There I am, sitting in front of someone’s Mac, tuning it up a little, and they ask me if they should go buy “Tiger”. I can already tell by the abomination of folder bezels and other UI shortcomings, the user is in fact already running Tiger.

This is about the fifth time this has happened to me. It’s also about the fifth time I have had to explain Tiger == 10.4, aka: you already have it. However, that God Damn Steve Jobs has people convinced, you NEED Tiger. Tiger is special, it’s extra, and not everyone gets to just hump around with a computer running Tiger. Apparently you have to join a special club.

With that, I ask, am I the only one this happens to? Do I just happen to hang around a group of people that are that easily marketed to?