Which of these Apple-trademarked names would you pick for OS X 10.11?

[0000757]

Sequoia/Redwood.

Mavericks was about power/performance/speed, so the powerful Maverick waves make sense.

Yosemite was about a bold redesign, and unification, so Yosemite makes sense.

Apple will definitely want to re-affirm everyone that OS X is here to stay, and what better way than to name it after the tree that has stood the test of time?

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

*snip*

 

[bradl]

They need a single name for marketing purposes, so it is not "San Andreas". I think they use "Yellowstone". It is the biggest volcano on the world. See also:
http://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/volcanoqa.htm

OS X Yellowstone

Image
​

1. Single name for marketing purposes? Mountain Lion kills that theory.

2. Yellowstone is in Wyoming, not California.

BL.​

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

1. Single name for marketing purposes? Mountain Lion kills that theory.

Also Snow Leopard.

 

[iObama]

I'd go Sonoma, but I'm a little biased. It's my hometown.

 

[bradl]

You know...

They could tick off a certain company in Round Rock, Texas, by calling the next release "Del".

After all, The Del is in San Diego, and has a good 125 year history, if not longer.

But on the other side of that, they probably don't want to deal with the stigma that the other place has of their computers crashing a couple of weeks after the warranty expires.

BL.

 

[loveandhavefun]

OS X Ventura

makes sense

 

[bradl]

OS X Ventura

makes sense

I'm actually surprised that they got away with this one being trademarked, as I would think that America would have had prior art/claim to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_Highway

BL.

 

[soupcan]

We went from big cats to places in California, with Mavericks to Yosemite. What do you think Apple has planned for OS 10.11?

 

[BillinLWR]

stop with those words no one can pronounce!

everyone I know pronounces "Yosemite" like jose as in Joseph and mite like dynamite.

Yosemite YO SEM' IT TEE means Bear in the Awaneecee language. How's that for trivia?

 

[dogslobber]

I think it's going to be Tahoe with Oakland a close second.

 

[BillinLWR]

Haw about Alviso or Milpitas?

 

[soupcan]

I'm missing Lake Tahoe on that list.

 

[hydr]

10.11 will be purely about optimisation and security. rootless at the core.
Name? Alcatraz

 

[AustinIllini]

What about OS X Playboy? or OS X Grotto?

Nah. Playboy isn't even original to California.

 

[definitive]

If OS X is getting an optimization release like iOS is rumored to get, I think Redwood's a good one. "Built to last."

"..for a year, after which it's on to the next buggy 10.12 service pack release.."

 

[kmj2318]

I chose Sierra, but I imagine Tahoe.

I'm OS X Tahoe with a snowy background image. They won't openly say it, but the snow will be a wink to Apple fans alluding to Snow Leopard.

 

[majid23]

OS X Zuma!

 

[TechZeke]

Definitely Redwood, Sequoia, or Mojave.

 

[abowlby]

My face when OS X Grizzly still has stuttering animations on a fully loaded 15" rMBP:

 

[clukas]

I think OS X Mojave is unlikely, it would draw too many comparisons to Microsoft's Mojave experiment (i.e. Windows Vista marketing). On the other hand I like OS X Redwood .

.

 

[Butchie-T]

I'm telling y'all, the next name needs to be "Donner Pass". An OS that eats it's own......

 

[luke lau]

No Mt Weed?

 

[Steve.P.JobsFan]

I like Redwood... if only for the GTA pun. Plus "OS X Redwood" just sounds nice.

Maybe OS X 10.12 will be OS X Bawsaq?

 

[PowerBook-G5]

Where is Rancho Cucamonga?

You mean Rrrrrrrrancho Cucamonga.

I think that we'll see Redwood, Seqoia, or Pacific this year.