Tachyon
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bobw
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September 10, 2003 - While Apple is still wrapping up development of Mac OS X 10.3, code-named Panther, the company is also preparing another build train of the OS upgrade.
Code-named Tachyon, the build train will provide a Panther installation tuned with special support for new hardware to be released after the upgrade hits the final "gold master" stage.
Code-named Tachyon, the build train will provide a Panther installation tuned with special support for new hardware to be released after the upgrade hits the final "gold master" stage.
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Tachyon
A hypothetical subatomic particle that always travels faster than the speed of light.
Tachyon
A hypothetical subatomic particle that always travels faster than the speed of light.
a-bort
pixel specialist
"As noted nothing with mass can travel faster than light, however the mass of tachyons is considered to be imaginary..."
Quote from:
http://www.cakes.mcmail.com/StarTrek/tachyon.htm
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Quote from:
http://www.cakes.mcmail.com/StarTrek/tachyon.htm
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don't tachyons cause temporal anomalies?
Just so that everbody knows what's in that macrumors.com update about Tachyon: It's the codename for the Panther Developer Tools, not Panther Client.
While Apple _does_ indeed build special builds for hardware that appears _after_ the release of an OS, Apple does _not_ start with those builds _before_ the release of an OS.
Adding newer hardware to the supported list for an OS release is a matter of small changes, usually. And small changes are _continually_ being made to the OS, with 10.x.x releases being milestones of those build tracks. Those milestones _do_ get codenames. But as mentioned at macrumors.com, Tachyon is not a codename for such a build.
Let's assume that Panther will hit Golden Master with a build numbered 7B80. If no major errors are found in this build (even after release), Apple will start with 7C1. And we'll someday see a 10.3.1 update. It'll be called 7Cxx. (Check build numbers of Jaguar, for example.) There are exceptions from this rule, but it's still a rule Apple usually follows.
(One BIG exception being 10.2.7 for the G5s being 6Sxx builds, while 10.2.8 currently bears 6Rxx numbers.)
While Apple _does_ indeed build special builds for hardware that appears _after_ the release of an OS, Apple does _not_ start with those builds _before_ the release of an OS.
Adding newer hardware to the supported list for an OS release is a matter of small changes, usually. And small changes are _continually_ being made to the OS, with 10.x.x releases being milestones of those build tracks. Those milestones _do_ get codenames. But as mentioned at macrumors.com, Tachyon is not a codename for such a build.
Let's assume that Panther will hit Golden Master with a build numbered 7B80. If no major errors are found in this build (even after release), Apple will start with 7C1. And we'll someday see a 10.3.1 update. It'll be called 7Cxx. (Check build numbers of Jaguar, for example.) There are exceptions from this rule, but it's still a rule Apple usually follows.
(One BIG exception being 10.2.7 for the G5s being 6Sxx builds, while 10.2.8 currently bears 6Rxx numbers.)
Tetryon and Tachyon are different things
