[dipsetkartel]

I'm pretty new to apple products, and I was wondering, I'm not to far from purchasing a 12" PowerBook, but I really can't wait for Tiger to come out, my question is, I'm positive that my Dad will buy Tiger when it comes out, but can I use the same one on my notebook?

[dipsetkartel]

Also, say I purchased a PowerBook within this week, isin't there some sort of free update for Tiger if I purchased it within 30 days of the release of the newer software?

[Brad]

Keep in mind that Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger has not even been announced yet and, thus, all of the features are not publicly known.

Thus, this belongs in Speculation and Rumors. Moving...

No, you cannot legally install your father's copy. Each license can only be used on one machine. You could, however, encourage him to buy the "family pack" that allows you to install on 5 computers for $199, less than the cost of two regular licenses. Again, it has not been announced if Apple will offer the family pack for Tiger as it has with Panther, but it only makes perfect sense.

No, there is no policy on getting free or even discounted updates if you purchase before a major software update.

[Luca]

See that little button labeled "Edit"? Click that if you want to add more information without having to reply to your own post within two minutes. Just a friendly suggestion.

According to Apple, you must purchase one copy of OS X for each computer you install it on. There is a five-license family pack that lets up to five people in the same household install OS X, and it costs $199. However, there's nothing actually preventing you from using the same discs to install OS X on multiple computers. Apple doesn't use any kind of CD key or activation for their OS, they just work on the honor system.

As for the upgrade, Apple has historically only given upgrades to people who buy a computer after the new OS is announced but before it starts shipping with new Macs. Since Tiger doesn't have an official release date, you probably won't qualify for an upgrade price. And keep in mind - it's not a free upgrade, you must pay $20 for them to send you a set of upgrade discs, and that's only if you buy a Mac late enough to qualify (which you most likely didn't). Otherwise you must purchase the full license.

[.Hack]

Originally Posted by dipsetkartel I'm pretty new to apple products, and I was wondering, I'm not to far from purchasing a 12" PowerBook, but I really can't wait for Tiger to come out, my question is, I'm positive that my Dad will buy Tiger when it comes out, but can I use the same one on my notebook?

You're obviously new to grammar too... Next time, try using the period ! Anyways, Tiger looks to be a substantial update. Apple has added a lot of great new features to this new release!
EDIT:

I admit I'm not perfect when it comes to grammar, but the above is just well... let's just say that "run on sentence" is an understatement.

[FFL]

Tiger is good for soooo many uses... it's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!

[Luca]

Oh lighten up. At least he's spelling most things correctly. Run on sentences are a fairly minor infraction when compared to some of the things I see people post.

[Brad]

That said, here's a list of new features and improvements that Apple has told its developers about:

• 64 -Bit Features
  
  • 64-bit addressing for user tasks; Up to 16 exabytes of addressable virtual memory
    
  • Improves performance for memory-intensive applications
    
  • No compromises 32-bit application support
    
  • Xcode 2.0 supports 64-bit development
• UNIX
  
  • Upgraded commands and libraries based on FreeBSD 5.x
    
  • Fine-grained kernel locking
    
  • Access control lists
    
  • Spotlight from the command line
    
  • Core Data
    
  • SQLite
    
  • Xgrid built in
• Windows Interoperability
  
  • SMB performance improvements
    
  • SMB home directories
    
  • Kerberos and NTLMv2 authentication
    
  • HTML email composition
    
  • Word table support in TextEdit
• Spotlight Search Engine
  
  • Built in, not bolted on
    
  • Search everything on your computer by filename, metadata, and content
    
  • Instant results as you type
    
  • Live updates; results update as things change
    
  • Unicode-based; supports Roman, Asian, Middle Eastern, Indic, and Cyrillic languages
    
  • Spotlight search field universally accessible
    
  • Finder search
    
  • Smart Folders
    
  • Smart Mailboxes
    
  • Smart Address Book Groups
    
  • System preferences search
    
  • Available for developers to integrate in applications
    
  • Available searchable metadata; extensible through API:
    
