While Apple ’s Mac OS X v10.4 “ Tiger ” is n’t gestate to strike retail store shelves until Friday , the software may have shipped a act to begin with than expect , both from some third - party vendors who have accepted pre - orders for the software and also from Apple itself .
Some customers who placed orders through Apple ’s online store report account receiving transportation confirmations that show their orders will come well before Tiger ’s official release engagement of April 29th . Some who order the new operating system release from mail - order companies have likewise receive confirmation their copies of Tiger have ship , and there have been a few isolated written report from buyers who say they ’ve already received their copies .
This has n’t affected Apple ’s plan to debut Tiger worldwide on Friday , April 29th , however . Apple ’s retail stores in the United States , Japan and the U.K. are gear up for Friday evening release outcome , timed for 6 P.M. in each store ’s local time zone . Apple ’s 2d U.K. store , Apple Store Bullring in Birmingham , is gestate to open its door at the same time as Tiger ’s release . Other authorize Apple resellers are have a bun in the oven to start selling Tiger at the same time .
Tiger costs US$ 129 , and contains more than 150 new feature , including the hotly expect search engine applied science called Spotlight ; a new miniskirt - app interface call Dashboard ; Automator , Apple ’s new interface for its venerable AppleScript engineering science , and much more .
Apple was not available for scuttlebutt as MacCentral posted this article .
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