mac-mini Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I say Mac OS "EX" even though I know it's wrong... I find it funny that most people call it the wrong thing... It says on wikipedia that it's 10, and I think that's how Steve Jobs says it, so it's probably 10. that is how steve jobs says it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomozj Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Mac OSX. Mac OSX. Mac OSX. Mac OSX. Mac OSX. Mac OSX. Mac OSX. Mac OSX. How did you read them? OSX or OS 10? I myself pronounce it X, but I wonder when we reach Mac OS 11... -tj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gikku Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 It's 10, as in System 7, 8, OS 9. And this thread is 8 pages !! The written 'X' is coincidentally a nice play on NeXT and UNIX. 10.4.8, or whatever, is the version tracker. OS 11, pehaps it will be XI, ecks eye !! jeeez,... It may be 10.11.1 The Persian Pussy OS X 10.4 Tiger, do you call it "10.4" or "Tiger"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolodex Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 It's 10, as in System 7, 8, OS 9. And this thread is 8 pages !!The written 'X' is coincidentally a nice play on NeXT and UNIX. 10.4.8, or whatever, is the version tracker. OS 11, pehaps it will be XI, ecks eye !! jeeez,... It may be 10.11.1 The Persian Pussy OS X 10.4 Tiger, do you call it "10.4" or "Tiger"? 10.11.1 The Persian Pussy? from tiger to leopard, i think it better be OS 11 Cat. meow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRP Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Bell Labs/AT&T: UNIX (not UNI 10)...Hewlett-Packard: HP-UX (not HP-U 10)... IBM: AIX (not AI 10)... I'll stick with OS "Ecks" OS X vs. OSX: The new great Internet Pissing War begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Mac OS 7->8->9 so, Mac OS 10 =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Mac OS "X" i wonder what i will say when leopard (11) or (XI) comes out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRP Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Leopard is X.5, no trouble there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_4e Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I originally said "X" but I've grown to say "ten." Although os"X"86 is still osx86, no ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Evil Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 good point about version 11 or OS XI....wonder what it will be called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.nub Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 It is OS 10, however I say OS ex, as it sounds cooler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Well i must say it's been an interesting 8 pages to read. But does it really matter what you say? And yes, i've been with it all the way since System 6. Anyone that knows what Mac OS X is knows that it is version 10, based on BSD. BSD-unix, 10-X I think they were pretty smart when they came up with that. I think i probably use both, but i'm never in contact with OS 9 or older anymore so sometimes i just say Mac OS because basically there is only one worth mentioning. And as some have mentioned, Mac OS X(ten) 10.4.8 sounds stranger then saying Mac OS X(ehks) 10.4.8. And i don't think we have to worry about OS 11, they will have different name for that one, if it will even come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcushunt Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 "X" is cooler ...thats what i like to call it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbardi Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Well, I say OS "EX", and frankly, if Steve Jobs really cared what people called it, as stated earlier, he would not have come up with XServe and XCode, because they are not pronounced 10Server and 10Code. Personally, I believe if you asked Steve if it was wrong to say "EX" he would say no. They broke that naming convention when they started making software that was pronounded with the "EX" sound (XServer, XCode, etc) and although X is a roman numeral, it is also a letter of the english alphabet, so Steve isn't so stupid that he would not have forseen that some people were eventually going to call it OS "EX". The name sells, as a roman numeral or a letter, Apple is simply thankful that everyone enjoys the operating system. The "X" in OS X was not something intelligent guys dreamed up to relive the hayday of Roman Numerals. It was the first Apple OS to run on UNI"X" and at the time of the first 10.0 release on PPC, they were already developing a copy for "X"86 architecture, which its commonly refered to as "Intel Architecture" or "IBM Architecture" for those that want to use vanila terms rather than the literal. So you see, the "X" has many reasons for being in the name of OS X, so both ways of pronouncing it are acceptable. A final note, to those "Apple Old School Cool Folks" who think they are better than the rest of us, I'll have you know I have been a developer for UNIX, LINUX and AmigaOS since the days when Apple's operating system was nothing but an over hyped software program. Such a joke that it couldn't even be classified as an OS. Apple never had a decent OS until it switched to UNIX with OS X, so those that think OS9 was a great achievment, you can get off your high horse. Some of us have been building, coding and breaking computers before a lot of you even owned a computer, because you were either not even born or your mother was still wiping your little nose, so don't even think about SMIRKING at me when I say OS "EX". "Old School" is for those of us that were around at the turning points of computer technology... those of us that know what a dial-up BBS system is when we used 300 and 1200 Baud Modems through a serial hookup because we didn't have ISA cards... don't know what they are? Thats before PCI cards came about. Yeah, I'm talking about a time when the Internet was unheard of outside of the US Governement because it was still a secured, private network. A lot of you can't even imagine a world without the Internet.. but amazingly enough, it wasn't always around. I am OLD SCHOOL, and I'll smirk at any punk that dirties the meaning of that name by referring to it in reference to Apple. By the way, I like Steve Jobs... he is a brilliant man who was on the cutting edge while Microcrap was sneaking and stealing ideas, but to say anything that came out of Apple from the time Microcrap released Windows 95 up until Apple finally came out with OS X is laughable. Anyway, that is my II cents on that topic. You see, even I can use roman numerals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I can understand why it is "10" for people that have been around since OS9. But considering the first Mac I knew well was Tiger... "X" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 A final note, to those "Apple Old School Cool Folks" who think they are better than the rest of us, I'll have you know I have been a developer for UNIX, LINUX and AmigaOS since the days when Apple's operating system was nothing but an over hyped software program. Such a joke that it couldn't even be classified as an OS. Apple never had a decent OS until it switched to UNIX with OS X, so those that think OS9 was a great achievment, you can get off your high horse. Some of us have been building, coding and breaking computers before a lot of you even owned a computer, because you were either not even born or your mother was still wiping your little nose, so don't even think about SMIRKING at me when I say OS "EX". With all due respect, I smirk at your comments about the classic Mac OS. If it wasn't really an OS, - smirk - you can gladly call it a GUI - smirk -. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I call it "OH ES EX" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my1stmacisaHACK Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 its OHH S "X" for me... sound sexy and seductive wanna see my OHH S X? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 O ESE EQUIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my1stmacisaHACK Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 O ESE EQUIS awss its sexier than mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 I want to hear it in french too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emrwe Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 on as turkish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0me.one Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Well... I voted "X"... I'm portuguese, and here we don't pronouce "ex" but "xis" or "shis" (the same thing)... Anyway... I like to say Mac OS 'xis' Tiger eheh Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkm82 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 O ESE EQUIS ¿Realmente dices O ESE EQUIS en lugar de OS EQUIS? Nunca había oído pronunciarlo así en castellano... Really do you say "O ESE EQUIS" instead of "OS EQUIS"? I've heard pronouncing it this way in castilian spanish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggie Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 ^ edit to translation above -- last sentence should read "I've NEVER heard of pronouncing........." Key word NEVER. PS -- X as in letter. Oh-Ess-Ex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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