Apple unveils 'Tiger'

Apple released Tiger - the latest and major release of its operating system

Mac OS X version 10.4. "Features like Spotlight and Dashboard will change

the way people use their computers," said Philip Schiller, Apple's Senior

VP of Worldwide Product Marketing.

Tiger delivers more than 200 new features and innovations including

Spotlight, a desktop search technology that lets users instantly find anything

stored on their Mac, including documents, emails, contacts and images. Dashboard

is a new way to instantly access important information like weather forecasts

and stock quotes, using a new class of applications called widgets.

Apple

will also release Mac OS X Server version 10.4 'Tiger' at the same time.

Based on the same core technology as the desktop operating system, Tiger Server

integrates over 100 leading open source projects and standards-based

applications with easy-to-use management tools that make it easy to deploy for

Mac, Windows and Linux clients. All 105 Apple retail stores will host 'Tiger

World Premiere' events, offering workshops and hands-on demonstrations of

Tiger's features, plus giveaways at every store including a chance to win a

PowerBook G4, iPod and more.

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