Thanks, Shawn, but I couldn't wait. I have to have the PB by May 1st. Amazon, through Macintouch will ship April 21 so if I am lucky, Apple will announce real soon, like the 15th. If not, I'll just have to pay for Tiger which will not endear me to the decision-makers at Apple. But, amongst the injustices in this world, this does not rank very high... BTW, buying from Amazon before the 26th of this month gets me a rebate of $150. so... Murray On 11-Apr-05, at 2:40 PM, Shawn King wrote: > On 4/10/05 5:48 PM, "Murray Kastner" <murrayka at mac.com> wrote: > > >> I am about ready to buy a new PowerBook. I was considering the 12.1" >> but a techie who works on PBs a lot says they are much more difficult >> to repair than the 15.2. So I am going for the "standard". >> >> Now my question: Do I have to wait until Apple starts shipping with >> Tiger (or Wombat or what-have-you) to get it or will they >> retroactively offer to me? I hear it should out any time now. >> > > Apple will not give you Tiger unless you order a machine *after* > Tiger is > announced. Better to wait.