Mac OS 10.4.10 Under Development

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Wouldn't be the first time Apple goes beyond 9 for minor release numbers:

 

[k2k koos]

hooray

Great, I'm glad that Tiger isn't yet forgotten, and some resources are still there to support the current OS version, not just the next one

Then again, 10.4.9 has not caused me any grief on my machines, except for some 3rd party audio plugins in Logic (which by the way, needs an update now!!! Pls Apple! )

 

[MatthewCobb]

I never thought that I would see the day that Apple would have an OS update past two decimal places!

Isn't life amazing!

Seriously, this does tend to undermine the whole legitimacy of MR - here we are all getting excited (or having a laugh) about whether Apple can have .10 in an update (as many others have said - they can do what on earth they like! Will they be sued? Will the computers not work? Come on!), and earlier in the week we all get terribly excited about those pesky slim-line RAMful MacBooks which, well, turned into vaporware.

Apple must have a real chuckle reading this stuff!

 

[Gasu E.]

Shouldnt that be 10.5.0?

No. Computers use hexadecimal so the internal representation is actually A.4.9 going to A.4.A. It's not until after A.4.F (10.4.15) that we would need to flip to A.5.0.

You're welcome-- I'm happy to demolish another urban myth.

 

[iBunny]

Im sure in addition to some fixes, this will introduce support for the Santa Rosa Turbo memory, as well as new videocard drivers for whatever GPU is in the upcomming MBPs/iMacs.

 

[Queso]

If it were like Microsoft it would be
Mac OS X Ultimate iPhone Edition SE for 2007 XP Professional

LOL. And you'd need to XGrid 12 Macs together for enough power to use all the features

 

[PODshady]

Shouldnt that be 10.5.0?

10.5.0 = Leopard

 

[Clive At Five]

Careful—this is true of the rationals, but they're not uncountable.

I stand clarified...

Rational numbers (Integer/Integer) have infinitely many rationals between them but are countable because there exists a one-to-one function mapping the set of all integers onto the set of all rational numbers.

Reals are infinitely dense and are uncountable, due to the lack of a one-to-one function.

To further drive this point home, any number; integer, rational, real, irrational; is surrounded on both sides by Real numbers. Pretty fancy, huh?

-Clive

 

[dartzorichalcos]

I am waiting for it, updates are always nice. I am sure it surprised a lot of people that Apple might release a 10.4.10 update.

 

[iToaster]

Anyone think of 10.4.9.1 in the brain storm? Whatever it is, it is what it is (whoa, that makes sense, right?).

 

[Megabyte]

No. Computers use hexadecimal so the internal representation is actually A.4.9 going to A.4.A. It's not until after A.4.F (10.4.15) that we would need to flip to A.5.0.

You're welcome-- I'm happy to demolish another urban myth.

Actually computers use binary anything else is purely an alternative representation [different number base] that humans can more easily grasp/read/write/make jokes about.

 

[astewart]

It will be interesting to see what the Update brings......If they do release 10.4.10

 

[~Shard~]

Anyone think of 10.4.9.1 in the brain storm? Whatever it is, it is what it is (whoa, that makes sense, right?).

Apple should just call it "10.4.9 : The Sequel".

 

[bilbo--baggins]

Everyone knows that after 9 comes X

It should be 10.4.X

 

[~Shard~]

Everyone knows that after 9 comes X

It should be 10.4.X

... where X = 10.

 

[50548]

Good will stop the arguments that 10.4.10 doesn't exist. I have some weird sound problems on my iMac as well as some reoccurring Mail problems.

Exactly. It will be nice to see that STUPID discussion on nonexistent decimals finished for a while. 10.4.10 all the way!

 

[Queso]

10.5.-1

Although that could cause problems if there are further delays

 

[Aardy]

It's just numbers

I really don't believe that everyone is arguing over what number the update should be.

It's easy really, just do what all software publishers do ...
version number.update number.patch number.

