95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
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- BaskerviIle
wow, that's a nice consistent naming system you got there microsoft.
7? great name
- kona0
awful
- doesnotexist0
who's in charge of their branding? I would think there would be a whole chapter dedicated to namings...or at least there should be.
- brandelec0
[George's Car]
George and Susan, heading home from the restaurant. George is happy,
smiling and whistling.
GEORGE: I think they really went for that Soda.
SUSAN: What, are you crazy? They hated it. They were just humouring
you.
GEORGE: Ah, alright. Believe me, that kid's gonna be called Soda.
SUSAN: I can tell you, I would never name my child Soda.
GEORGE: Oh, no no no. Course not. I got a great name for our kids. A
Real original. You wanna hear what it is? Huh, you ready?
SUSAN: Yeah.
George uses his finger to draw a number 7 in the air, accompanying the
Strokes of his digit with a two-tone whistle.
SUSAN: What is that? Sign language?
GEORGE: No, Seven.
SUSAN: Seven Costanza? You're serious?
GEORGE: Yeah. It's a beautiful name for a boy or a girl...
Susan scoffs.
GEORGE: ...especially a girl. Or a boy.
SUSAN: I don't think so.
GEORGE: What, you don't like the name?
SUSAN: It's not a name. It's a number.
GEORGE: I know. It's Mickey Mantle's number. So not only is it an all
Around beautiful name, it is also a living tribute.
SUSAN: It's awful. I hate it!
GEORGE: (angry) Well, that's the name!
SUSAN: (also angry) Oh no it is not! No child of mine is ever going to
be named Seven!
GEORGE: (yelling) Awright, let's just stay calm here! Don't get all
crazy on me!
- i actually just read that. i want my 20 seconds back.Raniator
- Id so, I want a minuteItalianStallion
- dammit!tomkat
- locustsloth0
On a related note, Apple better create a genetic engineering division or else they're gonna run out of cats to name their OS after
- hahahahahahaha touché, salesman7point34
- they have 20 more cat names to run through stilldoesnotexist
- dogs are the new catsMilan
- pylon0
I don't want to use an OS called Cougar...
- I do!BaskerviIle
- Upcoming Snow Leopard is silly enough. What's next?
Bornean Clouded Leopard?
pylon
- doesnotexist0
how about ocelot ?
- 7point340
i'll make the switch when they release OSX Hobbes
- skii0
os tortoiseshell tabby
- TheeOtherJuan0
i wonder if apple is behind bring back the sabre toothed tigers?
Mac OSX Sabre
- Llyod0
nt was the best
- kult0
"Leopard"
...nuff said.
- Meeklo0
In their defense.
Windows has had mainly a negative response when it comes to their brand perception. So it's just natural that they are looking to separate their brand from previous releases.Seven is a great name (George Constanza came up with it) cause its simple, and its not pretentious (inho at least).
Vista, leopard, Tiger, those are just straight up ridicoulus, i can never remember what am I on, tiger, leopard, or panther.
Is just like Venti, Grande and whatever is the other one.
Call it Medium Large and Small, keep it simple.- clearly you realize the the cat names are the 'project' names. the true 'name of the OS is 10.x...madirish
- clearly I do, and clearly you realize that system is very confusing right?Meeklo
- not particularly as i forget the cat name as soon as i install it, and purely remember in am on which 'version' of the OS, etc.madirish
- SteveJobs0
it's taken me forever to remember my os x flavor - leapord, tiger, panther, calico, fuck, i forgot again..
and the incremental 'build versions' of each os doesn't make things much easier. uhhh... ten-dot-something.... just a simple real number will do.
- I think if you said 'I'm on version 43' it would be less informative to people than '10.5.5'.ribit
- graham0
mac os X is up to 10.5, snowleopard will be 10.6
surely that means they only need 3 more cats until they switch to os XI or something?
- climbatree0
just use what you like/works for you and shut up!!!!!!!!!
- definitely worth posting. MIght want to take your own adviceBaskerviIle
- Raniator0
Nicely put but don't forget people's mentality...
If they use one product over another, they automatically assume and believe that the other product is shit. That is why OS X peeps will always slag Windows off, no matter what.
It's a bit like when people say a band is 'shit'. What they actually mean is they don't like their music. Big difference.
