Point 2: Tiger is a bit faster overall than Panther. Point 1: Tiger is as stable as Panther, running 24/7 since I installed it over a week ago on my iBook G3 800 MHz 640 MB RAM. MacDailyNews Dashboard Widget for Mac OS X Tiger released – May 07, 2005 Widget Manager for Mac OS X allows you to inspect, remove, and disable Dashboard Widgets – May 10, 2005ĭeveloper demos ‘exploit’ in Mac OS X Tiger’s Dashboard – May 09, 2005 More information in the full article here. Currently, Tiger possess a vulnerability where potentially dangerous or annoying widgets can be downloaded onto a hard drive and installed without the user’s knowledge or consent.” “After installing the update, sources say users of the Tiger operating system will be prompted before a widget is downloaded to their hard drive. According to rumors, the update, code-named ‘Atlanta,’ could see a release as early as the end of the week,” Kasper Jade and Prince McLean report for AppleInsider. The fix is believed to be one of over three dozen expected in Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4.1 Update. “A forthcoming update to Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ operating system will reportedly plug a hole in the company’s new Dashboard application that allows potentially malicious widgets to auto-install on a user’s system.