“Tiger, the new version of Apple Computer’s Mac OS X operating system seems to be creating almost as much interest among Windows users as among Macintosh users,” David Frith writes for Australian IT. “Tiger, which went on sale at $199 a little more than a week ago, is for Macs only, and for recent Macs with G3, G4 or G5 chips and lots of memory, at that. The curiosity of Windows users is strong. There’ve been glowing reviews in Windows-oriented magazines and other media.”
“The reason for such interest is the realisation that Windows XP has become bug-ridden and under constant attack from hackers, virus writers, adware and spyware peddlers as well as spammers, and needing an endless stream of security updates,’ Frith writes. “The next version of Windows, dubbed Longhorn, promises to be better but it’s not due until sometime next year.”
Full article here.
[UPDATE: 2:35pm ET – removed misplaced MacDailyNews Take.]
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RUMOR: Apple to release Mac OS X 10.4.1 Tiger Update by mid to late-May – May 06, 2005
BusinessWeek: ‘Tiger bolsters Mac OS X’s edge as the best personal-computer operating system’ – May 06, 2005
The Guardian: Mac OS X Tiger a powerful solution while Microsoft’s Longhorn remains on drawing board – May 06, 2005
Chicago Sun-Times: Mac OS X Tiger shows ‘there’s never been a more compelling time to switch to Mac’ – May 05, 2005
Dan Gillmor: ‘With Mac OS X Tiger, Apple is plainly in the lead today’ – May 05, 2005
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The Independent: Apple’s ‘faster, smarter, simpler’ Mac OS X Tiger ‘a must-have’ – May 04, 2005
Mac OS X Tiger review for a Windows PC audience finds Tiger’s ‘far, far better than Windows XP’ – May 03, 2005
Longhorn mentioned in nearly every Apple Mac OS X Tiger review to assuage Windows masses – May 02, 2005
Boston Herald: Mac OS X Tiger should compel Windows PC users to think about switching to Apple Mac – May 02, 2005
Mac OS X Tiger will likely improve performance of your Macintosh – April 30, 2005
PC World review gives Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger 4.5 stars out of 5 – April 30, 2005
Forrester analysts: Apple should advertise Mac OS X Tiger on television and in movie theaters – April 29, 2005
Ars Technica: Mac OS X Tiger ‘at least twice as significant as any single past update’ – April 28, 2005
BusinessWeek: ‘Tiger bolsters Mac OS X’s edge as the best personal-computer operating system around’ – April 28, 2005
Associated Press: Mac OS X Tiger ‘provides another excellent incentive to switch from Windows’ – April 28, 2005
Mossberg: Apple’s Tiger ‘the best, most advanced personal computer operating system on the market’ – April 28, 2005
InformationWeek columnist: Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger ‘a compelling upgrade’ – April 28, 2005
NY Times: Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger is the most secure, stable and satisfying OS on earth – April 28, 2005
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Thurrott: ‘Longhorn is in complete disarray and in danger of collapsing under its own weight’ – April 27, 2005
Wired News: Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger ‘full of welcome surprises’ – April 27, 2005
Thurrott: Longhorn ‘has the makings of a train wreck’ – April 26, 2005
Thurrott: Longhorn demos ‘unimpressive, fall short of graphical excellence found today in Mac OS X’ – April 26, 2005
Apple posts QuickTime movies of Mac OS X Tiger features in action – April 13, 2005
First post -possibly- just to say MDN, careful wit your cut and pastes. This article is not a Thurrot work.
What’s up with the take??
ok, was that a replay??????
oh and first
The worm (Thurott) has turned.
btw… Tiger went on sale for $129 last week. I got mine for free with my new Mac mini, which rocks.
That’s Au$199 – and yup – MDN’s take appears to have been misplaced…
An article not really worth noting.
Poor padding for an anemic news day.
Some days, ya just gotta say nothing.
Don’t say anything unless you can improve upon the silence.
This article is more of a waste time than an improvement of today’s info vacuum.
The person who wrote the article is Firth, not Thurott. You might want to correct the MDN Take.
Good Article and I hope to see more like this. MDN you need to change the take. That one was from a previous article.
“… is for Macs only, and for recent Macs with G3, G4 or G5 chips and lots of memory, at that“
you know all those “recent” Macs with G3 processors. Like my father’s 5 year old iMac, which runs Tiger credibly. Oh, and since when is 512MB “lots” of memory? It is the basic config on most new Macs.
Why do these tech writers insist on coming off like asshats? The newest OS runs on three generations of chips, spanning 6 years worth of hardware, and in most cases requires a cheap 3rd party memory upgrade for optimal performance. The quote makes it sound as if you have to have a near new model to run Tiger. How does XP run on a 5 year old PC? (i really don’t know, honest question)
The next version of Windows, dubbed Longhorn, promises to be better but it’s not due until sometime next year.”
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LFMAO… the optimism here is incredible.. Try 2007
I dont think the interest in OS X from Windows is really due to viruses and other attacks on their platform. Boredom seems a much more plausible reason. What’s new and interesting on the window front these days ? Certainly not Longhorn.
Well, boredom or viruses the result will be the same. Next time a new version of Windows comes out, those that took a look at Tiger will certainly have higher expectation than it simply being better than XP.
Good enough might not be enough this time Mr. Gates.