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Apple Trademarks Lynx, Cougar, Leopard, Tiger and More...

Steverino's the kind of guy to take that sort of long-term overview, and if you think about it, did the updates applied to produce Mac OS 9 really warrant a full-integer version increment from Mac OS 8.6? I think not; jumping prematurely to v9.x was just part of Steve's masterplan for apparently progressive stages of evolution towards "X11 for the rest of us" (at least Mac OS X v10.x didn't have anything to do with those X10 cameras of accursed popup-ad fame -- but then again, now we have the iSight, hm...).
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Interesting story about this one: Originally, OS 9 was supposed to be OS 8.7, but it was changed to 9 at the behest of Apple's marketing department. The most likely scenario is that 9.1 was originally going to be 9.0, since that's where all the truly new features were, but I digress. You can find evidence for the existence of 8.7 by replacing the 8.6 DVD player with a 9.0 DVD player (on an 8.6 machine of course), and try to play a DVD. The error that pops up will say something to the effect of: "This version of DVD player requires Mac OS 8.7 to run. Please use an earlier version of DVD Player."
 
Mac OS 8.7

Ahh, the memories...

My twin actually had 8.7 fc running on his machine at one time. Right before they changed it.

Of course when OS 9 came to be, At Ease broke. What a support fiasco.

How many times has Apple Marketing pulled a bait and switch?

Far more than you know.

Jaedreth

(Why does the PB G4 12" have the basic design of an iBook? ;) )
 
Re: XPensive?

Originally posted by psxndc
The initial cost of XP is greater, but spread over the 2-3 years between upgrades, it's not as expensive as keeping an up-to-date Mac.
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So the longer it takes Microsoft to release Longhorn, the better deal XP was? Hmm? I guess that if Apple waited longer to release Panther (without changing the feature list) it would be a better deal too?

Ah, well...
 
Interestingly, my new kitten looks almost exactly like a panther :)

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Interesting. The kitten really does look like a panther! It's a conspiracy...

Speaking of which, the Texas Longhorns WR Roy Williams, is from Odessa, TX (as I am as well). He was a Permian Panther. So he went from Panther to Longhorn. Anyone think MS would buy him off for endorsements??



X!
 
Cougar was used by MS

Originally posted by MacFan25
I like the cougar name - very catchy, like Jaguar.
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Cougar was the original code name for what eventually became Windows Media.

BTW: I liked the post with the thought of calling the next release OSX 11
 
BTW: I liked the post with the thought of calling the next release OSX 11

Bah...That's too close to OS 7-11, which comes with a free "Big Gulp"... :)
 
Mac OS X 11.0.1

Oh the joy...

Apple could have an X in the platinum color, with the I next to it, in the animal skin, if apple was still into such weird fetishes...

Of course to keep customers from being totally confused it would have to have in big letters underneath:

Mac OS X version 11.0.1

(which is technically 2.0.1 if you really think about it, sounds puny, eh?)

Jaedreth
 
I'm getting tired of the cat names, we need something powerful like the Behemoth, Ironside, or Jimmy! Yah, just take any Final Fantasy villain name and insert it for some thing cool. Either that or how about something that gets free press like Windowsucks or something that really catches people's attention like ICWeiner?
 
hmmm

i c wiener ehh... that would get attention...huh, maybe indahole well their at it... or... i could say something about "at it" but i could than be evicted from the forums... damn... anyway it would be cool to name it something like that but i am also a stock holder in Apple so... you know... a 50% drop isn't as cool as it's cracked up to be.
 
Nah, my cat looks like a panther. This one is a butthead, she likes to defecate on things that ought not to be defecated on...
 

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Re: XPensive?

