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JHromadka · Feb 16, 2005, 04:34 PM

So WWDC this year will be June 6-10. Seems a week or two earlier than normal to me. I'm betting that Apple announces there that Tiger ships June 24.

Mafia · Feb 16, 2005, 05:04 PM

i hope they do. for some reason i am really desiring tiger.

saddino · Feb 16, 2005, 05:06 PM

Millennium · Feb 16, 2005, 05:07 PM

Out of curiosity, why June 24?

Xeo · 05:16 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:
Out of curiosity, why June 24?

Hasn't the 24th of the month been the common trend among OS X releases?

10.0 - March 24th, 2001
10.1 - September 24th, 2001 (or was this the 25th? If so, it's the oddball)
10.2 - August 24th, 2002
10.3 - October 24th, 2003
10.4 - June 24th, 2005?

JHromadka · Feb 16, 2005, 09:59 PM

Correct Xeo, that's why I pick that day.

wdlove · Feb 17, 2005, 09:51 AM

Originally posted by Xeo:
Hasn't the 24th of the month been the common trend among OS X releases?

10.0 - March 24th, 2001
10.1 - September 24th, 2001 (or was this the 25th? If so, it's the oddball)
10.2 - August 24th, 2002
10.3 - October 24th, 2003
10.4 - June 24th, 2005?

Thank you for the information. Friday the 24th will be a good evening for the release party.

goMac · Feb 17, 2005, 11:37 AM

Anyone here going? We've already got our plane tickets and WWDC tickets ordered.

Superchicken · Feb 17, 2005, 02:11 PM

Sigh I was hoping to get Tiger before school let out so I could show off

Oh well. That said though, I'm highly looking forward to Tiger. Soon as it comes out I'm buying my mom a mini. I think they probably will announce Tiger shipping in June though if only because otherwise they'd have to preview the next version of OS X which they've probably done very little work on. Then this gives em time to preview the next version of OS X at the next WWDC and announce it's ship date at the next one. I imagine we're running into a two year update cycle now.

JHromadka · Feb 17, 2005, 02:18 PM

Originally posted by goMac:
Anyone here going? We've already got our plane tickets and WWDC tickets ordered.

Just got approved for it. I've never been to one before; don't they have conference tracks you sign up for to learn about a specific technology? When can you do that, and is there an extra cost?

goMac · Feb 17, 2005, 02:48 PM

Originally posted by JHromadka:
Just got approved for it. I've never been to one before; don't they have conference tracks you sign up for to learn about a specific technology? When can you do that, and is there an extra cost?

Our lead software guy went last year. They have a bunch of sessions you can go to. If you want, you can go to all the sessions in the same area. Somewhere there is a huge list of all the sessions. I dunno, this years list might not be up.

typoon · Feb 17, 2005, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by Superchicken:
Sigh I was hoping to get Tiger before school let out so I could show off Oh well. That said though, I'm highly looking forward to Tiger. Soon as it comes out I'm buying my mom a mini. I think they probably will announce Tiger shipping in June though if only because otherwise they'd have to preview the next version of OS X which they've probably done very little work on. Then this gives em time to preview the next version of OS X at the next WWDC and announce it's ship date at the next one. I imagine we're running into a two year update cycle now.

I too am really looking forward to Tiger. I have been good and haven't been tempted to try and seek out one of the Dev copies that are out there. It's hard to just wait for it but I think Tiger will be worth the wait.

I doubt they will show another version of OS X Since after 10.4 they are stopping the Insanity for 14-18 month releases of each upgrade. They might show bits and pieces but I doubt they will show off another version like they did last year with Tiger.

Superchicken · Feb 17, 2005, 08:00 PM

With Tiger we're already near the 18 month dates, I think after this we'll be at around 24 month cycles.

Apple Pro Underwear · Feb 17, 2005, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
Hasn't the 24th of the month been the common trend among OS X releases?

10.0 - March 24th, 2001
10.1 - September 24th, 2001 (or was this the 25th? If so, it's the oddball)
10.2 - August 24th, 2002
10.3 - October 24th, 2003
10.4 - June 24th, 2005?

you knew that by heart?

YOU my friend is big mac pimpin'

Agent69 · Feb 17, 2005, 08:29 PM

Originally posted by JHromadka:
I'm betting that Apple announces there that Tiger ships June 24.

That would be nice.

Oneota · Feb 17, 2005, 08:40 PM

Originally posted by JHromadka:
I'm betting that Apple announces there that Tiger ships June 24.

I'm betting mid-late March, personally. I seem to remember seeing something on Apple's site (a promotion of some sort - it could have been on the ADC site) that pointed strongly to that timeframe.

Xeo · Feb 17, 2005, 08:46 PM

Originally posted by Oneota:
I'm betting mid-late March, personally. I seem to remember seeing something on Apple's site (a promotion of some sort - it could have been on the ADC site) that pointed strongly to that timeframe.

That Tiger will be ready and ship within a month? Is it really that far along?

Originally posted by Superchicken:
I imagine we're running into a two year update cycle now.

I think Apple publicly said that it will be a while before 10.5. Two years sounds reasonable, although I think I heard '08 from somewhere.

sugar_coated · Feb 17, 2005, 08:47 PM

Bet with your head not with your heart.

Oneota · Feb 17, 2005, 08:57 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
That Tiger will be ready and ship within a month? Is it really that far along?

I can't really comment on that without breaking NDA. I just remember seeing a promotion's end date or something like that somewhere on Apple's site ("why, yes, I *can* be more vague!") that made me think Tiger would be shipping right around that time.

I don't really have any evidence beyond a gut feeling, and my gut's been wrong before. But I strongly suspect Tiger will be out before June. Maybe not the end of March, but before June.

Oneota · 10:01 AM

Oh, just in case anyone comes back to look at this thread - I'm now 99% sure the Tiger ship date is April 16. Let's see if anyone notices that I've edited this old thread post.