Tiger Talk: Views On Mac OS X

Apple continues to get great press ... this time regarding the newly updated Mac operating system nicknamed "Tiger". I wonder if it has crossed Steve Jobs mind that Tiger Woods would make a great spokesperson for the Mac OS X. Well back to the great press... Here are some excerpts of the great writeups that Tiger is receiving ... Wired News Tiger is drawing rave reviews for an innovative set of more than 200 new features, including Spotlight, a desktop search application; Dashboard, a set of pop-up reference tools; and new RSS support in the OS X browser, Safari. "Usually, as soon as something comes out, I want to get it, to try it out and to talk about it at work with my friends," said Mario Ortiz, a San Francisco graphic designer who was first in line for the San Francisco Boston.com Flush with the success of its iPod music players and iTunes music store, Apple Computer today will roll out an operating system upgrade for its Macintosh personal computers. Industry experts say the new software, nicknamed Tiger, offers Apple its best opportunity in years to become a major force in desktop computing and win over people who now use computers powered by Windows software from archrival Microsoft Corp. ''Apple clearly has the type of buzz that can get the attention of PC users, and more importantly, at least get them to think about a switch," said Tim Bajarin, principal analyst at Creative Strategies Inc. in Campbell, Calif. BusinessWeek Apple Computer CEO Steven P. Jobs is not known for modesty, so few people will be surprised to hear him calling the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system the "biggest leap forward" since the Mac arrived two decades ago. Actually, the new version, called Tiger, is an incremental improvement, but it does make a very good piece of software even better. murdok | Breaking eBusiness News Your source for investigative ebusiness reporting and breaking news.