I really should have bought that book, "Apple Confidential 2.0" by Owen Linzmayer. It was just published about a week or two ago and as I was flipping through the book at Barnes and Noble, there was a page with all the codenames of all the builds of their operating systems, interestingly enough, I distinctly remember seeing the codename for 10.4 in it. If anyone is at all interested in a very up-to-date history of Apple, including the iPod Mini and G5, you can pick it up at Amazon for $13.97, just thumbing through it was trip down memory lane.
I really should have bought that book, "Apple Confidential 2.0" by Owen Linzmayer. It was just published about a week or two ago and as I was flipping through the book at Barnes and Noble, there was a page with all the codenames of all the builds of their operating systems, interestingly enough, I distinctly remember seeing the codename for 10.4 in it. If anyone is at all interested in a very up-to-date history of Apple, including the iPod Mini and G5, you can pick it up at Amazon for $13.97, just thumbing through it was trip down memory lane.
SWEET!! Great find Gott! $13?! That's something even I can afford. lol
I really should have bought that book, "Apple Confidential 2.0" by Owen Linzmayer. It was just published about a week or two ago and as I was flipping through the book at Barnes and Noble, there was a page with all the codenames of all the builds of their operating systems, interestingly enough, I distinctly remember seeing the codename for 10.4 in it. If anyone is at all interested in a very up-to-date history of Apple, including the iPod Mini and G5, you can pick it up at Amazon for $13.97, just thumbing through it was trip down memory lane.
hmmm i just bought a load of books for my schoolig... but i will have to get back to that soon like tomarrow?when i'm at the store thanks
Cougar is the only big cat name left that "sounds cool", ...
well, maybe "Cougar" sounds cool in your language. but in my language (and i guess in most other languages.), it looks, feels and sounds a bit ... er ... awkward.
and, on a sidenote, apple should not copycat that microsoft year counting scheme. No Macos X 04, no no no!!!
MACOSRUMORS is calling 10.4 'Merlot'. WTF! Why have they changed to Wine?
Quote 'Delivering on another one of Steve's promises: Jobs has on a couple of occasions stated his intentions to position Mac OS X as the fastest and best platform overall for deploying Java applications. Panther advanced this cause, but Merlot will 'seal the deal' with many improvements including extensive G5 optimization of 10.4's Java layer' End Quote
IIRC, 10.3 was originally rumored to be called "Pinot," and we later learned it would be called Panther. It was also supposed to have "piles," whatever those are.
Yes, Mac OS Rumors is just making stuff up for fun. They do that often. Don't take them too seriously.
i say it'll be tiger, and i think the name is fine.
macrumors has seemingly confirmed it will be tiger. who said it would be tiger earlier in this thread? thats right--me. (along with a bunch of other people, but still, i guessed correctly)
MACOSRUMORS is calling 10.4 'Merlot'. WTF! Why have they changed to Wine?
Quote 'Delivering on another one of Steve's promises: Jobs has on a couple of occasions stated his intentions to position Mac OS X as the fastest and best platform overall for deploying Java applications. Panther advanced this cause, but Merlot will 'seal the deal' with many improvements including extensive G5 optimization of 10.4's Java layer' End Quote
I really should have bought that book, "Apple Confidential 2.0" by Owen Linzmayer. It was just published about a week or two ago and as I was flipping through the book at Barnes and Noble, there was a page with all the codenames of all the builds of their operating systems, interestingly enough, I distinctly remember seeing the codename for 10.4 in it. If anyone is at all interested in a very up-to-date history of Apple, including the iPod Mini and G5, you can pick it up at Amazon for $13.97, just thumbing through it was trip down memory lane.
heeh i went to my local bookstore tonite and ordered it. it should be here on thursday night... i'll scan throu it and try to find 10.4 name for ya'll
Pscates, I was thinking about that. I think Apple's method of determining what to put on the package is based on what the Mac community dislikes at the time. In 10.0 and 10.1, people were still getting used to OS X, and many still preferred OS 9. So, they made the logo look like the Aqua interface that everyone was afraid of. Then, Jaguar. People thought it was silly to go around calling the OS by its code name in public, so Apple markets the code name and makes a cheesy spotted fur box. Then Panther. The Mac community was often talking about how Apple violated their own HIG's by putting brushed metal EVERYWHERE. So what do they do? They put brushed metal right on the package.
