same, or ship on the 29th?

Well, its MacMall that's been sending out the early copies, so its not just an Apple thing.

But the big question you need to answer: Is getting Tiger from Apple on the 29th worth $35 more than getting it from Amazon on, say, May 2nd? I'd rather save the $35 and use that towards upgrading some of my software/shareware for 10.4 compliance.

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