Therefore ...

OS X 10.4.9 - OS X Version 10, update 4, patch 9
OS X 10.4.10 = OS X Version 10, update 4, patch 10.
OS X 10.5.0 (AKA Leopard, initial release) = OS X version 10, update 5, patch 0 (ie: no patch)

See? It's easy.

 

[Clive At Five]

Apple should just call it "10.4.9 : The Sequel".

hahaha that's the best idea I've heard yet!

If nothing else, this thread has been amusing.

-Clive

 

[50548]

As someone who has a degree in Math, let me please ask you to be more careful what you say! "Infinity" cannot be used as a number! Apple can, however reach "Lim(n -> Infinity) 10.4.n"

Plus if you wanted to truly go beyond the scope of the human imagination, you would say 10.4.[Power Set of Infinity] or better yet, the Infinitieth Power Set of Infinity.

For those of you unfamiliar with the power set, let me describe it as such:

A Simple Infinity is, for example, the set of integers... (1, 2, 7, -14, 42, etc.) and there are an infinite number of them. These are also known as a "Countable Infinity" because, as the name suggests, you can count them. The Power Set of Infitity is almost like a deeper dimension of Infinity. This is akin to the set of real numbers... (Pi, e, -14, 10.4, etc.) but between any two real numbers exists infinitely many more real numbers. For this reason, there are uncountably many real numbers. The Power Set of the Power Set of Infinity would then be a 2-dimensional Real Number system, where two points are separated by infinitely many real numbers in the 'x' direction and the 'y' direction.

Carry on with this until you reach the infinitieth Power Set of Infinity and you've successfully blown the minds of any who attempt to comprehend its magnitude.

...Sorry...

I had to offset the Britney Spears comments somehow...

-Clive

Sorry, but the explanation is as cryptic as the concept itself. This only reminds me why I studied Law in the first place...but thanks anyway, I will come back to playing Call of Duty now...

 

[AppleMan101]

To further drive this point home, any number; integer, rational, real, irrational; is surrounded on both sides by Real numbers. Pretty fancy, huh?

What about imaginary numbers?



we could get 10.4.9-(j^2)

 

[netdog]

How about supporting the LG KG800 Chocolate for god's sake!

 

[wildmac]

SP1

Wouldn't this be 10.4 SP10 then?..

 

[slb]

Hahahahahahahahaha!

I want to see a lot of people eating crow!

You smarmy know-it-alls that *knew* Apple would never release a .10, and argued so vociferously, and at such great lenghth that it would never happen, probably all feel pretty dumb right now.

Space

Ha, I bet this never sees the light of day as 10.4.10. It will be "Update Rollup 1" or some other name.

I think we all know now that this is not a decimal # so .10 != .1. In software, a lot of it has an x.y.z version number. x is a major revision where most of the code base has changed. Y is an upgrade which adds new features, but still mainly the same code base. Z is an update that has bug fixes and other stuff that doesn't really affect operation. So 10.4.10 would be the 10th revision of the Mac OS, 4th upgrade to Mac OS X and 10th update to 10.4. They can go up to 10.4.infinity if they wanted to. The periods just seperate the numbers, but that's it. They could have used an underscore or exclamation point if they wanted.

We KNOW that. People don't have to keep explaining this. Most people including Apple's mainstream customers are not programmers and view the version numbers as pseudo-decimal numbers, which is why the argument always came up. Tech support is gonna suck for people having to ask which version of "10.4.1" a client is actually running.

 

[SiliconAddict]

My world has just been destroyed. I mean what use is there in going on? OS 10 will reached a .10 level. Its just wrong. Black is white. Up is down. I'm so confused now. I think its time to go on a vision quest. I'm going to wander the Earth looking for an answer....why 10.4.10?

No doubt the answer will be 42.

If anyone wants to joint me I will be wearing a straw hat and have a MacBook Pro slung over my back. Yes wander the earth like Caine.