First builds of Mac OS X 10.4.8 released to developers

Apple Computer on Monday released to developers the first pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.4.8, a maintenance and bug fix update for its Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system that is currently under development.

In addition to improving the stability and performance of Tiger, sources say Apple will target specific enhancements towards AFP, DVD Player, iCal, iPhoto, Mail and Safari.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based company also appears to be working on improvements to the operating system's underlying components, including fonts, graphics, modem usage, networking, the Rosetta emulation environment and printing.

Builds of Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update were released for Macs with both Intel (build 8L2108) and PowerPC (build 8L108) processors, sources said.

Mac OS X 10.4.8 is expected to be amongst the final batch of updates to Tiger, as Apple has stated that it will release Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to consumers during the first half of 2007.

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68 Comments

crees!

said about 17 years ago

Leopard.. drool

t'hain esh kelch

said about 17 years ago

I would love to know how OpenGL performs in the update!

kenaustus

said about 17 years ago

Nice to see - it gives us something "new" before Leopard. I would bet that we'll also see 10.4.9 if Leopard isn't ready for MWSF, or if Apple wants a final clean up for TIger.

icibaqu

said about 17 years ago

Apple may well have been ready (or may well be ready) to ship 10.5 in January, but with Microsoft's possible hic-up in timing, they could be pushing their date to buy extra time so that Leopard just destroy's Vista in the head to head reviews. This way, what they release as 10.5 will, in effect, be 10.5.1. If Leopard isn't just smooth sailing and fantastic when it ships (around Vista date), then people are going to jump all over how "it's buggy too!", etc. etc. But if it rocks, many people are going to take a "why the f$*k should I bother approach when approaching the idea of buying a new PC versus Apple.

My guess is that many people are waiting on buying a new computer for Vista to be released. Any of those who are near the switching "fence" will be made to leap over based on a head to head comparison.

The thought has also crossed my mind that Microsoft verbally delayed the ship date, but really it will ship before that date so that headlines can read "Vista ships early!" Maybe not though.

chris v

said about 17 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by icibaqu

The thought has also crossed my mind that Microsoft verbally delayed the ship date, but really it will ship before that date so that headlines can read "Vista ships early!" Maybe not though.

It would have had to ship in 2003 in order to be "early." I don't think they'd risk the pummeling they'd get for trying to claim that.