    • General
      
      • File Name
        
      • Author
        
      • Date Modified
        
      • Date Created
        
      • Label
        
      • Extension
        
      • Type
        
      • Creator
        
      • Date Last Viewed
        
      • Keyword
        
      • Copyright
        
      • Kind
    • Text Documents
      
      • Page Size
        
      • Page Count
        
      • Line Count
        
      • Word Count
        
      • Text Content
    • Mail
      
      • Sender
        
      • Recipient
        
      • Subject
        
      • Text Content
        
      • Attachments
    • Contacts
      
      • Name
        
      • Address
        
      • City
        
      • Multiply
        
      • Note
    • iCal Events
      
      • Summary Title
        
      • Attendee
        
      • Location
        
      • Notes
    • iChat Logs
      
      • Buddy Name
        
      • Text Chat Content
    • Photos and Images
      
      • EXIF and IPTC Data
        
      • Bits Per Sample
        
      • Color Space
        
      • Profile Name
        
      • Image Width/Height
        
      • Resolution
        
      • Aperture
        
      • Camera Brand
        
      • Camera Model
        
      • Date/Time
        
      • Exposure Mode
        
      • Exposure Time
        
      • Focal Length
        
      • GPS
        
      • ISO Speed
        
      • Orientation
        
      • White Balance
        
      • EXIF Version
        
      • Photoshop Layers
        
      • Caption (IPTC)
    • Movies
      
      • Acquisition Source
        
      • Codec
        
      • Delivery Type
        
      • Duration
        
      • Format
        
      • Total Bit Rate
        
      • Audio Bit Rate
        
      • Aspect Ratio
        
      • Color Space
        
      • Frame Height
        
      • Frame Width
        
      • Profile Name
        
      • Video Bit Rate
    • Music
      
      • Album
        
      • Artist
        
      • Genre
        
      • Duration
  • Plug-in model adds new file and data types
    
  • Developer SDK
• Dashboard
  
  • Instant Expos�-like access
    
  • At-a-glance web information
    
  • Frequently used application features
    
  • Many widgets built in
    
  • Configurable
    
  • Standards-based web technologies
• Mail
  
  • Search powered by Spotlight
    
  • Smart Mailboxes
    
  • New look
    
  • Parental controls
    
  • HTML editing
    
  • .Mac sync
    
  • Slideshow
• Safari RSS
  
  • Timely RSS news headlines and summaries from around the web or your intranet
    
  • Integrated into Safari
    
  • Automatic feed detection
    
  • Personal clipping service
    
  • RSS bookmarks
    
  • Update notification
    
  • Full support for the RSS and Atom standard protocols
• .Mac Sync
  
  • Next-generation sync engine
    
  • Fully integrated into Mac OS X
    
  • High performance
    
  • Sync as you go
    
  • .Mac sync
    
    • Safari
      
    • Address Book
      
    • iCal
      
    • Mail
      
    • Keychain
  • Developer API
• Core Audio
• Core Image: High performance image processing
  
  • Image processing now built into Mac*OS X
    
  • Hardware-accelerated for ultra-fast performance
    
  • Floating-point precision
    
  • No rendering required
    
  • Support for Core Video
    
  • Image Units, a systemwide plug-in format for effects and transitions
    
  • Included Filters:
    
    • Focus Filters
      
      • Gaussian Blur
        
      • Motion Blur
        
      • Zoom Blur
        
      • Unsharp Mark
    • Color Adjustment Filters
      
      • Color
        
      • Controls
        
      • Color Matrix
        
      • Exposure Adjust
        
      • Gamma Adjust
        
      • Hue Adjust
        
      • White Point Adjust
    • Color Filters
      
      • Color Invert
        
      • Color Monochrome
        
      • Color Posterize
        
      • False Color
        
      • Sepia Tone
    • Compositing Filters
      
      • Addition
        
      • Maximum
        
      • Minimum
        
      • Multiply
        
      • Source Atop
        
      • Source In
        
      • Source Out
        
      • Source Over
    • Distortion Filters
      
      • Bump Distortion
        
      • Displacement Distortion
        
      • Glass Distortion
        
      • Glass Lozenge
        
      • Torus Lens Distortion
        
      • Twirl Distortion
        
      • Vortex Distortion
    • Generator Filters
      
      • Checkerboard
        
      • Constant Color
        
      • Lenticular Halo
        
      • Star Shine
        
      • Stripes
        
      • Sunbeams
    • Geometry Filters
      
      • Affine Transform
        
      • Crop
        
      • Perspective Transform
    • Gradient Filters
      
      • Gaussian Gradient
        
      • Linear Gradient
        
      • Radial Gradient
    • Halftone Filter
      
      • Circular Screen
        
      • Dot Screen
        
      • Hatched Screen
        
      • Line Screen
    • Stylish Filters
      
      • Bloom
        
      • Edges
        
      • GloomPixellate
        
      • Spot Light
    • Tile Filters
      
      • Affine Tile
        
      • Op Tile
        
      • Parallelogram Tile
        
      • Perspective Tile
        
      • Triangle Tile
        
      • Triangle Tile
    • Transition Filters
      
      • Copy Machine
        
      • Dissolve
        
      • Flash
        
      • Mod
        
      • Ripple
        
      • And more...
• Core Data
• QuickTime 7
  
  • H.264
    
    • Super high quality
      
    • Ultra efficient
      
    • Scales from 3G to iChat AV to HD
      
    • HD playback
      
    • Ratified industry standard for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray
      
    • Nonproprietary and open
      
    • Built into QuickTime
  • New Playback Capabilities
    
    • Live resize
      
    • Floating controls
      
    • Surround sound
      
    • New and improved?
    • playback options
      
    • Zero configuration streaming
      
    • VoiceOver compatible
      
    • Spotlight-friendly media
  • Capture. Edit. Share. Automate.
    
