Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

What do you call OS X

How do you pronounce OS X.

  • OS 'TEN'

    Votes: 68 51.1%

  • OS 'X'

    Votes: 65 48.9%
  • Total voters
    133
millertime021

millertime021

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jan 28, 2010
640
0
AZ
How do you say OS X when you say it out loud.

I've heard it both ways, but I was really wondering how the hardcore Mac users say it, as I work and live with Windows people.

I don't know why the poll closed. :(

Mod note: The poll closed automatically due to the Poll Timeout option which was set to 3 days after the thread was opened. I have reset this to 0 which means it will stay open forever.
 
Oh Ess Ecks

Dunno, but maybe this is because I only switched to Macs after OS X came out so have no experience of earlier versions meaning I'm not familiar with the nomenclature.
 
I pronounce it Windows. ;) Seriously, it was OS 9 then OS X. I figured they used a roman numeral to make the name stand out. I call it OS 10.
 
millertime021 said:
See this is why I was curious. It's OS TEN, but I personally think OS X sounds cooler. And it seems like branding the 'X' on the end, rather than the number 10, makes people more inclined to say 'X' over 10.
Click to expand...

I even say OS X 10.6 even though it should be OS 10.6 (and I see a lot people doing the same). I never think the X as 10, it's just X for me :p
 
belvdr said:
I pronounce it Windows. ;) Seriously, it was OS 9 then OS X. I figured they used a roman numeral to make the name stand out. I call it OS 10.
Click to expand...

Maybe it's related to the switch to Intel from PPC - Intel used Roman numerals for the Pentium family until the P4 when they switched to Arabic? :confused:
 
I say OS X, simply because it flows a bit better, and that is how it is always written, so I assume newer users might not realize that it is actually ten. I have actually used Macs since system 7, although this is the first one I have actually owned :p
 
Well it should be OS ten really as it was preceded by OS 9 and OS 8 etc. However, has anyone ever pronounced it in a keynote somewhere? If we heard it from an Apple engineer or Steve himself we'd soon know!
 
Darth.Titan said:
People who say 'X' instead of 'Ten' always go into the "Not So Computer Literate" category in my book.

Sorry guys.
Click to expand...

That's not very fair is it? As I mentioned in an earlier post, what about those of us who are recently converts to Macs and aren't aware of the historical names of the OS?

Reminds me of the Lie-nucks vs. Linn-ucks debate (the latter is correct).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back