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Apple Considering Rebranding Mac OS X Under New 'iOS' Umbrella?
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Paranoid much?
There is a rumor about Apple possibly changing the name of OS X to iOS and all of a sudden the mac is dead? No more Mac Pro etc. etc. Why would Apple do that? Not a smart business move. If this is true, I believe they just want to unify the brand. Maybe something like iOS for mobile and iOS Pro for desktop and laptop? That would make more sense to me.
There is a rumor about Apple possibly changing the name of OS X to iOS and all of a sudden the mac is dead? No more Mac Pro etc. etc. Why would Apple do that? Not a smart business move. If this is true, I believe they just want to unify the brand. Maybe something like iOS for mobile and iOS Pro for desktop and laptop? That would make more sense to me.
i like this.
MacOS for real computers.
iOS for things like iphone, ipad, ipod and apple tv.
Apple ought not get rid of the Mac OS.
The problem with an App Store for OS X is that it's a little late for it. The 'cat is out of the bag', so to speak. Apple opened up OS X for developers years ago and it has had a very robust amount of support from the developer community since it came out on its wobbly legs... More and more applications are being introduced for the OS X platform every month and the trend seems (to me) to be increasing.
The time for an 'OS X App Store' was a long time ago. perhaps there could be an 'App Store' for Dashboard apps, although I can say that I never use Dashboard anymore. (If they wanted to kill something in OS X, they could kill that.) Does anyone use Dashboard anymore? What do you use it for if you still do?
I'm with this guy. Like the article says we already have iMacs that use the "i" naming scheme so unifying all Apple operating systems under one umbrella make since from a branding perspective. I highly doubt that means they are going to try to make one unified operating system that works for all platforms.
Not as simple as that.
iOS 4.0 uses the Darwin kernel 10.3
Mac OS uses the Darwin kernel 10.4
HUGE difference
Why does everybody think MacOS X is going away and being replaced with iOS?
Does NOBODY here understand iOS is nearly the same thing as MacOS with the interface tuned for iOS devices and the kernel optimized for the device?
Let me make it simple,
killing MacOS X= killing iOS. You can't have one without the other.
Replacing OS X with iOS is not going to happen, renaming might happen, but the actual OS is never going to go away.
Let me put it another way. Mac OS is already iOS but for the desktops/laptops.
The only rebranding that is likely to happen is Apple is likely changing the type of version for Mac OS. There's likely not going to be Mac OS XI, it'll either go Mac OS 11 or something else.
Does NOBODY here understand iOS is nearly the same thing as MacOS with the interface tuned for iOS devices and the kernel optimized for the device?
Let me make it simple,
killing MacOS X= killing iOS. You can't have one without the other.
Replacing OS X with iOS is not going to happen, renaming might happen, but the actual OS is never going to go away.
Let me put it another way. Mac OS is already iOS but for the desktops/laptops.
The only rebranding that is likely to happen is Apple is likely changing the type of version for Mac OS. There's likely not going to be Mac OS XI, it'll either go Mac OS 11 or something else.
How about 'MacOS' for the macs (computers), 'MobOS' for the phones (or FoneOS?), 'PadOS' for the iPads? TubeOS for the AppleTV?
MOS for the macs? FOS for the Phones? POS for the iPads?
I personally liked the name 'Mach' for an operating system. It means fast... And it's already taken too, but do they still use it?
MOS for the macs? FOS for the Phones? POS for the iPads?
I personally liked the name 'Mach' for an operating system. It means fast... And it's already taken too, but do they still use it?
Let's hope it's not 'System 11'...
Oh, and I think when people say 'replace' they are talking about the NAME, not the actual software...
Stop using knowledge and facts. It's too confusing for the majority of people on this forum.
No it isn't, 10.x is Snow Leopard series, 10.3 is 10.6.3 and 10.4 is 10.6.4, they probably were finalized before 10.6.4 was even done.
Paranoid
Why in the hell would apple stop developing a desktop OS? Did you guys even listen to steve jobs? Desktops will become like trucks. Some people will have them some will not. Toyota, Nissan, Ford.. They make cars and trucks. Both of equal quality.
Now you need a workhorse machine to develop all these mobile apps right? Do you really think that Apple is going to leave that to the Microsoft community?
Seriously. **** already!
Why in the hell would apple stop developing a desktop OS? Did you guys even listen to steve jobs? Desktops will become like trucks. Some people will have them some will not. Toyota, Nissan, Ford.. They make cars and trucks. Both of equal quality.
