Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Family Pack

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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Family Pack - 5 Client [DVD]
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Product Description:
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger will change the way you think about your Mac. It offers more than 200 new features to make controlling your personal information, applications and usage more easily than ever. Find, manage and enjoy the things you care about more effectively -- with the most advanced operating system yet released. Accelerate your research with the powerful new development tools. Work with integrated support for critical audio functions for better music at home. While you're doing both ofthese, you can also do just about everything else, from checking the weather to managing e-mail. Prepare to be amazed at how far operating systems have come. This special Family Pack allows users to install Tiger on up to 5 Macintosh computers. VoiceOver gives users with disabilities equal access to the power and simplicity of the Mac 64-bit UNIX based operating system with advanced distributed computing facilities and collaborative tools Also includes broader parental controls for children, better Mail organizing and archiving options, iChat AV and other tools for research, audio/video, design, photography and small business management

From Amazon.com Product Description:
Apple's long awaited new operating system brings more than 200 new features to Mac users. Technically speaking, Tiger boasts an open source core, 64-bit system, and support for the High Definition H.264 video codec. But, every user will enjoy the highlights of this new release: a new search tool, cool new mini applications, real-time RSS feeds in the browser, improved email, amped up audio and visual conferencing, parental controls, automation of tedious, repetitive tasks, and the list goes on.

OS-Level Search: Spotlight
Handled by Tiger's search technology, Spotlight, users may search across documents, images, movies, music, PDFs, email, calendar events, and system preferences with one keyword. Spotlight reviews text content, filenames, and keywords (metadata) applied by users and automatically stored by files to return search results. Results are fast and smart, providing previews of returned files and the ability to filter them by kind, date, people, and location.

Spotlight Search Return

More Robust Conferencing: iChat AV
iChat AV updates the Panther version with various new features. Enjoy three-dimensional, multi-participant video meetings with better resolution and compression. Conduct audio conferences with up to 10 members utilizing a graphical panel with sound meters for each speaker that indicate who is speaking. Purchase and run your own Tiger server and conduct instant messaging behind your firewall.

iChat Audio Conferencing

iChat Video Conferencing

Parental Controls

Set computer profiles for children using the aptly named Parental Controls and limit their access to system controls, documents, printers, burners, applications, email, chat, and the Web. With multiple profiles, parents can set varying levels of access for each child. Even downloaded or emailed applications are subject to parental approval first.

Drop and Drag Tool Panels: Dashboard Pull in mini applications from a menu, named the Dashboard, to complete frequent tasks, like tracking flights and stocks or looking up words in the dictionary. Add and rearrange these panels, called "widgets," on your desktop as you choose, and hide or show them with the click of a button. Some other widgets include a calendar, calculator, weather report, yellow pages, language translator and unit converter.	Desktop with Dashboard Widgets	Language Translator Widget
		Stock Tracking Widget

Automated Repetitive Tasks: Automator
Choose pre-programmed "actions" from a library and automate tedious tasks when they have to be done in bulk, like editing images for slideshows and creating birthdays in the address book. There are hundreds in the can and sure to be more as third-party vendors create and make them available.

Automation of Image Editing Task with Automator

Real-time Browser: Safari

Quickly view news headlines and article summaries from around the world with Tiger's browser, Safari . Take advantage of RSS protocols to get the latest news updates automatically.

Improved Mail

Tiger's email program, Mail, uses Spotlight to manage your mail. Find messages easily and let Mail automatically organize your messages as they come into the box. New photo resizing, archiving, and slideshow options enhance your ability to share and enjoy pictures via email.

Centralized Computer Sync: .Mac Sync
Use .Mac to sync all your Mac computers, wherever they are. .Mac Sync allows you to conveniently sync your Safari bookmarks, iCal appointments, Address Book contacts, passwords, and Mail settings for multiple Mac computers over the Internet.

Automation of Image Editing Task with Automator

VoiceOver

Apple's spoken interface technology, VoiceOver, gives people with visual and learning disabilities equal access to Mac.

Enhanced QuickTime 7

Featuring the new standards-based H.264 video codec, QuickTime 7 brings you incredible video quality with lower data rates and smoother playback.

Customer Reviews

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4.5 Customer Rating

Say goodbye to computer headaches, January 26, 2006
By FahtMeister (Berkeley, ca United States)
I've never lost any files on my computer. I can't remember the last time Tiger crashed on any of my 4 computers. I've never had a virus or spyware. I've never had to reformat my hard drive. No one has ever hacked any of my networked pooters.

A lot of this is because of my computer background. But I rarely need to call on that background. Tiger is fast and I don't have to fuss with it unless I'm bored.

5.0 Customer Rating

The Best, August 2, 2005
By M. Fix (Colorado)
What can you say about the best operating system in the world!!! It Rocks....everything about is great! Get it. Use it. You will not be sorry!

5.0 Customer Rating

The Best OS yet!!!!, June 14, 2005
By R. Anderson (Petoskey, MI USA)
I decided to write a review after I noticed two reviewers (DOPES!) chose to give the OS one star, not because there's a problem with the OS, but because they didn't get theirs yet (WAAA).
I bought the family pack because I have four computers to update. The upgrade was a snap on all four machines. And this is a great operating system. I especially like spot light, it makes finding anything on your computer a piece of cake. They have also enhanced the creation of pdf files which I use a lot to store email and web pages. I think that at least in my case I'm noticing a speed increase.
And now we know that this OS has been designed to run on an Intel chip as well as the IBM chip. So don't worry, be happy and get this upgrade.

5.0 Customer Rating

Well done Apple!, May 26, 2005
By Daniel Skorik (Anytown, CT, USA)
Although the installation was a tad shaky, Tiger runs beautifully on my Mac Mini 1.42 GHz 512 meg. I am completely in love with Dashboard- new widgets come out every day, and although they aren't all useful, they are all a lot of fun to use. I have yet to use every feature, but I do recommend Tiger. It is a wonderful upgrade from Panther, and has a lot of room to grow. Apple, I salute you.

5.0 Customer Rating

multi camera ichat not avalible for powerbooks, May 17, 2005
By kurt nelson (tn)
With the new version of tiger, unless you have a dual driver, multi camera isight is not possible at all. WHAT A DOWNER. just to let you know if thats a big reason you are buying it.