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| From: Apple Computer
Buy New: $299.99
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Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 679
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Macintosh
Media: DVD-ROM
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 5 x 3
MPN: 1052006
Model: M9639Z/A
UPC: 718908376928
EAN: 0718908376928
ASIN: B0002G71T0
Release Date: April 29, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Tiger Mac OS December 12, 2005
L. Dutremble
17 out of 59 found this review helpful
I had two new fully operational G5 computers with Panther operating system already factory installed. I was contacted by Apple that a new Operating system was available, faster, yada yada yada.
I took the two computers into the store and purchased the new operating system Tiger.
The software proceeded to completely destroy both hard drives on both computers.
I returned them and told them I wanted my mony back. They refused since the software was oipened but agreed to replace the corrupted software and install it for free.
The computers never worked right since.
We were forced to continue working with these crippled computers as we have deadlines to meet. It was a nightmare
as it took four times the normal time to do the work because of crashes etc. We were already out a week with down time due to their negligence.
When the smoke cleared we took them back in and asked them to take the operating system Tiger out and replace the computers with the original operating system. Another four hours standing in line.
We got them back to the office and low and behold they still did not work. We took them back again and were told by a snotty tech that we had dust in the computer as if that's what the cause has been all along. He told us never to come in with dust in the computer again even though the dust was in areas that we are not allowed into without breaking the warranty.
If this were the case why hasn't it been a problem for the past 12 years? and what am I supposed to do? only use the computer in an operating room? The dust he displayed was extremely minimal the computer was only six months old and if it were such a problem why didn't the other four techs working on the computers notice it and clean it the first four times they had it on their bench?
Bottom line.. I'm tired of buying new programs and computers that don't work. Tired of standing in line for hours. Tired of companies not having a complaint line. How handy is that? No wonder they keep saying your the first one that's had a problem with this. That's literally impossible since I work in the entertainment indusrty that deals with editing and service bureaus that operate 100s of computers. They all are avoiding Tiger because of known problems as well. Apple is not addressing this and hundreds if not thousands of businesses are losing valuble production time due to their negligence. Instead of trying to develope a way for my daughter to dock her I-pod to a bowling ball, they should concentrate on making operating systems work in their computers.
Total time lost in our company is at least a week which is in dollars around 20,000.00. I can't imagine how much is being lost nation wide. Something needs to be done about this. They need to be held accountable for the destruction they cause by distributing faulty product.To add salt to the wound they keep coming up with all these stupid ideas on why the computers are not running right after they destroyed them initially. There comes a time that if they can't fix them, they need to replace them and stop wasting the consumers time and costing them money. We need a lemon law that applies to computers. Then the manufacturers will make sure they function before they are sold. I know I can't get the money my business had lost back but I want them held accoutable for distribution of a faulty op and replace the computers they can't fix instead of sending me back to the office with inoperable computers.
This is a bargepole job May 2, 2005
Timbo (London, England)
14 out of 50 found this review helpful
Since installing (and I kinda know what I'm doing but am not about to spend all weekend 'cloning' my existing system etc) I have found myself staring mostly at the beachball of death, spinning happily while I spit nails. Oh, and did I mention the scary number of forced restarts? This makes Windows look like Limos!
Things that quite randomly quit (so far): Word V.x and Safari
Things that screw the system up if used as startup items: Virex (as supplied by .Mac) and Faxstf
Things that don't work at all: my printer over airport express, tho' works fine USB
Hours, literally, of wasted time for features that are more puff than stuff. I'm in the UK and the dashboard widgets are totally US-centric (fine, but we actually pay more over here...)
So, I feel like a beta-boy and that is not what I paid for. I'm running a 17" powerbook with more ram than a ram raider and no funny stuff installed: this should be standard, easy, functional. Pah!
 Ehh. June 11, 2005
S. Butler (Pittsburgh, PA)
14 out of 23 found this review helpful
It's a lot like Panther, only buggy. Certain things are faster but the system hangs at odd moments on odd tasks. Dashboard is cool but extremely slow most of the time, either to update or display at all. Spotlight is effective but too slow to search through its index. I don't use Automator. Mail is really ugly now. Tiger has horrible issues with Illustrator CS. If you use Illustrator CS be prepared to be infuriated every 5 to 10 seconds when trying to select or move objects. Just say no to Tiger if you rely on Illustrator CS, seriously, I cannot stress this enough. Overall I am more unhappy than happy. It took my Mac, which used to "just work" and now it just kinda works. I think Tiger is a waste of money at the moment. If you have Panther, you really don't need it. For the record I have a 1.33 Ghz 12" PowerBook G4 with an 80GB HD and 512MB RAM which should be more than enough Mac to run this thing. Supposedly if you wipe your system and do a clean install it runs much nicer, but I think that is unreasonable.
Mauled by Tiger October 1, 2005
Third Story
14 out of 22 found this review helpful
I upgraded from OS 10.2.8 and found the process miserable and extremely time-consuming. Due to some OS X10.4 Tiger incompatibility the new software could not be installed without doing an erase and install which is a a royal, data losing, full tilt reinstall of every application pain. Now with Tiger installed I can't use my SCSI port (which was installed by Apple when I bought my computer) without the system crashing (another incompatibility Apple hides from users). Even with hours of technical support I've found the upgrade installation to be a buggy, constantly crashing and uncertain process. Tiger seems particularly crash prone working in the Classic environment (9.2.2)
O.K.,so now there's on screen widgets which seem like a gimmick to me. And a fancy finder function called Spotlight. Big deal. A month ago my computer was working fine. Now I'm on eggshells wondering what will go wrong next regreting I made this software upgrade.
I really feel stung.
 Tiger: long before longhorn March 29, 2005
James van der Heide (Canada)
13 out of 32 found this review helpful
The newest release of OS X code named tiger, promises to be the most advanced operating system to date. The operating system exemplifies technologies that Microsoft brags about being able to do in several years. Some examples of this technology include the new video codec h.264 (the standard adopted for HDVD and blue-ray disks), Spotlight: the most advanced search engine in the world, and core video: a technology that will result in low latency high quality video performance. Way To Go Apple!!!
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