Now you need a workhorse machine to develop all these mobile apps right? Do you really think that Apple is going to leave that to the Microsoft community?
Seriously. **** already!
Convergence
Thanks for the link. It was an interesting read.
I think the key to any OS renaming is summarized in the article's conclusion: "... Apple has the pieces in place to pull off this 'one core OS, optimized for multiple form factors' strategy." Hence, iOS.
I am unconvinced that Apple does not envision a day when all of the various operating systems may converge into a single OS. Perhaps Apple envisions a day when all computers are tablets or can be rolled up like a thin sheet of paper and put in one's pocket, a day when peripheral input devices are an endangered species. For now, however, I do think that the Mac OS will remain separate from the OS for its mobile devices, and I am not fearful that the desktop OS will disappear anytime soon.
Thanks for the link. It was an interesting read.
I think the key to any OS renaming is summarized in the article's conclusion: "... Apple has the pieces in place to pull off this 'one core OS, optimized for multiple form factors' strategy." Hence, iOS.
I am unconvinced that Apple does not envision a day when all of the various operating systems may converge into a single OS. Perhaps Apple envisions a day when all computers are tablets or can be rolled up like a thin sheet of paper and put in one's pocket, a day when peripheral input devices are an endangered species. For now, however, I do think that the Mac OS will remain separate from the OS for its mobile devices, and I am not fearful that the desktop OS will disappear anytime soon.
You're right. My Bad. I was thinking of OS 9 vs. OS 10. The transition from PPC to Intel.
I would imagine the marketing agencies that Apple hires to do it for them have a variety of platforms best suited for their tasks.
sigh
Hope this isn't true but with the way things are going who knows:
iDon't Like it.
On the upswing, isn't OSX 10.7 still in development?
Hope this isn't true but with the way things are going who knows:
iDon't Like it.
On the upswing, isn't OSX 10.7 still in development?
I only read the first two of these 8 pages of comments so I'm sure this has been mentioned but I just wanted to throw in my own two cents (dont we all?). To me, getting rid of the Mac name would seem to be the weirdest (and dumbest) marketing move ever.
"Get a Mac" would no long make sense.
"Hi, I'm a Mac" would symbolize being an old, out-of-date computer.
MacRumors.com would need a new name.
The words Mac and Macintosh are as well known as the word Apple, and I thin keeping the desktop OS and the mobile OS completely separate is the best way to go.
"Get a Mac" would no long make sense.
"Hi, I'm a Mac" would symbolize being an old, out-of-date computer.
MacRumors.com would need a new name.
The words Mac and Macintosh are as well known as the word Apple, and I thin keeping the desktop OS and the mobile OS completely separate is the best way to go.
As Steve Jobs has promised, 2011 will be the year of Mac.
The last year.
The year of the Mac's death.
I'm not buying Mac until Apple will prove that Mac is still important (10.7)
The last year.
The year of the Mac's death.
I'm not buying Mac until Apple will prove that Mac is still important (10.7)
Yeah - I've stated before that I think Steve is right to target the mobility market, it's just that the way Apple is doing it with the DRM locking (for video, anyway) and capricious policies governing everything related to the App Store and iAds really makes me nervous.
It's true that portable devices like the MacBook and mobile phones are becoming powerful enough to meet the everyday needs of most people who would have purchased a desktop system 5 years ago.
But my meaning in that Apple is permanently on the mobile train is that I would expect that over the next 5 years there won't be much differentiation in its desktop lineup - as it stands now, there's essentially 2 different Mini models, about 4 different iMacs, and 2 different Mac Pros. I think over time we're going to see the choices for these diminish and the variation of Apple's portable/mobile lineup continue to increase (iPhones, iPads, maybe the return of some sort of iBook, iPods, etc.).
As these changes happen, I think as a business cost-cutting decision Apple will merge the iOS and OS X threads as much as possible into a single unified OS. Just as we had "Fat Binaries" and "Universal Binaries" in the past, I'd expect to see some sort of universal iOS installer for all Apple hardware in the next 5-10 years. After which the ability to use "OS X" on a desktop becomes a configuration choice instead of a default installation. Unfortunately, with the iOS merge will come the worst of Apple's App Market, DRM management, and iAds lock-ins.
But from a business cost management perspective it doesn't make sense for Apple to continue to have an OS X development team, an iOS development team, and a legacy iPod OS development team for the iPod "Classic" (these don't run iOS, right?). It probably also means we could see the end of the iPod "Classic" very soon, maybe even this year or next.