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I would like to know how many here are (or are not) going to upgrade to Tiger right away... and why.

When I was a PC user (a year ago), I would typically wait awhile so others could find the bugs.

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I'm going to wait to install it until at least 10.4.3.

Bought it now because rebates are on (in fact, via Amazon, you can get it for $101 delivered without rebates). Historically, I only remember rebates at release time and at the end of life (just before a new version comes out). So I'm betting that the current pricing is the best I'll see for a year or more. Makes sense to shell out the money; Tiger sounds better than Panther in a number of ways.

BUT history also warns against being an early adopter. So I'll keep my copy nicely wrapped up until several iterations have passed (example: 10.4.1 is apparently due soon). I've had very good luck waiting till the .3 or .4 release.

Abbott
 
It's not that I couldn't get a working Tiger, but I am staging a one man protest against Apple releasing software before it's ready. (aka betaware)

Actually I'm not alone but it is safer to say that "it's all my fault", so someone elses don't get all mad.

There are problems. Are you ready? Will they affect you?

Don't ask me to list em all, you go check the Apple boards, and MacFixIt, or your favorite help site.

This is a poll...
This is my vote.
 
I am going to wait for a while. As long as I can, that is. I just got my upgrade to PSCS2 this week and am working it out for now. I don't want to learn two new Aps at the same time especially when on affects the other. We still are not sure how CS2 will be affected by the Bengal Cat. I also want to get another hard drive and a UPS before I spend any more money.

I also am debating if I will need to get two copies of the big CAT to put on my two Macs at home or if I can put the same copy on both.

Then there is the issue of bug fixes, as SlideshowBob mentioned.

But to tell the truth, I am itchin at the bit to get the big striped cat.

dave
 
Received my copy this morning as promised
I preordered about 10 min after it was announced

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not like my current imac doesn't work just fine.

I'll read the reviews, see what it has to offer, and perhaps plink down the dough in a month or two. I'm in no rush.
 
Picking it up at 6:00 at local Apple reseller, going to "Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy", then doing a clean install on a 200 GB SATA drive that I installed a couple months ago just for this purpose.

tom
 
I'm pretty excited. Love the key new features of Spotlight, Automator, and Dashboard. Hope the GUI is still a little faster and more responsive. Hope nothing I currently do or use breaks. Hope that printing and filesharing becomes richer and more reliable.

I'll upgrade shortly regardless of my hopes and wants, but I'll wait until 10.4.1 that is supposedly due in May. Panther generally works fine and is stable...so no rush, unlike Jaguar to Panther.

I figure that 10.4.1 includes the key bug fixes that Apple knew about when they GM'd 10.4.0, and we probably won't see everything fully tweaked based on any initially critical new bug reports until 10.4.2 or .3, but I'm willing to take the plunge at .1

Jason
 
I ordered mine on the day it was announced and they waited till late thursday evening to ship it. I am not happy because I expected to be playing with it today, and I am not.
 
You can put it on two home computers. I normally put it on three (1 tower, 2 laptops), no Apple police have showed up tp punish me yet.
 
That series of events on a friday night should get you at least some sort of platinum level access pass to a higher level of geekdom!
Truly impressive.
 
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