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Apple Computer this week is rolling out a couple of changes to its Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger retail offerings, AppleInsider has learned.
Apple is expected to replace Tiger and Tiger Family Pack retail boxes with a smaller box format, which the company pioneered alongside updates to its iLife and .Mac software packages in January.
The Mac maker is also expected to use change to update the retail version the Mac OS X operating system to Mac OS X 10.4.6 from Mac OS X 10.4.3.
Apple last updated Tiger retail packaging in November of 2005, when it began shipping the operating system in new boxes with a green sticker that read "10.4.3 Now Inside."
(Old and new Tiger retail packaging, from left to right)
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I've never understood why software makers need such huge boxes anyway. So wasteful.
Remember the boxes software used to come in in the mid '90's? Those things were huge!
I've never understood why software makers need such huge boxes anyway. So wasteful.
Remember the boxes software used to come in in the mid '90's? Those things were huge!
Well, that is partly because they had this very odd notion to include a manual with the box. Not anymore now-a-days, but then it made sense.
Well, that is partly because they had this very odd notion to include a manual with the box. Not anymore now-a-days, but then it made sense.
Even with manuals there's usually quite a bit of rattling space. I haven't bought a piece of software since Lotus 1-2-3 that didn't have a more air than manual in its box.
Still, exciting stuff. Smaller boxes.
The Billion dollar question:
Will this one have an intel image????
Will this one have an intel image????
Only if someone makes a mistake the way they did with the OS X 10.1 update that had the full version on it, and changing a few bytes let you install it.