OSX Tiger

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

just installed it. Anyone else? Anything cool I should do with it?

[SoCalDem]

1. Ride it?? Feed it?? Pet it??

what is it??

[Awsi Dooger]

11. Newest Mac operating system

10.4, code named Tiger.

That's the gimmick with Mac OSX, identifying with hip and fast jungle beasts. OS 10.2 was Jaguar, OS 10.3 was Panther.

[SpiralHawk]

2. I got a coupon for Tiger

Gonna get it in a couple of weeks. Hoo Hah. Loves them Macs.

Viva la Revolucion !

[benburch]

3. Ordered it, but it is not here yet.

I have to be very cautious about upgrading as I use this system in "production" and I cannot break anything that now works.

[gmoney]

4. Test out your other software...

...make sure that everything behaves the way it should.

I should get mine this week... does it rock?

[emulatorloo]

5. It made my older computer faster. . .

there are a lot very good reviews of it out there. Here's a few:

http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20050428.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/technology/circuits/28pogue.html?

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2005/tc20050428_6447_tc081.htm

[valis]

6. Sure it did....

[emulatorloo]

9. Faster booting, faster User Interface, faster launching. . .

I kid you not. Others have reported it too. . .they have obviously done some optimization since Panther, and I was pretty happy w the speed of that OS.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

7. It ROCKS!

I love the little spotlight feature. Now I can be messy with file organization and STILL find things. WOW!

[funkybutt]

8. Haven't installed mine yet

Looking forward to it though. I'm looking forward to Dashboard stuff. I could probably set something up to check my posts on DU and let me know if anyone has responded.

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

10. installed it yesterday

everything is faster. haven't found any new features Ill use yet, though.

[leftofthedial]

12. get two of them and nurse them

??

[Awsi Dooger]

13. One question:

What is the footprint, i.e. hard drive space of a typical install? My dualie desktop is fine with multiple HDs, but my iBook with a 30 GB hard drive is already down to 4 GB remaining. I managed to save tons of space by selecting custom install and getting rid of all the printer drivers and foreign languages I didn't need in Panther. I assume that's still possible with Tiger.

I'll wait a few months, as always, until I stumble upon a great deal via eBay or one of the Mac-specific sites. DealMac.com will let me know...

[Bozita]

15. Yup, Dealmac is always the starting point

If you've got something better, ...

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Does it have an anti-pretentiousness feature yet?

Haha, I kid, I kid.