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Well I Guess Everyone Knows Mac OS 9 Exists
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Yeah, how could you not know? Since logically you would believe that since there is OS X, there had to be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9.
But yeah, I have an iMac G3 with 8.5 on it. I've looked into upgradeing to 9, but that would require a major RAM upgrade.. and i just spent $300 on an iBook, so it's not happening any time soon.
I would've.
But yeah, I have an iMac G3 with 8.5 on it. I've looked into upgradeing to 9, but that would require a major RAM upgrade.. and i just spent $300 on an iBook, so it's not happening any time soon.
I would've.
I remember the smell of the programmer's guides. And how thin the pages were. And how many pages there were.
And I say "ex". Not 10. Because "OS Ten 10.4" sounds stupid.
Haha. This is a Mac forum. Probabaly the wrong place to ask this question.
[I still have fond memories of Color Classic's and Quadra 950's]
[I still have fond memories of Color Classic's and Quadra 950's]
well, I think the point of this thread was that so many people call it "X" that many do not know that the "X" is in fact a roman numeral "ten."
"OS ten point four." That's all you need to say... what's so stupid?
And for the record, yes, I started with an LC III that ran OS 7. Then a G3 that ran 8, then an imac G3 that ran 9... and so on and so forth.
I remember the Apple II's back in Elementary school. Then we got a fancy mac in 3rd grade that had the epitome of technology at the time: a CD-Rom. I remember being so amazed at the fact that a whole set of encyclopedia's could fit on one shiny disk. Even more amazed that it would play back a lion's roar when you clicked on the little speaker icon in the Lion article.
Then macs sort of fell off the Earth until 10th grade when I befriended a huge mac fiend and he showed me his beige pre-G3 PowerPC mac. (an 8200?). I thought system 7 was really cool and I remember him getting excited for each upgrade - even through X.
He's the reason I have a mac myself.
Then macs sort of fell off the Earth until 10th grade when I befriended a huge mac fiend and he showed me his beige pre-G3 PowerPC mac. (an 8200?). I thought system 7 was really cool and I remember him getting excited for each upgrade - even through X.
He's the reason I have a mac myself.
Look at the links here.
"Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger" for example.
"Mac O S Ten v 10 dot four Tiger".
Two "tens".
I prefer the "X". And I know it's Latin numbering. Of course, the Romans didn't say "ten" either.
Yup, I knew OS 9 existed and avoided the Mac like the plague until it sported a real OS. OS X made the mac respectable in my opinion, and is what converted me to the platform. My first Apple computer was a G4 17" PowerBook.
I then eagerly converted my family (only macs in my house) and many of my colleagues. It's been a crusade ever since.
I then eagerly converted my family (only macs in my house) and many of my colleagues. It's been a crusade ever since.
I won't take issue with that if you were using a real OS before. (Be, UNIX, etc. Basically any non-Windows, except for NT/2000.)
Myself, I started on GS OS (the Apple \\'s last hurrah).
I used OS/2 Warp for a while, then switched to FreeBSD.
Be OS was cute (and slick)... too bad they couldn't go anywhere with it, doomed from the start really.
I've also used various DOS and Windows flavors in the past... who hasn't. Back in those days I preferred Windows to Mac OS because it had a command line (it sucked, but it had one) and compilers.
Of course originally the big question in the Mac community was what happened to OS 9?
Mac OS X and Mac OS 8.5 were both announced together at WWDC 98, and the first shipping product to use Mac OS X (Mac OS X Server) predates the release of Mac OS 9.
Many people figured Apple was skipping OS 9 because there was already an "OS 9" operating system by another company.
Mac OS X and Mac OS 8.5 were both announced together at WWDC 98, and the first shipping product to use Mac OS X (Mac OS X Server) predates the release of Mac OS 9.
Many people figured Apple was skipping OS 9 because there was already an "OS 9" operating system by another company.
Yes, I knew. Thanks SHERLOCK.
(Get it? Sherlock? Search utility from MacOS 9? )
Yeah, Apple's come a long way. Remember the little bomb you got with a system error? Made me switch to Win 95 for a few years. Thanks for the memories Gil Amelio.
(Get it? Sherlock? Search utility from MacOS 9?
)Yeah, Apple's come a long way. Remember the little bomb you got with a system error? Made me switch to Win 95 for a few years. Thanks for the memories Gil Amelio.
I used to love OS9. I still have a soft spot for it.
I don't miss bombs and extension conflicts though.
I don't miss bombs and extension conflicts though.
jsw said:
But not quite as silly sounding as saying OS "ex" 10.4 when you're asked what version you're running though 'eh.
And?
Never understood the problem myself. I know car analogies are always useful on here...
but take BMW for another example.Do you say I have a BMW 5 Series 528i?
Or
I have a BMW 528i?
The hint is in the '5' isn't it. Same with the 'X' in OS X.
Anyway... back on topic, I started with System 7, prior to that I was an Atari boy, TOS and Atari Basic.
