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Be aware of the 10.4 to 10.5 hardware cut date System
This isn't exactly a hint, but just a heads up. I'm buying some new MacBook Pros online, but I didn't want them to have Leopard installed. I called the Apple Sales line to find out what the situation was.

The Rep said that any machines that ship before November third will have Tiger installed on them (with Leopard in the box). After that, all machines will have 10.5 preinstalled. So if you want a new Mac with Tiger, order right now!
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Be aware of the 10.4 to 10.5 hardware cut date
Authored by: pkrug on Oct 26, '07 10:12:42AM

I hope you are right.

I ordered a MBP on wednesday because I wanted Tiger - the Apple Education rep told me that it was very likely going to have Leopard on it anyway and that Apple was holding all computer orders until friday or monday to ensure that they all have Leopard on them.

That said, the order shipped thursday. I hope it has Tiger on it and the rep was full of it. This may have been an EDU thing, too. But my university won't support Leopard until January at the earliest and I don't want to have 1 leopard in our sea of 30 Tigers. (It was a good excuse to order a Leopard license just in case)



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Be aware of the 10.4 to 10.5 hardware cut date
Authored by: Pieero on Oct 26, '07 06:16:26PM

I myself would never dare to do serious work on a machine for which I didn't have the OS on a DVD. If something bad happens it's quite difficult to get out of it without being able to for instance start up from this DVD.



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Be aware of the 10.4 to 10.5 hardware cut date
Authored by: asmeurer on Oct 28, '07 04:04:14PM

Assumedly it would be better to install 10.5 before running migration assistant, no?



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