The cat’s sneaking up
Tiger will be launched/loosened/set free/unleashed on the 29th. For the poor souls out there who have to deal with Windoze, Tiger’s the latest incarnation of Apple’s operating system X which has been running smoothly on my PowerBook G4 (15“ Titanium through 2003, when I passed it on to my wife when her Windoze machine bit the dust, from then on a 17” Aluminum) ever since it came out years ago. (The last drastic upgrade was Panther, which reached stores on 24 October 2003, our first wedding anniversary. We spent it queuing outside the Prince Street Apple Store, to celebrate. Dude passes by and asks, “what are you guys waiting for?” Teekay replies, voice trembling in excitement, “the new Mac operating system!” I had to admit that sounded, uh, really bad.)
In any case, I pre-ordered my copy (or rather, my wife pre-ordered hers, to take advantage of the educational discount — boy, my wife is doing *homework* right now!!!) couple days ago and can’t wait for the thing to arrive. I’m especially thrilled about Spotlight, which should make the file jungle on my hard drive slightly less impenetrable than it sometimes appears to me now.
Stay tuned for ongoing coverage. (Unfortunately, I have a lunch appointment in Zurich with a federal MP and the ex-boss of a big Swiss bank. Being busy with selling out I won’t be able to do what really counts and upgrade my little PowerBook.)
