You don’t live in a vacuum. Why should your computer? Experience the ease with which Mac OS X Tiger lets you work, share and connect with others. Open any standard file format. Join any network. Use any common hardware peripheral. Go on the road and connect effortlessly, every time. You’ll get along famously.

Join Any Network

Whether you’re exchanging files with Windows users or working in a Windows environment, Mac OS X Tiger keeps you in the fold. Sharing documents, pictures or music with your Windows friends is simple because Mac OS X is fully compatible with the standard formats these files come in. Connecting to a Windows networking environment or to network printers is equally problem-free. Mac OS X gives you everything you need to integrate your Mac into a Windows network right out of the box. Mac OS X users can even connect to the Microsoft Exchange server.

With Mac OS X Tiger, your Mac becomes the perfect network client in almost any environment, including open-platform businesses, universities and research labs. Your network compatibility even extends beyond Windows support. Because it’s based on open standards, Mac OS X works seamlessly with every major file server protocol, including AFP, SMB/CIFS, WebDAV and NFS file services running on Mac OS X Server, AppleShare, UNIX, Linux and Novell NetWare.

Say Bonjour

With Mac OS X Tiger, you can connect computers and other devices into a network with — quite literally — no effort at all. Thanks to its innovative, standards-based Bonjour technology, Mac OS X allows your Mac and other computers and networked devices like printers to instantly discover each other with no configuration on your part, whether you’re connected via Ethernet or AirPort (802.11).

Take Remote Control

When you’re on the road and need to connect to the Internet or to your office network, Mac OS X mobility makes it a snap. The default setup in Mac OS X automatically determines the proper network setting you need to get connected. If, for example, you’re in a wireless network with your AirPort-enabled PowerBook or iBook, Mac OS X automatically detects it and connects you. In addition, Mac OS X includes a built-in client for Windows-based VPN, so you can always work remotely, whether you’re at home or on the road.

Rest Assured

Wherever you’re connected, Mac OS X Tiger ensures you feel secure. Leveraging the power of UNIX, the Mac OS X Tiger security foundation rests on CDSA 2.1, an open, standards-based security architecture designed to protect your data and ensure user authentication.

Mac OS X Tiger also gives you greater protection than ever over your files with FileVault. Using the Advanced Encryption Standard with 128-bit keys, FileVault protects all the data in your home folder from unwanted prying. With Mac OS X, your precious files stay private.

Feel Empowered

No matter what language you speak, you’ll feel right at home with Mac OS X Tiger. That’s because with its support for Unicode 4.0, Mac OS X displays and prints non-Roman characters such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean, as well as Roman characters. It supports some 60 languages.

Mac OS X Tiger also includes features to assist those who have difficulty using a computer. The Universal Access capabilities of Mac OS X are now enhanced to include VoiceOver, a spoken interface for those with visual and learning disabilities.

If you’re a parent who’d like to exercise control over what your children are exposed to on the computer, Mac OS X Tiger gives you unmatched parental controls so you can truly turn your Mac into the family computer.