Waiting for the tiger 
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I find myself waiting for Apple’s next major OS X update like a child desperately trying to get to sleep so Christmas morning will arrive quicker. I often get mildly excited by new software, being the geek I am, but waiting for Tiger is affecting me in many ways.
First of all, I find myself holding back from buying apps and programs, which I’d normally splash out on without hesitation, incase they’re rendered obsolete by Tiger’s new features - things like iNexus’s dotMac Menu and the full version of either NetNewsWire or NewsFire.
Secondly, Amazon.com is offering a 35USD rebate for pre-orders - how come Amazon.co.uk isn’t doing something similar? This annoys me.
And there have been so many blogs, news or rumour sites saying “It’s gonna be released tomorrow/yesterday/soon!” that I’m sick of waiting.
Maybe I’m just getting impatient in my old age.
Amazon.co.uk are now offering Tiger for 74.99GBP.
#1 Wayne Smallman said:
I’m looking forward to it but I’m also dreading it, too.
It’s not all that simple for me because I’ve got to make time for installations & updates.
Plus, with big point updates, I like to wipe my computer and install clean and put everything back the way it was…
on 9 April ‘05 
#2 Timmargh said:
I read on your site about you having to put time aside and all that. When you do, try not to think of me taking my time, having a cup of coffee and leisurely exploring all the new features …
]:^)
on 9 April ‘05
#3 Wayne Smallman said:
I used to be the early adopter.
I was there at the launch even for OS X Beta and running it on my work G3 .. right up until it screwed everything and I lost work.
Not anymore.
Also, with any new release, there’s nearly always some kind of problem that’s in need of a fix.
I remember this with Panther.
There were two pretty serious problems that wiped data; external hard drives using Firewire would get wiped and the FileVault feature doing pretty much the same thing.
I’d be surprised if Tiger didn’t have the same teething problems…
on 9 April ‘05
#4 Wayne Smallman said:
Besides, there’s nothing to stop me installing Tiger on either my G4 Quicksilver or my G3 iBook…
on 9 April ‘05
#5 Timmargh said:
Being a mere home user, I don’t have too much data that I’d miss if it did get wiped - anything I *really* need fits onto a DVD-RW … every Friday morning.
I ‘spose I’m still a bit starry eyed about Apple and the miracles they can pull out of their ass - no doubt I’ll be jaded and cautious one day, but not today.
on 9 April ‘05
#6 Alex (Coin) said:
But Panther is so shexy. What could possibly be improved by it, other than Apple’s stock?
on 9 April ‘05
#7 g said:
Automator scares me. It’s potential (in bringing the GUI for writing bad code) is something I don’t want to think about.
It’s gone a long way from where it was last summer, but I start to get tired of it. So relaxing at the moment with OS X Server and later maybe FreeBSD…
No one knows when it will be out. Patience. :)
on 11 April ‘05
#8 Timmargh said:
Thanks for commenting, G.
Patience is no longer needed - it’s just been announced that it’s being released on April 29th! Woo!
*ahem*
on 12 April ‘05
#9 Wayne Smallman said:
I’ve order my copy.
It’s going on my iBook and I may get my G4 Quicksilver working and use it as a server.
But it ain’t going on my G5 until I’ve done a super massive back up .. which is just going to take yonks to sort out…
on 22 April ‘05
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