Mac OS X Tiger to ship in late-March?
Has an online retailer accidently divulged information pertaining to the release of Apple's next generation operating system?
A recently added Amazon.com product pre-order page for Apple Computer's forthcoming Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" operating system surprisingly indicates that the product will ship in late March.
"This item will be released on March 31, 2005. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives," the web page reads. Like previous releases, the software is priced at (US) $129.95, but no further product details are provided.
Apple--a company synonymous with secrecy--has traditionally shyed away from the temerarious practice of pinpointing precise release dates for software products still under development.
Although the web-based retailer is a large mover of Apple goods and sometimes privy to advanced information, it's unlikely that Amazon could provide specific release dates in advance of Apple. The published release date is likely an approximation based on information passed on by the computer company.
Apple announced Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" at its World Wide Developers Conference in June and said that it would be released in the first half of 2005.
Update: As of 7:00 pm EST Amazon.com has removed the March 31st release date. The product page now reads, "This item is not stocked or has been discontinued."
A recently added Amazon.com product pre-order page for Apple Computer's forthcoming Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" operating system surprisingly indicates that the product will ship in late March.
"This item will be released on March 31, 2005. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives," the web page reads. Like previous releases, the software is priced at (US) $129.95, but no further product details are provided.
Apple--a company synonymous with secrecy--has traditionally shyed away from the temerarious practice of pinpointing precise release dates for software products still under development.
Although the web-based retailer is a large mover of Apple goods and sometimes privy to advanced information, it's unlikely that Amazon could provide specific release dates in advance of Apple. The published release date is likely an approximation based on information passed on by the computer company.
Apple announced Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" at its World Wide Developers Conference in June and said that it would be released in the first half of 2005.
Update: As of 7:00 pm EST Amazon.com has removed the March 31st release date. The product page now reads, "This item is not stocked or has been discontinued."
Comments
31st March happens to be the end of the 1st Q, so amazon are just covering themselves by syaing it will be out by that date and probably before, nothing to do with them knowing something we don't!
i would expect it to be announced at SF, with shipping date start of feb
Originally posted by gazza
Apple announced at WWDC that it would ship in the 1st Q of 2005.
31st March happens to be the end of the 1st Q, so amazon are just covering themselves by syaing it will be out by that date and probably before, nothing to do with them knowing something we don't!
i would expect it to be announced at paris expo, with shipping date start of feb
No, Steve said first half, ie, June
Why not April 1, as that is the day when Apple became a corporation.
It would be a lovely way to mark another anniversary.
Originally posted by JimDreamworx
March 31?
Why not April 1, as that is the day when Apple became a corporation.
It would be a lovely way to mark another anniversary.
Because April 1st is also April Fools' Day and they don't want people to think it's a hoax.
they release OSes on Saturdaies.
In any case, no vendor will ever stand by their release dates, and universally list caveats concerning them.
Amazon usually does enter made-up dates for coming products. It could be before or after their made-up date (personally I'm guessing before).
The other *huge* red flag is that they're predicting a *ship* date that's like half a year from now. That just doesn't happen with software like this. You can *estimate* that the OS will ship in some point in time (like 1Q or 1H), but you won't really know it's Gold Master until you've thoroughly built and tested a Release Candidate. Once the RC achieves GM status, you end up with 2-4 weeks before shipping starts.
In other words, guestimates turn into estimates going 6 months to 3 months, and turn into announcements at about the 1 month mark before release.
Mark
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Originally posted by dewaynec
It's pretty common for Amazon to make up release dates. They've listed various publication dates for George R.R. Martin's A Feast for Crows all year long, even though he hasn't even finished writing it yet. So I wouldn't put much stock in their "release" date.
Who?
I'll see whether it arrives any sooner. The point is that Amazon's release dates aren't highly reliable so you shouldn't go planning your life around them. (I would say "get a life" if you are planning your life around Tiger, but then I realized I stood in a VERY long line to get Jaguar!)
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