roxtaz Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Apple Developer Connection members have received the first pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.4.4, the next in a series of maintenance updates to Apple Computer's Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" operating system, according to sources and several reports already present on the Internet. To date, developers have reported receiving two builds of the 26 megabyte update, the first of which arrived on Monday -- about a week earlier than originally anticipated. In that build, labeled Mac OS X 10.4.4 build 8G7, tipsters say Apple listed over two-dozen fixes and enhancements that had been added to the OS since the release of Mac OS X 10.4.3. Developers were asked to focus their testing efforts on those areas, which included: Bezel Services, CoreAudio, DVD Player, Quartz, Software Update, and Video Conferencing. Sources said changes to Quartz Composer, a development tool provided with Mac OS X v10.4 for processing and rendering graphical data, accounted for nearly half of the bug fixes and enhancements listed in build 8G7. Meanwhile, other improvements targeted iMovie, Sync Services, GarageBand, and CoreImage, they said. In a followup seed, released on Wednesday evening, Apple reportedly asked developers to shift their testing focus to I/O-related solutions such as USB, FireWire, Bluetooth and Firewall. Developers were also diagnose problems with Safari and .Mac iDisk RSS Synching. The second build was labeled OS X 10.4.4 build 8G9, and included just one known issue. In a set of notes accompanying the build, Apple reportedly told developers that Mac OS X 10.4.4 so far included over 40 areas of change since the release of Mac OS X 10.4.3. It's believed that Mac OS X 10.4.4 is on a development scheduled similar to those that have had their seeding process begin in mid November and end around the second week of December. Source: AppleInsider Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiebeest Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 In that build, labeled Mac OS X 10.4.4 build 8G7, tipsters say Apple listed over two-dozen fixes and enhancements that had been added to the OS since the release of Mac OS X 10.4.3. Sources said changes to Quartz Composer, a development tool provided with Mac OS X v10.4 for processing and rendering graphical data, accounted for nearly half of the bug fixes and enhancements listed in build 8G7. Meanwhile, other improvements targeted iMovie, Sync Services, GarageBand, and CoreImage, they said. I can but only hope there'll be working Nvidia kexts this time. I feel a bit left out, now the current built x86 Tiger has Ati support, but lacks Nvidia (could this be the speculated 3dfx curse, maybe? ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-32146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixding Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 so the 1st version for sale should be 10.4.5? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-32186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Is there any indication whatsoever that this isn't just the same release that has previously been reported? i.e. the ppc one, not x86? Such things make me grumpy... (could this be the speculated 3dfx curse, maybe? ) This sounds like a nice conspiracy theory... what is the history of this "curse"? got a link? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-32189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikko Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 is it gonna work on nforce4 and sata ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-32753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 (edited) is it gonna work on nforce4 and sata ? I sort of doubt Apple spends anything on getting nf4+sata working. I mean, they only use Intel platform, right? Also, the ATi driver updates perhaps imply possibilities in the new notebooks, aside from the obvious possibility of 945GM (a given I bet). Edited November 30, 2005 by cyrana Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-32775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Well nForce4 works with Intel Procs, but I think they don't do anything for nForce since the MoBos they are using are Intel too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-32804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiebeest Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 This sounds like a nice conspiracy theory... what is the history of this "curse"? got a link? Lol. Google it. In short: When the old GPU king 3dfx went down under and was bought by Nvidia, alot of satisfied voodoo users were instantly f***ed without updated driver support and such. Alot of the 3dfx engeneers swapped to Nvidia and went working on their forthcoming GeforceFX. It was speculated that this new chipset contained secret 3dfx technology from their never released Mojo, Rampage and fear stuff. When the GeforceFX proved to be not quite living up to it's promise, it was speculated on quite some forums that the former 3dfx-engeneers deliberately sabotaged the new Geforce chipset... Pure speculated gissip off course...but then again so was x86 os X for several years untill...on WWDC 2005 Steve Jobs confirmed a long-held belief that Apple was working on an Intel-compatible version of Mac OS X that some have termed “Marklar.” Mac OS X has been “leading a secret double life” for the past five years, said Jobs. “So today for the first time, I can confirm the rumors that every release of Mac OS X has been compiled for PowerPC and Intel. This has been going on for the last five years.” Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-32989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 The things I never knew!.. I remember 3dfx going down, but somehow this story escaped me... The fact that ati is supported and nvidia isn't (for now) seems to back up the "truism" that has existed in pc-building for some time, namely intel+ati=stability for business use, and amd+nvidia=performance for gaming... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-32993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unixguru Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Lol. Google it. In short: When the old GPU king 3dfx went down under and was bought by Nvidia, alot of satisfied voodoo users were instantly f***ed without updated driver support and such. Alot of the 3dfx engeneers swapped to Nvidia and 3dfx went to Australia? Well, it seemed like they just sort of disappeared. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-33434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiebeest Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 3dfx went to Australia? Well, it seemed like they just sort of disappeared. Ha, right you are...English is not my native tongue,off course what I meant to say is '3dfx went belly up'...unfortunately I must say, for I once was one of those proud VooDoo users. Loved my Voodoo3 in my former k6-2 rig. Hated Nvidia for delivering 3dfx a coup de grâce , would've loved to see Nvidia VooDoo's (Nvoodoos?). My treachery was complete by including a Geforce 6600 pciE in my new rig last year... It seems that old voodoo mojo ricocheted back on me now that the latest built contains working Ati kexts, but no Nvidia. Ehhm...some 3dfx engeneers went to Apple? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-33685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflatline Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Is there any indication whatsoever that this isn't just the same release that has previously been reported? i.e. the ppc one, not x86? Such things make me grumpy... This sounds like a nice conspiracy theory... what is the history of this "curse"? got a link? Late one night shortly after the aquisition,an former Voodoo engineer who was working on the GeForce board was caught ,huddled in a corner of the fab secretly working on an updated Voodoo driver. The Nvidia project manager was furious of course and picked up the engineers laptop and tried to toss it against the linac. A struggle ensued,the manager trying to destroy the engineers hard work,and the engineer desperatly trying to save it. Suddenly, accounts of this differ mind you, they tripped and fell into the high voltage wiring of linac and the ion implanter. Some accounts say that some solvent leaked onto the floor,some say he tripped over a power cord,or sliped on a box of pencils that were knocked on the floor. Whats is know for certain however is that they both were instantly electrocuted. Its said that they now inhabit the fab and that every chip nividia makes is implanted,along with a little boron and phosphorus,with a tiny piece of their souls. They still fight over the legacy of voodoo chip to this day,a little bit of the engineer making them a little bit faster,and a little bit of the project manager ,causing random crashes. That my freind,is the curse of 3dfx. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-35507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 That's great, pflatline. Welcome to the forums. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-35535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdsony Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 The reason for ATI drivers is probably to due with them now being the biggest video card manufacturer in the world. Intel stepped down recently and is stopping production of video solutions partly due to the requirements Windows Vista has imposed on them. Ati struck a deal with Intel and will take over their contracts. There is news about it somewhere from a few months ago. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-36360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 The 10.4.4 builds are nearing a final release, at least on PPC: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1418 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5054-developers-receive-two-mac-os-x-1044-pre-releases/#findComment-36990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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