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In an article noting the release of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and the lagging Longhorn Windows update, Newsweek’s Steven Levy documents the back-and-forth between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s Jim Allchin. “Microsoft has followed our taillights for a long time,” Jobs said.

A handful of MacMinute readers report receiving shipping notices for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger from the online Apple Store and MacMall. Two readers even informed us that they’ve already received their ordered copy of Tiger, a week before the update will be rolled out officially. Those that have received shipment confirmation are reporting expected delivery dates of early next week. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger will go on sale at special events at Apple retail stores and Authorized Apple Resellers across the U.S. on Friday, April 29.

Shortly after announcing the release date for Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, Apple posted an informative page on its web site detailing the upgrade’s more than 200 new features. You’ll find a slew of summarized enhancements, many of which have never been documented before. Apple has the new features broken down by application/topic for easy reading.

Apple today announced that Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger will go on sale Friday, April 29, beginning at 6:00 p.m. during special events at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is “proceeding on schedule, as Apple has dropped the prerelease tag from the latest build of the operating system, indicating that it has moved to final candidate stage,” reports eWeek. “It is understood that Build 8A425 was distributed both internally and to selected key developers last Tuesday, and unless major new issues are discovered it will be the last significant milestone before the product goes gold master.

Amazon.com is offering a US$35 mail-in rebate on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, the next major version of Apple’s powerful operating system. Amazon is selling Tiger for $129.99, so the price will be $94.99 after rebate (including free shipping). The offer is valid until May 31, 2005. No release has been provided by Apple for Tiger, only saying it will be released in the first half of 2005. Update: The rebate has been pulled by Amazon. No reason was given. Read More

Apple is set to launch Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger by mid-April, according to eWeek. The next major version of Apple’s powerful operating system will introduce several innovative features. “Sources told eWeek that Apple plans to make copies of Tiger available in its own retail stores as well as through independent dealers by April 15, with the official announcement of the product coming earlier in the month.” Read More

by Larry Angell – During his keynote speech at Macworld Conference & Expo this morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs highlighted and demonstrated a handful of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger’s new features, including Spotlight, Mail, QuickTime 7, Dashboard, and iChat. Unfortunately, Jobs did not offer a specific release date, only reiterating that Tiger will ship in the first half of 2005, but “long before Longhorn.”

In its second lawsuit this month to thwart unannounced products, Apple is suing three men for illegally distributing beta versions of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) on a file-sharing Web site. Apple claims in its suit that the men released two different versions of Tiger in BitTorrent format on or about Oct. 30 and Dec. 8 of this year.

Amazon.com is now showing June 30, 2005 as the ship date for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). MacMinute reported last week that the online retailer was listing March 31, 2005 as the release date, but later removed the date.

Amazon.com appears to have let the cat out of the bag and is now listing March 31, 2005 as the ship date for Apple’s latest operating system release, Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger.” The price is listed as US$129.99 and no upgrade pricing was noted.

Apple today previewed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, the fifth major release of Mac OS X that will ship in the first half of 2005 for US$129.