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How do you pronounce OSX?
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Me too, I've always said "point." The first person I've ever heard say the "points" as "dots" was Steve Jobs ironically.MacRy said:
From here on out, it's officially known as:
Mac Oh Ess Roman Numeral Ten.
You skipped reading it here first.
Mac Oh Ess Roman Numeral Ten.
You skipped reading it here first.
at this late stage in the game, you will find people who use ex and some who use ten, but the mac people i know are more into using the terms jaguar, panther, and tiger to refer to the newest apple operating systems
os x as we know it will probably be around for many years and i suppose the next version will be os 11 since os xi just does not look right
os x as we know it will probably be around for many years and i suppose the next version will be os 11 since os xi just does not look right
bousozoku said:
So it's officially "O S deckem"? This is getting tedious. I think I'll stick to the cat names. At least they're unambiguous.
MacRy said:Now that brings up a whole new other thing doesn't it because I say 10 point 3 point 5.
That's interesting because I usually just say "10 3 5." Sometimes I'll say "10 dot 3 dot 5" or "10 point 3 point 5." It just varies.
I always call it MacOS dix.
Seriously, though, when the OS X beta first came out, I thought the X was standing for UNIX. But I soon was told otherwise and ever since I call it MacOS ten (dix).
Seriously, though, when the OS X beta first came out, I thought the X was standing for UNIX. But I soon was told otherwise and ever since I call it MacOS ten (dix).
I call it OS "Ten." However, I usually use the cat names if I'm speaking to someone that knows Macs. I'm pretty sure that OS Ten is the official pronunciation.
I'm with the folks that think "ex" but say "ten", because I know that's what Apple technically intended (and it sounds better to me in a conversation).
As for version numbers, I've NEVER met anybody who pronounced 5.1 as "five dot one" -- they're distinct from a web address, because they're conceptually numeric. Heck, X.x releases are even called "point releases"! I guess people have gotten a little too used to saying "." as "dot". At least 5.3 meters long isn't "five dot three meters long"... not yet, anyway.
I will sometimes omit pronouncing the periods in a version number at all if I'm talking to somebody technically savy, though -- "ten three five" instead of "ten point three point five".
As for version numbers, I've NEVER met anybody who pronounced 5.1 as "five dot one" -- they're distinct from a web address, because they're conceptually numeric. Heck, X.x releases are even called "point releases"! I guess people have gotten a little too used to saying "." as "dot". At least 5.3 meters long isn't "five dot three meters long"... not yet, anyway.
I will sometimes omit pronouncing the periods in a version number at all if I'm talking to somebody technically savy, though -- "ten three five" instead of "ten point three point five".
Well, I've been calling it "Mac OS 10" since I first heard of it (WWDC 98) partly because I heard it first and saw it in print second. Even then the big question at the time was if Apple was skipping Mac OS 9. That wouldn't have been an issue if the "X" was supposed to be an "ex". But Apple did take great pains when they first introduced Mac OS X to say that the "X" was pronounced "10". Further, Apple hadn't even applied the 10.x.x version numbering until the final public release in March of 2001.
Having the "X" in the name has led to Apple rethinking their version numbering. Had they not tied themselves to "X", 10.0 would have been 10.0, 10.1 would have been 10.1, 10.2 would have been 10.5 and 10.3 would have been 11.0. As it stands now, even major advances in the operating system are given what used to be considered incremental version number advances. Given that, I wonder how well thought out this marketing of the Mac OS X name was.
Of course I don't have a problem with people who call it something else. I say "Rhapsody 5.6" when I read Mac OS X Server 1.2 any where. To each their own.
Having the "X" in the name has led to Apple rethinking their version numbering. Had they not tied themselves to "X", 10.0 would have been 10.0, 10.1 would have been 10.1, 10.2 would have been 10.5 and 10.3 would have been 11.0. As it stands now, even major advances in the operating system are given what used to be considered incremental version number advances. Given that, I wonder how well thought out this marketing of the Mac OS X name was.
Of course I don't have a problem with people who call it something else. I say "Rhapsody 5.6" when I read Mac OS X Server 1.2 any where. To each their own. 
naming conventions vs. marketing speak
I'd blame the Alien series for making that such a mess:
Alien (1st movie)
Aliens (2nd movie, okay cute, it's not Alien 2)
Alien3 (but the three was set above, so it looked like Alien cubed, wtf?)
