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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Available April 29th

According to the new layout at Apple.com, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Tiger Server will be officially unleashed on April 29 beginning at 6:00 p.m. during special events at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

Preordering is available, with the price set at $129. Preorders will ship to arrive April 29.

Additionally, a press release has been made available giving the details of the release.
Pricing & Availability
Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" will be available on April 29 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Apple's retail stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $129 (US) for a single user license. Visitors to the Apple Store (www.apple.com) can pre-order copies of Tiger beginning today. The Mac OS X Tiger Family Pack is a single-residence, five-user license that will be available for a suggested retail price of $199 (US). Volume and maintenance pricing is available from Apple. The standard Mac OS Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all customers who purchase a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after April 12 for a shipping and handling fee of $9.95 (US). Tiger requires a minimum of 256MB of memory and is designed to run on any Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G5, G4, or G3 processor and built-in FireWire.

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