Originally posted by psxndc
I hate MS as musch as the next Mac nut, but let's be real here: XP Professional is $199. OS X is $129. I've had XP for about a year now and MS isn't expecting me to buy an upgrade this year. I bought Jaguar at launch last August and Apple is expecting me to shell out another $129 for Panther. The initial cost of XP is greater, but spread over the 2-3 years between upgrades, it's not as expensive as keeping an up-to-date Mac.
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While I'm not too happy about buying another Mac OS this year, look up the original (introduction) retail price for a full-install Windows XP Professional Box. I think you'll get quite a shock.

mike3k: Are you sure your cat isn't a Panther? I mean, did you check?! :wink:

AppleMatt
 
Originally posted by Mirus
BTW: I liked the post with the thought of calling the next release OSX 11

Bah...That's too close to OS 7-11, which comes with a free "Big Gulp"... :)
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Hahahaha! Myabe airport extreme should come with an xtreme gulp.....52oz!

--Waluigi
 
Originally posted by MacBandit
Kind of funny they're going to reuse one cat twice. They've already used Puma and now they have Cougar registered. They're the same cat just a different regional name used here in the US.
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And a Panther is a Leopard.
 
Originally posted by MacBandit
Sorry but the Cheetah is in the Felidae family. The cat family.

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah
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Cheetahs have much more in common with canines than felines.

You link actually mentions one of the things:

"It is the only cat that cannot completely retract its claws"

(except that an ocelot can't either)

Furthermore cheetahs kind of bark.

Btw. here is a real cat ;)

http://homepage.mac.com/lunddal/.Pi...-02 12.13.53 -0800/Image-10E7A3D836EA11D7.jpg
 
What about the Lion?

Whats hapened to Lion? I thought that the naming was supposed to go from the fastest cat (slowest OS version) to the slowest cat (fastest or faster OS), so Lion should be the last (not sure if slowest but derfinately the laziest).

:p

Gog
 
Originally posted by JLL
Cheetahs have much more in common with canines than felines.

You link actually mentions one of the things:

"It is the only cat that cannot completely retract its claws"

(except that an ocelot can't either)

Furthermore cheetahs kind of bark.
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Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be how modern taxonomy works. It's in the Felidae family, therefore it's a cat. It's a weird cat, but a platypus has a bill AND is poisonous AND lays eggs, but it's still a mammal. By your reasoning, a platypus is an avian. Whales (and dolpins, which are just small whales...) have limbs that look like fins and spend their entire lives in water, just like a fish. But they have lungs, not gills, and are mammals.

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OS X1, I like that. I'd be REALLY happy if apple could Aqua-fize the X windows system.
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Re: XPensive?

Originally posted by psxndc
I hate MS as musch as the next Mac nut, but let's be real here: XP Professional is $199. OS X is $129. I've had XP for about a year now and MS isn't expecting me to buy an upgrade this year. I bought Jaguar at launch last August and Apple is expecting me to shell out another $129 for Panther. The initial cost of XP is greater, but spread over the 2-3 years between upgrades, it's not as expensive as keeping an up-to-date Mac.

Now I do use and love my mac more. Thus spending more on my mac is worth it. But am I not going to buy Panther. Until I see somehing that is worth the $129 to me. I saw it with Jag. I don't see it with Panther

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Re: XPensive?

You are forgetting the free inclusion of all of the iApps in addition to the modifications to the operating system itself. I use iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie all of the tiem... 129 dollars to be able to use the most modern operating system in existance is a small price to pay (not to mention iChat av-- its sweet).

Originally posted by psxndc
I hate MS as musch as the next Mac nut, but let's be real here: XP Professional is $199. OS X is $129. I've had XP for about a year now and MS isn't expecting me to buy an upgrade this year. I bought Jaguar at launch last August and Apple is expecting me to shell out another $129 for Panther. The initial cost of XP is greater, but spread over the 2-3 years between upgrades, it's not as expensive as keeping an up-to-date Mac.

Now I do use and love my mac more. Thus spending more on my mac is worth it. But am I not going to buy Panther. Until I see somehing that is worth the $129 to me. I saw it with Jag. I don't see it with Panther

-p
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Originally posted by MacBandit
Kind of funny they're going to reuse one cat twice. They've already used Puma and now they have Cougar registered. They're the same cat just a different regional name used here in the US.
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Yeah, and Panthers are just Jaguars (some call only black jaguars "panther" while others call all jaguars "panther" and black jaguars "black panthers" ... I think the first group is more "correct").
 
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