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June 03, 2005

The 100 Best Products of 2005

http://www.ceprix.net [CeprixConception] PC World has switched sides in the operating system debate, naming Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger the No. 1 operating system. Mac OS X Tiger ranks at No. 3 in the list of 100 Best Products of 2005 in this month’s issue. “Tiger’s big new addition, to what was already a well-engineered Mac operating system, is Spotlight, a speedy, well-integrated tool for searching your hard drive. And it’s the best-looking OS around. In other words, Mac fans are already enjoying the cool features that Windows won’t deliver until late 2006.”

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[chris . word] Laying low and putting Tiger to the test: about Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger. Features such as Spotlight, the new iChat AV, new Mail, improved speed... incompatibilities. And, there is, of course, the AppleTiger Discussion Forums. No matter what, always make... I have been busy for the last week or so. Thanks, in part, to the good folks at Apple Computer

[chris . word] Tiger arrives: Apple's latest OS, Mac OSX Tiger has arrived. We went down to the Pasadena Apple Store last night to get our copy. I installed it on my Powerbook and my G5 and all is well. So, go out and get yours right now and enjoy. I have provided a convenient link for you on the right. Isn't that nice of me

[Red & Yellow Make Green] What’s In Your Dashboard?: Address Book* Stickies* MiniPatience Google Search * Part of the default Tiger widgets Tags: dashboard, Tiger, Apple, OSX, Mac, iMac, G5, widgets, Flickr...s in yours? You don’t have to list the default Tiger widgets, but you can if you want. IMG My

[Most American Women Openly Prefer It] The Powerbook Ordeal, Part 1: I spent three hours at the apple store, calculating cost benefits of various potential purchases.. Do I buy the mac mini and forego firewire 800, audio inputs, RAM ceilings and small drives but all for a tiny sum? OR do I go for the G5 desktop, the beast of power, pop it next to my HP desktop and be king of my block? Or is it the imac I need?

Usability In The Newshttp://www.usernomics.com/news/user-interface-design-news.html [Usability In The News] Window Dress for Success: "Now that Mac OS X Tiger has given us yet another variation on window chrome ”” the user interface ”˜parts’ that frame windows in the operating system ”” I got to thinking about how they all work together. Well, to begin with, I’ve more or less given up on the idea that there truly is any kind of overarching strategy at work between the various styles of chrome offered by Apple. For instance, there’s no clear reason to me why the Finder is adorned with brushed metal or that Mail 2.0 looks completely foreign from its logical close cousin, the Address Book. Even saying there was, at one point, some kind of tidy logic governing chrome styles, that original concept has taken yet another debilitating body blow.

Apple.comhttp://www.apple.com [Apple.com] Apple Announces Mac OS X Server “Tiger”: CUPERTINO, California—April 12, 2005—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Server version 10.4 “Tiger” will be available on Friday, April 29, at the same time as the Mac OS X version 10.4 “Tiger” desktop version. The next major release of Apple’s award-winning, UNIX-based server operating system, Tiger Server integrates over 100 leading open source projects and standards-based software applications with easy-to-use management tools that make it easy to deploy for Mac®, Windows and Linux clients. Tiger Server has over 200 new features including native support for 64-bit applications, ideal for high performance computing; iChat Server to deploy secure instant messaging within an organization; Weblog Server that makes it simple to publish and share weblogs (blogs); and Xgrid™ to make it easy to turn a group of Macs into a virtual supercomputer. 

Apple.comhttp://www.apple.com [Apple.com] Apple Previews Mac OS X Server “Tiger”: WWDC 2004, SAN FRANCISCO—June 28, 2004—Apple® today previewed Mac OS® X Server version 10.4 “Tiger,” the next major release of Apple’s award-winning, UNIX-based server operating system that makes it easy to deploy popular open source solutions for Mac®, Windows and Linux clients. The fifth major release of Mac OS X Server, Tiger Server continues Apple’s blazing pace of innovation to deliver over 200 new features including native support for 64-bit applications, ideal for high performance computing; Weblog Server that makes hosting a weblog as simple as checking a box; iChat Server to deploy private, encrypted communications within an organization; and migration tools to make it easy to upgrade from legacy Windows servers to Mac OS X Server.

[Whiterabbits.com] Mac Net Journal: In the last year that I have been working for the City of Tacoma, one of the bigger changes has been that I no longer catch the latest wave of controversy or intrigue about Apple's twists and turns on the first moment they hit the Mac Web. Sometimes I miss out on something significant, but most of the time I simply find out about the latest silly tempest in a teapot after a few of the most ludicrous story lines have melted away. That's the case today with all of the "news" about Apple courting Intel.

Kottke.orghttp://www.kottke.org [Kottke.org] Extra! Extra! Tiger Headlines Roar! (kottke.org): I'm somewhat disappointed I couldn't find a headline that depicted a battle between Tiger and Microsoft's Longhorn, something like "Apple's Tiger Slays Microsoft's Grazing Longhorn, Leaving Bloody Entrails Strewn All Over OS Marketplace". I mean, why even bother if you're not going to go completely over the top? Amateurs.

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Posted at June 3, 2005 07:40 AM

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