Macworld asks: Do Tiger updates go up to 11?
OS X just hit 10.4.9, the 9th major Tiger update, so what's next? Leopard, right? Philip Michaels of Macworld says hold your horses (or felines, or whatever animal properly applies here). Just because 10.4.9 + 0.0.1 = 10.5 doesn't mean that Apple won't ship 10.4.10 or 10.4.May2007 updates or even that Apple will ship Leopard in a timely manner-- though we all think it probably will. It's already March 2007 and Leopard has generally been thought to ship "in the Spring". So when will Leopard debut? Michaels stands firm by his June 2007 prediction.
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OS X just hit 10.4.9, the 9th major Tiger update, so what's next? Leopard, right? Philip Michaels of Macworld says hold your horses (or...
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Excellent idea, Adam - I like the hexadecimal plan! Others have pointed out that double-digit revision numbers might break some scripts or macros, I wonder if they'd handle letters instead of numbers without problems? My guess is they would, but my guess is that Apple would never even consider releasing a 10.4.10 or a 10.4.A or anything after a 10.4.9.
March 19 2007 at 7:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMarch 27th along w/Adobe release. Just watch =)
March 19 2007 at 7:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOS 11 Anyone?
I recall hearing last year that 10.5 will usher in features to build into OS 11. I really wonder what that'll be like? 9 to 10 was CRAZY... What more can we see in OS 11... Wait. Multitouch.
That and... Powerbook G5s. With Multitouch. With Drives on the bottom. Flash based. Available in black. With Internet Explorer as the default browser.
I'm pretty confident we'll see Leopard released for NAB based on what I've been told by a friend working on the new FCP release. NAB starts the 14th of April, pretty close to the CS3 announcement and before WWDC. This would be consistant with the last release of FCP requiring the upgrade to Tiger.
On a side note, look for silicon color's final touch color grading system to be integrated into FCP and 8 core MP's to complete the package.
RE #4:
I don't think it would hurt adobe that much. Apple works with major software developers closely and adobe would have access to code and all that jazz ahead of time. Maybe we can get it all at once at NAB in Vegas. And maybe Adobe is waiting for a Leopard release. Is CS3 due on the 27th, or is it just being officially announced then?
CORRECTION: It was 5.5 months between 104.8 and 10.4.9
Version history:
* Mac OS X v10.4.0 (build 8A428), released April 29, 2005 (retail)
* Mac OS X v10.4.1 (build 8B15), released May 16, 2005 (Apple Download Page)
* Mac OS X v10.4.2 (build 8C46), released July 12, 2005 (Apple Download Page)
o Mac OS X v10.4.2 (build 8E102), released October 12, 2005; exclusively for the Front Row iMac G5 released on same date
o Mac OS X v10.4.2 (build 8E45), released October 19, 2005; exclusively for PowerBook G4s released on same date
o Mac OS X v10.4.2 (build 8E90), released October 19, 2005; exclusively for Power Mac G5 Dual and Quad systems released on same date
* Mac OS X v10.4.3 (build 8F46), released October 31, 2005 (included in updated retail copies) (Apple Download Page)
* Mac OS X v10.4.4 (build 8G32 for PowerPC, 8G1165 for Intel), released January 10, 2006 (Apple Download Page)
* Mac OS X v10.4.5 (build 8H14 for PowerPC, 8G1454 for Intel), released February 14, 2006 (Apple Download Page)
* Mac OS X v10.4.6 (build 8I127 for PowerPC, 8I1119 for Intel), released April 3, 2006 (Apple Download Page (for PowerPC), (for Intel))
* Mac OS X v10.4.7 (build 8J135 for PowerPC, 8J2135a for Intel), released June 27, 2006 (Apple Download Page (for PowerPC), (for Intel))
o Mac OS X v10.4.7 (build 8K1079), released August 7, 2006; exclusively for Mac Pro released the same date
* Mac OS X v10.4.8 (build 8L127 for PowerPC, 8L2127 for Intel), released September 29, 2006 (Apple Download Page (for PowerPC), (for Intel))
* Mac OS X v10.4.9 (build 8P135 for PowerPC, 8P2137 for Intel), released March 13, 2007 (Apple Download Page (for PowerPC),(for Intel))
I love how the uncommonly long 6-7 month timeframe between the 10.4.8 and 10.4.9 updates were not mentioned in the article.
It's quite obvious that Apple plans to release no more updates to Tiger. Security updates not withstanding.
Retarded. Of course it can go up to 10.4.10 or 10.4.11, the period is simply a separator. If they had to stop at 10, why would we even have Mac OS 10.anything, it would have to be 1.0.anything...
March 16 2007 at 7:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI predict that Leopard will be released at the same time as Adobe CS3.
March 16 2007 at 7:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythis theory surfaced with 10.3.9
was there a 10.3.10? no...
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