"OS X Lion" - not "Mac OS X Lion"

[sigamy]

Strange. A few years ago Apple renames iBooks and PowerBooks because of move away from PPC and because Jobs said "we want the name 'Mac' in our products".

Now Lion is called "OS X Lion"...not Mac OS X Lion.

Could this mean we will finally see a version of 10.7 delivered on USB key for non Apple hardware? Crazy, right?

 

[tjb1]

No 🙄

 

[Mitchelino]

Short answer: no.

I figure since it's being bought on the Mac, we know it's for the Mac. Whereas if it were boxed and available in retail stores, there'd be reason to have "Mac OS X Lion" on the cover, so people know it's for Macs.

 

[macfanboy]

OP's logic: it doesnt say Mac in one place, therefore it never says Mac

 

[sigamy]

OP's logic: it doesnt say Mac in one place, therefore it never says Mac

http://www.apple.com/macosx/

Ignoring the use in the URL, which Apple may never change, I count 12 instances of "OS X Lion" and only 2 instances of "Mac OS X", which are down in the bottom navigation links.

App Store only uses "OS X Lion"

 

[Mitchelino]

http://www.apple.com/macosx/

Ignoring the use in the URL, which Apple may never change, I count 12 instances of "OS X Lion" and only 2 instances of "Mac OS X", which are down in the bottom navigation links.

They also refer to it as just "Lion" at least once. I think they're just using shortforms.

App Store only uses "OS X Lion"

Because the Mac App Store is only available on Macs.

 

[bjett92]

The original press release said Mac OS X Lion in the headline. Apple is just using short form names. It's still Mac OS X.

 

[DirtySocks85]

OS X is understood to be Mac OS X at this point, just as much as Windows is understood to mean Microsoft Windows. I mean I guess we could say Apple Mac OS X, but what would be the point. Don't let transitions due to ease of language and brand recognition get your hopes up too much.

 

[Reach9]

An iPad that can run OS X Lion.. now that'll be the day.