    • Brand-new A/V capture
      
    • Share via email and .Mac
      
    • Simultaneous exports
      
    • Streamline your workflow with Automator
• Automator
  
  • Automation of repetitive or complex*tasks
    
  • No programming required
    
  • Interactive or fully automated
    
  • Built-in actions for Finder, iLife, Mail, Address Book, iCal, and more
    
  • Developers can add actions
    
  • Reusable automations
    
  • Leverages the power of Mac OS X technologies
• VoiceOver
  
  • Screen access software
    
  • Fully integrated
    
  • Voice and audio cues
    
  • High-quality spoken interface
    
  • Full keyboard navigation
    
  • Flexible configuration
    
  • Setup assistant integration
• Dictionary and Thesaurus
  
  • 2005 New Oxford American Dictionary
    
  • Oxford American Writer�s Thesaurus
    
  • 310,000 definitions
    
  • Images and photos
    
  • Dictionary application
    
  • Dictionary widget
    
  • Contextual word lookup
• Apple Graphing Calculator
  
  • Elegantly formatted equations
    
  • Rich equation editor
    
  • Support for multiple coordinate systems including Cartesian, Polar, Linear-Logarithmic, Cylindrical, and Spherical
    
  • Real-time 2D and 3D plotting
    
  • Dynamic animation
    
  • Multiple point overlays
    
  • Export to PDF, TIFF, EPS, JPEG, and QT
• iChat AV
  
  • Audio chat with nine other buddies simultaneously
    
  • Video chat with three other buddies simultaneously
    
  • Uses H.264 for high-quality video at similar data rates

I've been sitting on this gold mine of information just waiting for the perfect opportunity to whip it out.

[NaMo4184]

WoWoWoW Brad!! Thats pretty snazzy

My number one favorite feature is definitely burnable folders.
<explian burnable folders >
Right now every time you try to burn using the OS you have to copy all the files to a disk image and this takes a loooooong time... I wouldn't even bother doing a dvd from with in the OS on my slow HD, it would take forever. Also if you're low on space and you want to burn a dvd then currently you need the same amount of space free as the amount of space of what your burning. Dvd is up to 9 GB but say you have 2GB left.. not a pretty picture. You would have to burn a 1 gb dvd, a 2gb dvd and so on until you have 10Gb. That is allot of money wasted.. and if you want to avoid this and buy something like roxio that is a 100 dollars anyway. I rather spend the 100 on a new OS with allot of other features. But burnable folders just saves files as aliases then burns the real ones.
<Done explaining burnable folders >


less time, no space, its a beautiful thing.


Can you imaging using the current system with 50GB blue ray disk!!!

covering my ass: There is some evidence that this feature is there but apple has not officially said it exist... I want to believe though.

[BarracksSi]

Originally Posted by Brad I've been sitting on this gold mine of information just waiting for the perfect opportunity to whip it out.

Sheriff: "Now excuse me while I whip this out..."
Rock Ridge townsfolk: *GASP*

Dude, good summary. CoreImage is really interesting, now that I've seen it laid out simply enough for me to read.

This'll be fun.

[Kickaha]

What's really funny is that CoreData got *one line*. It may be one of the most important technologies in 10.4. Heh.

[CoreMac]

Originally Posted by Kickaha What's really funny is that CoreData got *one line*. It may be one of the most important technologies in 10.4. Heh.

Care to flesh out that section?

[elvia]

Go Brad!

[Kickaha]

CoreData allows developers to create an internal model of their data, and have it spooled to disk. Now, this doesn't sound that interesting, since it sounds at first glance a lot like serialization in Java and other languages. Except that it can end up in a binary flat file, like Java... or an XML document (with a publishable schema so anyone else can import and understand the file structure)... or being placed in a new or live SQL database.

No code change for the developer, other than selecting which format to use.

This means that in theory *anyone* can read *any* app format easily, and that at some point, Apple can say "Okay guys, we're moving to a database file system!" and all CoreData-using developers will be ready.

WinFS? Feh. We've got your migration path right here, under everyone's noses.

Now, does this mean that any app can read another app's file and *use* it? No. It means that the file formats are open and readable, only. Each app would still have to figure out what to *do* with the data, but it is a huge step towards ubiquitous application interaction.

[naren]

Has anyone heard anything concerning possible enhancements to Divx compatibility in Quicktime 7? Specifically native support for mp3 audio in Divx and full DivX and 3ivx support? A WMA/WMV plugin would be helpful too but that's really out of Apple's hands I suppose.