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Apple Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Review (Generally positive but with reservations)
Winsupersite ^ | 4/15/05 | Paul Thurott

Posted on 04/16/2005 5:05:39 AM PDT by jalisco555

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I thought this review from a Windows person would be an interesting addition to the Mac vs. PC debate. I'll be getting the family-pack version of Tiger when it comes out.
1 posted on 04/16/2005 5:05:40 AM PDT by jalisco555
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To: Swordmaker

Ping


2 posted on 04/16/2005 5:06:33 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
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Though it is marketed by Apple as a major release, Tiger is in fact a minor upgrade with few major new features for end users...

Oh, come on, Paul. If SP2 was a major release, Tiger is sure as hell a major release--and it comes with more new features than SP2. Unless we're counting security patches as features now...
3 posted on 04/16/2005 5:13:13 AM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: jalisco555

I believe the fossilized bones of a Commodore 64 were recently unearthed in Montana.


4 posted on 04/16/2005 5:32:23 AM PDT by T'wit (The only way to give "power to the people" is to reduce the powers of the government.)
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To: Onyxx

bump for later


5 posted on 04/16/2005 5:34:41 AM PDT by Unknown Freeper
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To: rdb3

May be of interest to you.


6 posted on 04/16/2005 6:06:29 AM PDT by Jalapeno
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To: 2nd amendment mama

ping!--Now tell me what I should do--LOL!


7 posted on 04/16/2005 6:17:15 AM PDT by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: Terpfen
If SP2 was a major release, Tiger is sure as hell a major release--and it comes with more new features than SP2

SP2 was a major release to fix major bugs and security holes!

8 posted on 04/16/2005 6:17:52 AM PDT by Bommer
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To: Bommer

And even then, XP is still the least secure thing out there.

I swear, if it wasn't for PC gaming, I'd be a Mac user now.


9 posted on 04/16/2005 6:36:06 AM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: jalisco555
I would like to know why he sold the 17" PowerMac G4 with one gig of memory. That is what I have.

One feature of the Macs which I have not see emphasized is that they will work on any power available in the developed world if you can plug into it.

10 posted on 04/16/2005 6:37:12 AM PDT by Citizen Tom Paine (An old sailor sends.)
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To: Terpfen
I swear, if it wasn't for PC gaming, I'd be a Mac user now.

I keep one (now aging) PC for gaming but for serious work I only use my Powerbook.

11 posted on 04/16/2005 7:25:46 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

MAC RULEZ !


12 posted on 04/16/2005 7:27:08 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: Citizen Tom Paine
I would like to know why he sold the 17" PowerMac G4 with one gig of memory. That is what I have.

Me too. I have a rev. A model and the only reason I'd get rid of it would be to replace it with a newer version. Maybe once my Applecare runs out.

13 posted on 04/16/2005 7:27:20 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
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To: jalisco555

Unfortunately, I need Windows due to my classes. If I can get away with OS X one day, I will.


14 posted on 04/16/2005 7:28:25 AM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: T'wit
>Apple Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Review
>>I believe the fossilized bones of a Commodore 64 ...


I'm hacking away
to get Tiger running on
my Timex Sinclair . . .

15 posted on 04/16/2005 7:31:27 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: T'wit

I have a family of four still producing Commodore 64's... My major problem is to keep their rubber soft. It's also not real easy to find 5 1/4" disks now, either.


16 posted on 04/16/2005 10:47:44 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: Terpfen

I strongly believe that in 2005 & '06 we will see most software that is released for Windows being immediately developed for Linux, and as a result OS X, too.

The time for software developers to support the rising Linux market is now.


17 posted on 04/16/2005 10:50:30 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: AFPhys
>I strongly believe that in 2005 & '06 we will see most software that is released for Windows being immediately developed for Linux

Linux fantasies
are becoming as bizarre
as the Mac's dream time!

18 posted on 04/16/2005 2:36:57 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss

You haven't been keeping up with the times.

When several Fortune 500 firms have decided to change to Linux, and major laboratories have changed, and almost half of servers (and growing) are Linux, the wheel has turned.

Linux has come of age. Only those who are in major denial continue to be oblivious.


19 posted on 04/16/2005 2:50:22 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: AFPhys

I've got plenty of floppies, but I've been looking for an 80 column card for my Apple II+. And when are they going to get the Visicalc upgrade released? Seems like years since the last one....


20 posted on 04/16/2005 2:59:18 PM PDT by alpo
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