Tiger Upgrade Plans
Whenever Apple releases a major OS revision I run out to the store, plunk down my hard earned dough and purchase it
immediately. I then rush home, turn off my cell phone, disconnect my land line, barricade the door, close the
curtains, and install it on my trusty Powerbook, Ambrose.
I’m curious of two things, are you planning to upgrade to Tiger (Mac
OS X 10.4 for those of you keeping track at home) as soon as it is available? If you are upgrading what features are
you looking forward to the most?
I really want to play with the Automator and Tiger will
be mine as soon as it is available. Post your thoughts in the comments.
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Bruce said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
Yes, I'll be upgrading ASAP. I don't use my computer for work, so I try to keep current on OS revisions. I'm looking forward to the dashboard and to spotlight. I don't know if I'll ever use the automator, but I plan to check it out. Beyond that...you know, I'm really not sure. I'm looking forward to the new version of QuickTime, but not to having to purchase a new license for it. That's...I don't know, it feels cheap to me.
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Al said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
I personally am. I'm looking forward to some of the widget / gadget functionality, plus automator.
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Darkside said 11:22PM on 7-14-2005
Yup, as soon as the campus store gets it in, the educational discount shall provide glorious, superfluous eye candy. Unfortunately, I'll have to wait for a weekend to install it... I might even take off that Friday for the purpose.
However, I DO use my PowerBook as a work dev machine, so it'll take me a bit to get everything running smoothly again. However, thanks to Carbon Copy Cloner and my 120GB RAID, I'll be able to revert my install to a fully-functional Panther if something goes wrong, AND backup my progress with the Tiger install. Ah, the joy of bootable mirrors.
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Olivier said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
Unfortunately, I'll have to wait until I get it in the developer mailing (takes ages to get to Europe), unless they buy it at work first. I don't want to buy it if I'll receive it a little later anyway.
I'm especially looking forward to Spotlight, Xcode 2.0 and CoreData.
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Daniel said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
I'll upgrade when im 100% sure that the following apps work without a hitch:
Logic Pro 7 (and all my 3rd party VST's and Synths)
Motion
Shake
Final Cut Pro
So im guessing maybe a month or two after its released as i bet there are some issues like there was with panther
and please dear god, tell me its quicker and also the ctrl+tab focus issue is fixed
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KIVERS said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
Heck yeah I'll be upgrading!! I plan on pre-ordering my student edition the day pre-order is available. I usually bribe the fedex guy so he brings it to me early in the morning. :)
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KIVERS said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
oh yeah... and I can't wait for spotlight. It just gives me goosebumps just talking about it.
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William said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
Hell Yes! I have been thinking about ordering a Mac Mini at release time for my kids to get Tiger and the rest of the software goodies.
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Michael said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
have to wait for the developer mailing, but as soon as I get it, I back up all my programs and data, and do a clean install.
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Kevin Ballard said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
Yeah, I'll install it as soon as I can. Hell, I'd install it now (yay ADC seed program) except I don't trust my sole machine to the whims of a beta OS.
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arkowi said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
I am new to the world of Apple. I have had my Dual G5 PowerMac for about 8 months now. How does it work when a new Apple OS comes out? Will I have the option of Upgrade or Full Version? Will it be better to do a clean install?
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janeiro said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
i'm definitely looking forward to spotlight and hopefully speed-ups all around. if the spotlight/finder combo works anything like BeOS's BFS/tracker combo, i will be very happy (think: files that show up on your desktop or in folders immediately after they are created, unlike now where there is a significant delay (unless you click on that folder/desktop)). i'm also hoping locate (unix utility) is customized to use spotlights index, or they at least provice a command line utilitiy for searching via spotlight (nevermind, it tells you about it on apple's site!!).
i'm noping Safari RSS is a decent RSS reader. i was using newsfire until it expired and don't care for NewsNetWire.
writing HTML emails in mail.app!!! finally!
i'm also hoping apple gets its act together with finder and allows read/write ftp, sftp, samba, etc (ala konqueror). all those things bundled together would allow me to significantly trim my current application stack.
oh yeah, xcode 2.0 as well. i'm totally stoked about the CASE tools that will be included, and for free!! if you can do code generation from the UML modeler, i might cry. this will be one of the best, most complete development environments, and best of all, it comes with the purchase of the OS!!!
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Eric said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
Spotlight is great. And the RSS in Safari is really slick. Every browser ought to integrate RSS on that paradigm. We have the beta here at work. It's cool.
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iMatt said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
I'll upgrade my PowerBook asap, mainly for Spotlight and the nifty new Mail features--I love the idea of running a slide show from within word and adding photos directly to the iphoto library.
But I've also got a trusty iBook G3 that's beginning to show its age.
Any word on whether Tiger will work on a G3?
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John said 1:34AM on 7-02-2005
I am going to do this one as I didn't do the last one (10.3 was just over a month after I bought the machine - just out of the 'free upgrade' window). So, I consider myself to be on the even number track. There are an increasing number of things that are not available for 10.2 users, like XCode, so I am looking forward to the upgrade.
I still haven't decided whether to upgrade to the new iLife at the same time (that's another of those things that doesn't support 10.2).
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Tom Poston said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
I just got a new PowerBook 1.67gHz and simply swapped drives from my old to my new, without doing any sort of software changes. Usually I do a complete format and install on a new machine, but with 10.4 on the horizon I decided to put it off until it was released.
So, to answer the question: yes, I'm planning to have 10.4 the day it's released and do a complete wipe and install of the whole disc.
As to what feature(s) I'm most looking forward to, that's a tough one. I think all the new features are good, but I think the one that has the potential to take Apple to the next level commercially is QuickTime 7/H.264 HD codec. If the rumors of an iTunes-like Apple movie download service prove correct, it could well be as big a deal as the iPod.
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Eric B. said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
I can't wait for the OS! I will upgrade as soon as it is available. I'm very interested in automator and the desktop widgets. It should be very impressive! Now, if I could only get the money together to buy that X800..
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Small Paul said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
I think I'll probably wait a month or two, for the first update to be made available. Avoid the really early issues.
I'm mostly looking forward to smart folders in Mail, a la iTunes smart playlists. I know Thunderbird's already got 'em, but Thunderbird don't got Address Book integration, and don't sync with my phone at the touch of a button, so no thanks.
And Spotlight might be quite cool. That's really about it.
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wasabifan said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
Why upgrade on the day it comes out when you can wait a month or so and get Panther/Mac mini/iLife 05/and other bundled apps for just $499?
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Rob Knight said 4:16PM on 6-16-2005
One word: bugs. I usually wait for a couple of updates before upgrading. It will be hard with Tiger though. I'm sure everyone will be raving about all of the cool widgets they have or how they found some old picture of grandma with Spotlight.
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