But it makes sense to go from OS 9 to OS X?It's marketing, it doesn't have to make sense.
OS 9 to OS 10 makes perfect sense.
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The Correct Pronounciation of Mac OS X
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OS 9 to OS 10 makes perfect sense.
lol wow, uptight doesn't even begin to describe it. It isn't OS 10, it's OS X. So your statement doesn't even make sense.
To switch from arabic to roman numerals after 9 releases makes no sense at all other than X looks good and it is most certainly synergistic with the unix underpinnings. It say it isn't is to ignore reality. You'd be hard pressed to come up with a reason to switch from arabic to roman numerals without using unix as an explanation. What would even give them the idea to do it? LinuS -> linuX. Duh. I'll bet ya 8 / 10 or better linux users think the X indicates unix. And that's what counts. Apple wants to get those people thinking of their OS in that way. THAT'S exactly why they chose X instead of 10.
Again, "ten" or "ex" both describe the product correctly. Get over it. Looking down on people that say it differently than you doesn't make you special. It makes you look like a pompous fool.
So, I'm going to go back to using OS "ex".
Thanks for making it even more fun to say.
ex ex ex
I still say OS EX
Well Usually Mac Oh eS eX. I know it is supposed to be Mac OS 10 but. OS X is just a major change over OS 9, that I feel it deserves a different name. OS 10 makes it feel like it is an upgrade to OS 9 not a complete rewrite.
Well Usually Mac Oh eS eX. I know it is supposed to be Mac OS 10 but. OS X is just a major change over OS 9, that I feel it deserves a different name. OS 10 makes it feel like it is an upgrade to OS 9 not a complete rewrite.
toe-may-toe / toe-mah-toe
poe-tay-toe / poe-tah-toe
WHATEVER!
i prefer O-S-X.
what i REALLY hate is when my boyfriend says "Veesta". He also says "lie-nix" instead of "Lin-ux".
but he's Canadian so what can you do?
poe-tay-toe / poe-tah-toe
WHATEVER!
i prefer O-S-X.
what i REALLY hate is when my boyfriend says "Veesta". He also says "lie-nix" instead of "Lin-ux".
but he's Canadian so what can you do?
It can be as fun to say as you want, but it's still supposed to be said "OS Ten," not "Ex." So, it can be fun for you if you like, but you're still wrong.
I'm just saying, it'd be like pronouncing other words or names incorrectly on purpose. It doesn't make sense. If I pronounced Steve Jobs' last name so it rhymed with "robes," how much sense would that make? It isn't pronounced like that.
I'm just saying, it'd be like pronouncing other words or names incorrectly on purpose. It doesn't make sense. If I pronounced Steve Jobs' last name so it rhymed with "robes," how much sense would that make? It isn't pronounced like that.
What if he spelled it with 4 M's and a silent Q?
I say ex. Saying ten feels wrong because of all the different versions. Like the Pentium 4. Thank God that Intel ended that abominable name schema before the Pentium 5. I would have had to smack someone, hard.
How about we call it jagwire(for all the Register fans out there)
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Just did a quick search on Youtube, and what Phil Schiller said was:
"sixteen ex Superdrive" (instead of "times") when describing the new Mac Pro.
Actually, this is a worse mispronunciation than "OS ex", IMHO...
(@ 6:24)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmUwqkzBE8
"sixteen ex Superdrive" (instead of "times") when describing the new Mac Pro.
Actually, this is a worse mispronunciation than "OS ex", IMHO...
(@ 6:24)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmUwqkzBE8
I'm just saying, it'd be like pronouncing other words or names incorrectly on purpose. It doesn't make sense. If I pronounced Steve Jobs' last name so it rhymed with "robes," how much sense would that make? It isn't pronounced like that.
That would be great if it were an accurate comparison.
The letter X is pronounced "ex". It can also be used as the roman numeral character for the Arabic number ten. Saying "ex" in fact, is more accurate than saying "ten" because 10 out of 10 people in the modern world would say "ex" if you showed them an X and asked them to pronounce it.
If you want to be accurate and pronounce it correctly then say "OS roman numeral ten". If you can't say it to your Grandmother and have her write it down correctly, then how can you be pronouncing it right?
Seriously, EITHER way conveys what you are referring to.
To be fair, that's just bad nomenclature in the first placetimes what? (For the record, I know what it's multiplying, but if you never specify, you really shouldn't say it). I do say "eight ex" SuperDrive, because "eight times" SuperDrive is weird. I guess sometimes I say "eight speed?"
Yeah, that's just bad in general. There's no good way to say it.
But it makes sense to go from OS 9 to OS X?
yes it does make logical sense to me (but it's not consistent, i admit that much) because X = 10 and 10 comes one after 9.
anyway, it doesn't matter really!
Sounds like somebody has a thing against abbreviations...might as well call it Macintosh Operating System Ten. Personally I have never said OS 10, OSX just flows so much more naturally from my tongue.
So you're an ex-ex'er?Just posting to say that in the past two or three months I have changed from an Ex sayer, to a Ten sayer
OS EKS forever!!! Viva la OS EKS!!
Monstergirly,
My brother also says Veesta instead of Vista and it makes me want to slap him.
Monstergirly,
My brother also says Veesta instead of Vista and it makes me want to slap him.
I think people get thrown off because every other system release used the more familiar Arabic numerals. Not to mention that I think Apple went with the Roman numeral to signify Unix. But, yeah, it annoys me too when people say it as "Ex" instead of [System] / [Mac OS] X [10].
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