Apple to update Mac OS X Tiger retail offerings

Apple Computer this week is rolling out a couple of changes to its Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger retail offerings, AppleInsider has learned.

Earlier in the week, the company officially discontinued all current variants of its Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger retail software, which included version 10.4.3 of the operating system.

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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26 Comments

sekio

said about 18 years ago

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!

mike eggleston

said about 18 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by Sekio
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.

jdbartlett

said about 18 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike Eggleston
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.

a_greer

said about 18 years ago

The Billion dollar question:

Will this one have an intel image????

jimdreamworx

said about 18 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by a_greer
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.