A copy of the leaked OS accidently fell on my desk. No worries, I am a paying customer- I just got it a little early. That said...
I really like 10.4. Spotlight is by far the thing I like best, but dashboard is pretty cool too. I did clean installs on a Dual 1.8 G5 and a 1 GHz iBook G4. No problems whatsoever.
Spotlight took a LONG time to index (hours), but then again I have a bajillion files on my storage hard drive.
I think the most likely theory is that Apple released it. For the scum of the earth who would download... they weren't going to pay for it in the first place. So rather then fraction up the OS X users.. they can push adoption by letting the 'bad guys' have it.
This demonization of software pirates is tiresome. Anyone who downloads the Tiger GM needs to pay Apple money to run the thing, since it only runs on Mac hardware. I would guess many of those who pirate the GM will buy it anyways for their Mac if they are going to use it for serious work, otherwise they will never really know whether their system contains malicious code. If they don't buy it, then chances are they never would have bought it anyways, and just downloaded it for kicks.
In every instance, Mac OS piracy boosts market penetration for Apple. From the guys who download it from pirate servers, to those who buy one copy of Tiger and install it on every computer in their household, Apple ultimately benefits from ever extra installation of OS X. I suspect this is why they don't implement some form of software activation key - because as long as Apple makes a decent number of sales, piracy is good for the platform.
If you're going to vilify a group of people, try finding a group that really is evil. Like maybe a group that exploits consumers or one that recklessly starts wars that kill hundreds of thousands of innocents. Murderers, rapists, gang-bangers, and corporate criminals are also worthy targets; at least according to the moral code of Junkyard Dawg!
This demonization of software pirates is tiresome. Anyone who downloads the Tiger GM needs to pay Apple money to run the thing, since it only runs on Mac hardware. I would guess many of those who pirate the GM will buy it anyways for their Mac if they are going to use it for serious work, otherwise they will never really know whether their system contains malicious code. If they don't buy it, then chances are they never would have bought it anyways, and just downloaded it for kicks.
Not to mention that many of the downloaders have tiger on order but are impatient, is over zealous anticipation of a new product a crime that apple should prosicute?
you i just realized how wrong we all are about this torrent file going around. it's not Tiger, it's the GM of longhorn that microsoft is delaying to appear less illegal.
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I really like 10.4. Spotlight is by far the thing I like best, but dashboard is pretty cool too. I did clean installs on a Dual 1.8 G5 and a 1 GHz iBook G4. No problems whatsoever.
Spotlight took a LONG time to index (hours), but then again I have a bajillion files on my storage hard drive.
Originally posted by Not Unlike Myself
I think the most likely theory is that Apple released it. For the scum of the earth who would download... they weren't going to pay for it in the first place. So rather then fraction up the OS X users.. they can push adoption by letting the 'bad guys' have it.
This demonization of software pirates is tiresome. Anyone who downloads the Tiger GM needs to pay Apple money to run the thing, since it only runs on Mac hardware. I would guess many of those who pirate the GM will buy it anyways for their Mac if they are going to use it for serious work, otherwise they will never really know whether their system contains malicious code. If they don't buy it, then chances are they never would have bought it anyways, and just downloaded it for kicks.
In every instance, Mac OS piracy boosts market penetration for Apple. From the guys who download it from pirate servers, to those who buy one copy of Tiger and install it on every computer in their household, Apple ultimately benefits from ever extra installation of OS X. I suspect this is why they don't implement some form of software activation key - because as long as Apple makes a decent number of sales, piracy is good for the platform.
If you're going to vilify a group of people, try finding a group that really is evil. Like maybe a group that exploits consumers or one that recklessly starts wars that kill hundreds of thousands of innocents. Murderers, rapists, gang-bangers, and corporate criminals are also worthy targets; at least according to the moral code of Junkyard Dawg!
Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg
This demonization of software pirates is tiresome. Anyone who downloads the Tiger GM needs to pay Apple money to run the thing, since it only runs on Mac hardware. I would guess many of those who pirate the GM will buy it anyways for their Mac if they are going to use it for serious work, otherwise they will never really know whether their system contains malicious code. If they don't buy it, then chances are they never would have bought it anyways, and just downloaded it for kicks.
Not to mention that many of the downloaders have tiger on order but are impatient, is over zealous anticipation of a new product a crime that apple should prosicute?