Alien: Resurrection (so back to just naming)
But, I can't forget Terminator:
Terminator (1st movie)
T2 (wha!)
And then it got worse:
Independance Day
as ID4 (what movie are we seeing again?)
Meanwhile Batman just started renaming the movie each time: Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, then Batman Begins ($#^@!)
The system's busted. And, with the Star Wars prequels, so that I saw Star Wars: A New Hope Episode IV in 1977 (okay I didn't see it then, but later), but Episode I in 1999.
Or, Pitch Black, which became the Chronicals of Riddick!
Please, let's go back to Arabic Numerals.
Or, even Roman Numerals.
X is the ultimate symbol apparently, it stands for UNIX, Xtreme, 10, or the sound echs (ex). Plus, it really is a kick-ass graphic, either Aqua blue, or with Jaguar spots, or all Shiny.
Still better than the butterfly.
Colonel Panik said:
I'd blame the Alien series for making that such a mess:
Alien (1st movie)
Aliens (2nd movie, okay cute, it's not Alien 2)
Alien3 (but the three was set above, so it looked like Alien cubed, wtf?)
Alien: Resurrection (so back to just naming)
But, I can't forget Terminator:
Terminator (1st movie)
T2 (wha!)
And then it got worse:
Independance Day
as ID4 (what movie are we seeing again?)
Meanwhile Batman just started renaming the movie each time: Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, then Batman Begins ($#^@!)
The system's busted. And, with the Star Wars prequels, so that I saw Star Wars: A New Hope Episode IV in 1977 (okay I didn't see it then, but later), but Episode I in 1999.
Or, Pitch Black, which became the Chronicals of Riddick!
Please, let's go back to Arabic Numerals.
Or, even Roman Numerals.
X is the ultimate symbol apparently, it stands for UNIX, Xtreme, 10, or the sound echs (ex). Plus, it really is a kick-ass graphic, either Aqua blue, or with Jaguar spots, or all Shiny.
Still better than the butterfly.
the arabic numerals are probably because its harder to confuse them. Really, like you see stuff like IV and II, you can misread them and not everyone knows what that is, et cetera.
and in all honesty, Darwin/OS X has a BSD foundation which comes from UNIX. Not quite UNIX...
The thing is, i think both OS `ex` and `ten` are acceptable to everyone in the Mac community. If people say anything otherwise, it could be misunderstood...but even PC people accept both pronounciations.
and in all honesty, Darwin/OS X has a BSD foundation which comes from UNIX. Not quite UNIX...
The thing is, i think both OS `ex` and `ten` are acceptable to everyone in the Mac community. If people say anything otherwise, it could be misunderstood...but even PC people accept both pronounciations.
It has to be eX. There was no OS VII, OS VIII or OS IX. If it was supposed to be ten, it'd be OS 10, just like nine was OS 9.
Also I just realized that this means Apple will go bankrupt after 2 more operating system versions because we can only go up to OS Y and OS Z after this (since I clearly just proved that X is not being used here as a Roman numeral). It turns out that the forecasting of Apple's demise will finally come true.
Also I just realized that this means Apple will go bankrupt after 2 more operating system versions because we can only go up to OS Y and OS Z after this (since I clearly just proved that X is not being used here as a Roman numeral). It turns out that the forecasting of Apple's demise will finally come true.
I say Oh es ex, why? It sounds cool in my view, and after years and years of math you can't help but think of X as anything besides 'ex'. Besides the big silvery/metal X makes it look like some magical variable and who knows what it represents... it could be ungodly powers within that X... so Oh Es Ex for me
after all, think what YOU can put into that variable, try it for fun!
Mac OS Bling
Mac OS Crack
Mac OS 10 or Ex (or I swing both ways, or Mac OS Bi(AKA Mac Os 'it's all good')
... I kind of like Mac Os 'it's all good' personally
after all, think what YOU can put into that variable, try it for fun!
Mac OS Bling
Mac OS Crack
Mac OS 10 or Ex (or I swing both ways, or Mac OS Bi(AKA Mac Os 'it's all good')
... I kind of like Mac Os 'it's all good' personally
MacFan26 said:They'll just have to go to OS AA, BB, etc.
Nah, then they'll move onto foreign letters, Ä, Ë, Ó, ß, etc. Looking forward to it.