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After OS X?
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Yes, before Mac OS X there was OS 9, OS 8, etc.I feel like OS X has been around since the revolution of Apple products. Or am I wrong? Has there been an OS IX if you got my drift? Will there be an OS XI? What comes after 10.9? 11.0?
This should answer most of your questions: History of Mac OS
There was a Mac OS System 7...8...9.... Then "Mac OS X" (now "OS X"). Although we can't really predict if/when OS XI will come.
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OS X will be around until there's a need to replace it. I don't see anything on the horizon just yet that will demand that change.
OS 9 got retired because it was ancient in terms of architecture - not multi user, which made security it for internet use pretty hard. No memory protection, co-operative multi-tasking, etc.
All valid trade-offs back in 1984 when memory was limited and CPU power was minimal, but a huge liability when trying to secure a machine in a hostile networked environment.
OS X was massively ahead of its time when released, and is still at the forefront today. It has proven portable to multiple CPU types, is endian independent, supports fat binaries, etc.
Unless there is some revolutionary new UI paradigm invented, I do not expect OS X to be retired.
OS 9 got retired because it was ancient in terms of architecture - not multi user, which made security it for internet use pretty hard. No memory protection, co-operative multi-tasking, etc.
All valid trade-offs back in 1984 when memory was limited and CPU power was minimal, but a huge liability when trying to secure a machine in a hostile networked environment.
OS X was massively ahead of its time when released, and is still at the forefront today. It has proven portable to multiple CPU types, is endian independent, supports fat binaries, etc.
Unless there is some revolutionary new UI paradigm invented, I do not expect OS X to be retired.
I know it's been 15 years and that's a completely legitimate name, but that just looks so weird.
System 7. In my heart, it will always be System 7.
I'm sorry. I was not around (well, at least not in the Mac community... I was one) then, I only know from Internet articles, and wrote that post off the top of my head.