Mac OS X Tiger Preview

Posted by: Martin Hull on 29 June 2004

Just watched all 1hr 40 mins of the WWDC "Stevnote" and I have to say Tiger looks pretty good.

The Spotlight search facility looks like it would be really good for work. The new video codec looks superb and iChatAV with multiple participants looks fantastic (pity I only know one person with an iSight at the moment).

Lastly, I want one of those new 23" displays. Don't have the space or the G5 for a 30".

What did the other Mac people on the forum think?

Cheers,
Martin

[This message was edited by Martin Hull on Tue 29 June 2004 at 14:34.]
Posted on: 29 June 2004 by Tim Danaher
Martin --

Core Image looks amazing.

But, does the price for the 30-incher include the $600 for the video card (which it won't work without?)

Cheers,

Tim
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Posted on: 29 June 2004 by garyi
Does it F**K!

I really want any of that stuff, any of it.

Lets get down to brass tacks, if it was not for Apple, the computer industry would not be moving forward at all.
Posted on: 29 June 2004 by garyi
I was blown away by the core image and core video stuff, this is cutting edge, amazing stuff.
Posted on: 29 June 2004 by Johns Naim
Heh, I'll second Garyi that I want any of that stuff.

The bit that really impressed me was the system wide searching using meta-data, and content, fully indexed.

Then being able to create smart folders/saves of the searches, that then continue to update automatically.

This could really change the way we use computers re the desktop/file/folder metaphor as regards file storage and retrieval.

WOW..

Yours in Awe

John... Wink

This is my last upgrade.... after this my system will be finished...:-)
Posted on: 30 June 2004 by Jay
Will this all run on my Powerbook or will I have rob a bank again?

Jay
Posted on: 30 June 2004 by Martin Hull
I thought the Safari RSS stuff had a lot of potential aswell.

I hope some the new Safari &iChatAV come out as betas prior to the release of 10.4 so we can have a go.

Martin
Posted on: 30 June 2004 by JonR
If Tiger is that good can I skip Panther altogether and run it on my iBook G3, anyone?

JonR
Posted on: 30 June 2004 by Johns Naim
Hi Jay

quote:
Will this all run on my Powerbook or will I have rob a bank again?

Jay


It will run just fine. It's a paid update; Panther was $229 AUS, and worth every penny. As OSX is a totally 'new' OS, the development curve has been very steep, with almost annual paid releases/major upgrades - however the transition from OS9 to OSX is now officially over, and the pace of ongoing paid/major releases will slow accordingly. You'll have plenty of time - the release date is somewhere in the first half of 05 - you'll have to start saving in pounds, or is that Euros now.. :-)

Installation is painless - either a straight upgrade, OR, archive and install (archives your present OS, and builds a new one, whilst copying your apps and home folder across to the new OS, after which the archived OS can be deleted) or a complete erase and reinstall if you so desire.

Hope this helps

Best Regards

John...

This is my last upgrade.... after this my system will be finished...:-)
Posted on: 01 July 2004 by tze96
Jobs does a good keynote doesn't he?

Personally I was disappointed that Spotlight was the biggest feature. I was hoping for something revolutionary like a database driven file system, which Longhorn is supposed to provide.

I've found that beyond OS 10.2 it's not been very compelling to upgrade. 10.0 was unusable, 10.1 started to be useable and 10.2 was good enough that nothing in 10.3 really compelled me to upgrade.

Having said that, I am looking forward to upgrading to the iBook G4 (currently have the iBook G3).

It's amazing how much Apple laptop prices have come down. The 12" iBook at A$1600 is phenomenal value, compared to the 12" Powerbook and even Dell.

Tze-Ho
Posted on: 01 July 2004 by Jay
quote:
Originally posted by Johns Naim:
It will run just fine. It's a paid update; Panther was $229 AUS, and worth every penny. As OSX is a totally 'new' OS, the development curve has been very steep, with almost annual paid releases/major upgrades - however the transition from OS9 to OSX is now officially over, and the pace of ongoing paid/major releases will slow accordingly. You'll have plenty of time - the release date is somewhere in the first half of 05 - you'll have to start saving in pounds, or is that Euros now.. :-)


That's good news. Being new to the MAC world, it all a little unfamiliar, but nice! Hate to think I wasn't up with the play Eek

To save in pounds, one must earn pounds Wink Not long now though...only 1 month actually and last day at work tomorrow. The adventure is about to begin!

Keep well.

Jay