Mac OS X Version 10.4 "Tiger" Now Available
May 02, 2005
Cupertino, CA - Apple Computer announced that the OS X Version 10.4 Tiger operating system is now available. "Features like Spotlight and Dashboard will change the way millions of people use their computers," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Our competitors will be trying to copy Tiger's more than 200 new features and innovations for years to come."
According to Schiller, Tiger delivers more than 200 new features and innovations including Spotlight(TM), a revolutionary desktop search technology that lets users
instantly find anything stored on their Mac(R), including documents, emails,
contacts and images; and Dashboard, a new way to instantly access important
information like weather forecasts and stock quotes, using a dazzling new
class of applications called widgets.
Apple will also release Mac OS X Server version 10.4 "Tiger" at the same
time. Based on the same core technology as the desktop operating system, Tiger
Server integrates over 100 leading open source projects and standards-based
applications with easy-to-use management tools that make it easy to deploy for
Mac, Windows and Linux clients.
Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" is available at Apple's retail stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $129 (US) for a single user license. The Mac OS X Tiger Family Pack is a single-residence, five-user license that will be
available for a suggested retail price of $199 (US). Volume and maintenance
pricing is available from Apple.
Mac OS X Server version 10.4 "Tiger" is available on at
Apple's retail stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested
retail price of $499 (US) for a 10-client edition and $999 (US) for an
unlimited-client edition. Current subscribers to the Apple Maintenance Program
will receive Tiger Server as part of their service agreement. Volume and
maintenance pricing is available from Apple.
The standard Mac OS Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all
customers who purchase a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple
Authorized Reseller on or after April 12 for a shipping and handling fee of
$9.95 (US). Tiger requires a minimum of 256MB of memory and is designed to run
on any Macintosh(R) computer with a PowerPC G5, G4, or G3 processor and
built-in FireWire(R).
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