so which will be the next Big Cat?

[TheGdog]

Time for OS11? I think is possible. Apple is certainly not abandoning the desktop platform, so it only makes sense to go back to the drawing board for a all new OS.

 

[FoxMcCloud]

Ceiling Cat

Lynx or Cougar

 

[Novecento]

Next one won't be a cat. I guess it'll be some kind of OmniOS that runs on both Macs and iOS devices..

 

[sheeracali]

Lynx

Or just start fresh with OS 11

Also, I don't think they will merge the desktop OS with the post PC OS. With lion they just wanted to bring over some of those innovations over to the mac. Which is why Lion is basically just a better snow Leopard with iOS features thrown in. Think about it. They are already trying to distance the two GUIs by making iOS dark and Mac OS white. Most of the dark elements in snow leopard (Quick look for example) have been made white or lighter. Even the blue loading bars went from an aqua blue to a lighter ice blue color.

 

[ecschwarz]

iOS 7 Pro 😛

 

[cambookpro]

Either OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or White Lion

before

OS X 10.9 Liger

then

OS 11 11.0 Velociraptor

 

[seong]

I think Apple has been pushing their OS X developers too much. I mean, while Windows was busy making XP, Vista, and 7, Apple made upgrades for OS X almost every year.
If I was to choose, I would say OS 11. Maybe Steve Jobs will do the funeral for OS X just like OS 9?

EDIT: I just came across this article. It's a poll.
http://speakapple.net/2011/07/what-will-the-next-version-of-mac-os-x-be-called/

 

[no3tic888]

Sabretooth! 😀

 

[MasterHowl]

10.8 mountain lion will be a cleaned up 10.7 just like snow leopard was a polished 10.5

This is exactly what I thought! Or maybe White Lion...

 

[KillerTree]

Clouded Leopard

 

[Samsumac]

Mac OS X Thundercat...

 

[fat jez]

My money is on OS X Moggy 😉

 

[stridemat]

OS X Thundercat

HOOOOOO!

 

[nfl46]

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I think it will be a new operating system. With 10.7, we are seeing iOS features in it. They will probably completely combine the two and have one name. Of course, the iPad/iPhone version will be a light version of the main operating system. We all know how Apple loves unification.

 

[Ivangf2]

I think they'll change to birds such as hawk, eagle, etc

 

[applefan289]

Mac OS X Centaur

 

[0100101001]

how about "os REX"? 🙂

 

[espressoroast]

OS X Maru

😀

I support this wholeheartedly.

 

[0100101001]

another idea...

lion will serve us for a while then goes to heaven and become a group of stars called "LEO"... so, this is the beginning of the next generation OS called OS-Z which comes from "Zodiac"🙂

Good??

 

[siwsan]

10.8 Hello Kitty

 

[Blakeasd]

OS X Lynx, Apple already has that name legally.

 

[Merthyrboy]

OS X Maru

http://www.youtube.com/user/mugumogu

That cat is hilarious and awesome. 😀

That cat is amazing, I wish my cat was as playful as that one.
As for the topic I think that they'll go onto a different naming topic but keep it as OS X.

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....if I had $1 for every "what's the next cat" thread I think I'd get my copy of Lion free....perhaps everyone in the family.....oh yeah!

 

[SonoViva]

OS X Gryphon

and instead of the normal jungle cat desktop images, it's several pictures of Peter Griffin.

For the unveiling, Steve Jobs will have the engineers breed an actual gryphon.

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

I think it's time to move on from OS X and the cats. But I agree that OS XI isn't catchy so we will most likely see something completely new. Maybe a hybrid of OSX and iOS.