aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Saturday, April 30, 2005

Drooling over Tiger

Not me. Not yet.

A friend IMed yesterday to note that people were lined up outside the SoHo Apple store waiting to buy Tiger. Joe Gandelman, in a roundup of stories from around the world, notes that Apple’s Core Supporters Roar Approval At Tiger:

Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system was a huge smash as it went onsale yesterday - and we’re not lion.

Bill Gates may have the numbers (and bankroll) but, as usual, Apple has the enthusiastic, almost cult-like devotees.

I’m platform agnostic, lucky to have both Macs and PCs, at home and work. I have been primarily a PC person, using the Macs for photos, music and mail (and the PC for graphics? How lame is that?)

Today I’m edging more towards Mac, sitting here with my new Panther iBook, updating and installing software, grousing because the Mac keyboard shortcut for switching betwen windows switches between programs not windows and, elegant as Shrook is, I can’t get it to display date and time.

I’ll get around to switching up to the 200+ new features in Tiger, but not yet.