The , or '''ADC''', is Apple Computer 's developer network. It is designed to make available resources to help Software Developer s write Software for the Apple Mac OS X platform.
- - ADC members are eligible to receive help such as Technical Support and code support, directly from Apple engineers in their products.
- - The ADC reference library provides developer news, technology releases, and technical information. As well, it provides Apple-authored technical documentation, a wide range of SDK s and tools, and sample code.
- - The most notable feature of ADC is the abillity to receive prerelease software, most importantly prerelease versions of Apple's own operating system, as well as other Apple software. Apple products are regularly seeded whenever a build occurs.
- - With an ADC membership comes the eligbility to attend the WWDC, one of the premier Mac conferences held throughout the year. In the past, the WWDC has been the venue for the introduction of Mac OS X V10.3 , Mac OS X V10.4 , and Mac OS X V10.5 , as well as the introduction for the PowerMac G5 .
- - ADC members receive invitations to exclusive workshops, and conferences about the latest technologies. Generally, the workshop is a demonstration of the latest Apple technology done by an Apple engineer.
- - ADC provides compatibility testing for new Applications. The compatibility testing, located in Cupertino , California , Tokyo , Japan , and Beijing , China . At the Cupertino campus alone, there are three separate labs which collectively have hundreds of Mac configurations, with several different third party perhiperals.
- - ADC members receive hardware discounts on computers offered by Apple.
- - ADC members receive free listing on the Macintosh Product Guide, a listing of Apple products on Apple's website.
- - Online memberships are free memberships which include the most basic features of all four types of memberships. Online memberships only allow access to the information resources available on ADC.
- - Select memberships have access to all the aforementioned features above, besides the ability to attend the WWDC. They are also limited to two incidents per year for support from Apple engineers, and one discount per year through the Developer Hardware Discount.
- - Premier memberships have access to all features.
- - Student Memberships are similar to Online Memberships, although they have the chance for a Scholarship to the WWDC.
Premier, Select, Student and online memberships are available, with online membership being free of charge.
There have been several leaks of secret Apple software through the prerelease program, most notably the recent Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger leaks, in which Apple sued three men who allegedly leaked Mac OS X 10.4 prerelease builds to BitTorrent .
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