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corApple Ships Mac OS X Tiger Software on April 29

NEW YORK (April 12) - Apple Computer Inc. said Tuesday that the latest major update of its Mac OS X operating system, code-named Tiger, will be available on April 29.

The Cupertino, California-based maker of Macintosh computers and iPod digital music players has long said that Tiger would be shipped by the first half of the year.

The updated operating system -- which serves as the nerve center controlling the functions of all the features of the computer -- is expected to fuel interest in Apple's computers, already energized by products including the Mac Mini and the iPod digital music player. However, some consumers may delay a decision to buy until the new software is released.

Tiger,includes new features such as Spotlight, Apple's advanced desktop search function that scours the computer's hard disk drive to find documents, e-mail, pictures and music,