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August 7th, 2003, 10:26 PM
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 New words for new users I am a MAC newbie and just want to know what the term "beta" means. I am reading the newest issue of Macworld and the term comes up fairly often.  |
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August 7th, 2003, 10:34 PM
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| beta refers to the stage of development of a piece of software. It is usually almost finished and being tested either privately or openly. Such as iChat A/V is a download open to the public but still beta, Safari was also a beta software but went gold or was finished. Alpha is another term you may come across which is a not quite as far along as beta would be. http://www.aspyr.com/popup.php?p_que...=1060309756853 this page on Aspyr's site show the different levels in respect to games 
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August 7th, 2003, 10:52 PM
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| Programs in the beta stage usually have bugs that the developer has not worked out yet, but it is still usable. It's like if you had a car that was in the beta stage, you could still drive it, but the wipers might not work, or the blinkers might spontaneously change, or the airbags might go off at random. These are issues you'd want worked out before the car was considered a finished product; same with beta software. Any other questions?
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August 7th, 2003, 11:15 PM
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| Yeah, and actually, the term "beta" is not just for Macs... it refers to software development on any operating system.
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August 9th, 2003, 08:19 PM
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| So, cack, are you a Mac newbie as in a switcher, or a Mac newbie who's new to computers in general?
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August 15th, 2003, 02:10 PM
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| Maybe he's vaporware. he was just a figment of our collective imagination.
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