Eventually we'll end up with AppleOS and that's that. All "things" use Apple A-CPUs and the only difference will be the GUI which depends on the application.
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Rumors of Coming 'macOS' Rebrand for OS X Refuse to Die
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Ummm... cool story?
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I used to enjoy playing RISK on my friend's Apple IIe.
Your move.
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I hope not! Having x86 processors is far too useful - to be able to dual boot into windows.
Sure, there are emulators/ VMs like Parallels, VMWare but these are never as capable or reach the Performance of running windows natively.. especially when running under another architecture.
At some point, when the number gets to high, you have to rename your brand! Except if you are Mozilla og Google(Firefox, Chrome)
Google sort of did rebrand... what used to be Google, the company, is now Alphabet.
On the one hand, I don't want OS X to be renamed macOS - that could lead to confusion if the person is referring to classic Mac OS or new macOS when spoken aloud. I guess when using written communication it won't be too bad - just change the capitalization and spacing.
And when spoken you can just call it "Classic Mac OS" and "New Mac OS" when you need to distinguish between them.
Would this really be an issue - who still uses the original MacOS? Its been well over 10 years since MacOS was discontinued.
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There is iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and so makes sense to return to MacOS. more consistency.
Can't Windows 10 run on ARM? So the A10 should be able to handle Windows 10, being ARM based, right?
Also, don't bash Windows 10 until you try it - I feel everyone criticizing it is just irritated at how heavily Microsoft is trying to push them to upgrade to it. It is leagues better than Windows 7 - I'm putting off replacing my Mac in part because my employer gave me a 15" Dell running Windows 10. I don't care for the hardware, but Windows 10 is only slightly behind OS X. Microsoft will be adding bash to it in a few months - that's going to close the gap between Windows 10 and OS X by a bit more.
Please highlight the text in my original post where am I bashing Windows 10?
Personally, I'm running windows 8.1 - running Windows 10 on my machine is not an option - not supported under bootcamp. In any case Windows 10 ARM would not run the software that I have.
I read yesterday about linux command line coming to Windows. This is one of the biggest gripes I have about windows - the existing command line isn't great compared to *nix. Having such as command line under windows would be excellent. Would make certain development tools a lot easier under windows.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11331014/microsoft-windows-linux-ubuntu-bash
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It becomes an issue when you're talking about history. Today when you ask someone which Apple OS was their first and they say "Version 7", you have to ask "OS X Lion or Mac OS 7?".
I guess you're right. My complaint is silly. In 99.9% of cases context will probably make it clear which Mac OS they're referring to, and adding "Classic or New?" is probably sufficient. We'll come up with a way of identifying others later.
Depends on who you ask. Windows is so convoluted compared to OS X that there is literally no comparison.
Oh. Great. Never mind.
And I would gladly accept your "praise (criticize)" on my most off-topic guess of the name.
Uh, but here is a point. Apple claims their iOS is based on desktop operating system. Hmm.
I heard it will be renamed "Mac OS OS X Pro." Also the "nose" on the old Mac OS logo will have two parallel vertical lines thought it.
Really though bringing back the Mac OS would be smart. OS X seems kind of meaningless at this point. It's so far removed from the original 10.0.
Really though bringing back the Mac OS would be smart. OS X seems kind of meaningless at this point. It's so far removed from the original 10.0.
Two things. Wasn't the dual face OS screen adopted by the CEO that shall not be named?
When Apple makes AX based Macs they will effectively be competitors to Chrome Books. They will be low end computers. Hey, bring back Classic on them? When that day comes I sincerely hope they take advantage of the lower chip cost to have dual chips, each of which has multiple cores with an OS based implementation of parallelism so the cheap, tiny thing can run 4K content like the current Playstation will. Have it be a superior speed media machine to shock the critics.
When Apple makes AX based Macs they will effectively be competitors to Chrome Books. They will be low end computers. Hey, bring back Classic on them? When that day comes I sincerely hope they take advantage of the lower chip cost to have dual chips, each of which has multiple cores with an OS based implementation of parallelism so the cheap, tiny thing can run 4K content like the current Playstation will. Have it be a superior speed media machine to shock the critics.
Approved, just get rid of "El Capitan"; don't like that name at all. macOS is fine and consistent (after watchOS is done, too).
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I'm sure the Apple Store will issue a refund when they wrongfully sold you Photoshop for Mac OS instead of the macOS version.
Good point and it would make sense. OS X came after Mac OS 9. It's been too long #10 now.
Formally MacOS 11 would be the next one then but in a way such a version would deserve more than those incremental improvements Apple has usually been introducing in the various OS X releases.
I think the X was also a reference to Unix and NeXT but I'd say we can do without it now.
A minor tidbit: nibs used to have file names that indicated which OS they would run on, such as "MainMenu-nextstep.nib" or "MainMenu-windows.nib".
Here is another point... a watch is NOT a Mac. An Apple TV is also NOT a Mac; it would be seriously bizarre to call the operating systems for those devices "macOS". Surely you must realize this, yeah??
How about the fact that they are COMPLETELY different operating systems?? Like OS X is a few gb, while watchOS is a few mb.
But sure... continue thinking that Apple collectively lost their damn minds & are going to call them the exact same name.
Lol, that's like "guessing" that they are going to change the name of the MacBook Pro, the iPad Air, & the Apple Watch all to "MacThing" & pray that it doesn't get to confusing.
Look, I get that it's a natural reaction to defend your position if it's being attacked, but in this case- trust me... the "guess" was just a bad one. It's indefensible.
Again I say:
Apple is NOT taking the four distinct operating systems of iOS, OS X, tvOS, and watchOS and changing the names of all of them simultaneously to "macOS". That idea is laughable & has nothing remotely to do with what this rumor states.
The rumor is: OS X may be renamed macOS. That's it. Nothing more - nothing less.
The "PowerBook" model designation comes to mind.
It was highly popular
Unique to Apple
Used successfully for years
An ideal example of success.
Then Apple killed it...
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I agree that this makes sense for simplicity and consistency.
I'd be curious on the numbering scheme. So right now we have OS X 10.11.4... which is generally thought of as the 11th version of OS X. So would they completely abandon the 10 and move to macOS 12? Would the keep it macOS 10.12? Would they try to align it with iOS/tvOS (probably not)? I also always thought it would be interesting to see if Apple would do anything special for iOS 10. I always kind of imagined that Apple might turn it into iOS X or something for that. Maybe it's a coincidence but I wonder if the timing has anything to do with that.
I'd be curious on the numbering scheme. So right now we have OS X 10.11.4... which is generally thought of as the 11th version of OS X. So would they completely abandon the 10 and move to macOS 12? Would the keep it macOS 10.12? Would they try to align it with iOS/tvOS (probably not)? I also always thought it would be interesting to see if Apple would do anything special for iOS 10. I always kind of imagined that Apple might turn it into iOS X or something for that. Maybe it's a coincidence but I wonder if the timing has anything to do with that.
out of those options, I'm most fond of "macOS 10.12" but I personally think it would be better to drop the numbers from macOS entirely, at least for the branding. just call it macOS Yosemite or macOS El Capitan. macOS San Francisco. you obviously have to keep a version number for software reasons (that would show up under About This Mac like it does now) but it doesn't have to be part of what you call it in everyday conversation. though at that point, the 10 at the beginning becomes kind of redundant so it might be better to say macOS San Francisco is version 12.x