Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger - It's Official

Well, it's here! Today is the day that Apple's Newest operating system is released. Be at your local Apple Store (CompUSA is also getting in on the show)at 6 PM for the rollout. This is the most significant release for Apple since the OS X beta back in 2000. I am looking forward to the "intro phase" and will be the guinea pig for the install here at our house until it comes in a "gentler and kinder" .1 update. My trusty iBook will be the "lamb."

As you may have read in an earlier blog, I pre-ordered from Amazon and got a huge discount on the family pack - of course we are an Apple family!! My only complaint is that the install disks are DVD's. That means our trusty iMac will have to go through an installation via target Firewire mode, or I have to pony up $9.95 and trade in my DVD disks for CD install disks. GRrrrrrrrr! The other solution that I really like is that maybe it's time to buy a brand new iMac!! Not really Jen, if you are reading this...

If you are a geek, or even for the non power user there is an excellent article by John Siracusa, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, that details the "under the hood" stuff that Tiger brings to the world. Much better reading than the pablum that is just glamorizing Tiger.

Oh My!! As I write my Software Update activated and is installing QuickTime 7, the new Quicktime that is included in Tiger. Changes are afoot.

You can be sure that I will be tracking the status of my Tiger package from Amazon hourly (it hasn't shipped yet:(). I will also be blogging the growing pains that the new operating system gives me.

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