So what are people complaining about now? There's always a lot of stuff that people complain about in the Mac community. Here are a few:
1. Nonexistent hardware updates
2. G5s only in PowerMacs, G4s everywhere else
3. No attempt at an office suite to compete with MS
4. Battery problems everywhere with laptops
5. Forcing the user to pay for things like OS X, iLife, and .Mac.
So, what could you make of this? Well, maybe they could use the MS Excel "X" logo for the package, to prove that we are really in it for the long haul with MS Office. Or there would be a big magnified battery indicator with an X in it, showing that your battery was just destroyed by the latest OS X update. Maybe a couple of crossed $ signs to make an X shape, signifying that you have to spend money constantly to stay up to date. Or maybe make the box look like a copy of the Windows XP box - blue, with a transparent large X in the background, and "macintosh os x" written in the middle. All lower-case, of course.
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Originally posted by ZO
WWDC is well over 2 months away... but that shouldnt stop us to speculate and guess.
So, as we all know, OS X is a Big Cat OS. Just to recap, we got:
OS X 10.0 = Cheetah
OS X 10.1 = Puma
OS X 10.2 = Jaguar (or Jagwire, depending on quantity of LSD you had in your youth)
OS X 10.3 = Panther
Names of cats still "available":
"big" cats: Cougar, Leopard, Lion, Tiger
"smaller" cats: Lynx, Tomcat, Tabby Cat... etc
"other" cats: Hobbes, Garfield, Heathcliff, Bill the Cat (rock on),
I vaguely remember that one tpe of cat is similar (or identical) to the other, but have a different name.
So... whos guessing? Winner gets free beer (or other) in Paris
I propose:
MacOS X 10.4 Fat Cat (iLife 0wn§ j00)
Cougar...i gar-ron-tueeee!
Originally posted by Gott der Maschine
I really should have bought that book, "Apple Confidential 2.0" by Owen Linzmayer. It was just published about a week or two ago and as I was flipping through the book at Barnes and Noble, there was a page with all the codenames of all the builds of their operating systems, interestingly enough, I distinctly remember seeing the codename for 10.4 in it. If anyone is at all interested in a very up-to-date history of Apple, including the iPod Mini and G5, you can pick it up at Amazon for $13.97, just thumbing through it was trip down memory lane.
SWEET!! Great find Gott! $13?! That's something even I can afford. lol
Originally posted by Gott der Maschine
I really should have bought that book, "Apple Confidential 2.0" by Owen Linzmayer. It was just published about a week or two ago and as I was flipping through the book at Barnes and Noble, there was a page with all the codenames of all the builds of their operating systems, interestingly enough, I distinctly remember seeing the codename for 10.4 in it. If anyone is at all interested in a very up-to-date history of Apple, including the iPod Mini and G5, you can pick it up at Amazon for $13.97, just thumbing through it was trip down memory lane.
hmmm i just bought a load of books for my schoolig... but i will have to get back to that soon like tomarrow?when i'm at the store thanks
B&N: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...93270100&itm=1
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846
The prices are $13.96 and $13.97 repectively, happy shopping!
Originally posted by Gott der Maschine
Here's the links for both Barnes and Noble and Amazon, so loyal B&N and Amazon shoppers alike can get it.
B&N: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...93270100&itm=1
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846
The prices are $13.96 and $13.97 repectively, happy shopping!
thanks...much appreciated
Originally posted by Moogs
Cougar is the only big cat name left that "sounds cool", ...
well, maybe "Cougar" sounds cool in your language. but in my language (and i guess in most other languages.), it looks, feels and sounds a bit ... er ... awkward.
and, on a sidenote, apple should not copycat that microsoft year counting scheme. No Macos X 04, no no no!!!
best
Quote 'Delivering on another one of Steve's promises: Jobs has on a couple of occasions stated his intentions to position Mac OS X as the fastest and best platform overall for deploying Java applications. Panther advanced this cause, but Merlot will 'seal the deal' with many improvements including extensive G5 optimization of 10.4's Java layer' End Quote
http://www.macosrumors.com/32804E.html
Is this just MACOSRUMORS in usual for or could it be true?
Dobby.
Yes, Mac OS Rumors is just making stuff up for fun. They do that often. Don't take them too seriously.
Originally posted by dobby
MACOSRUMORS is calling 10.4 'Merlot'. WTF! Why have they changed to Wine?
Is this just MACOSRUMORS in usual for or could it be true?
Dobby.
10.5 Thunderbird
10.6 Pink Elephant
I always knew Apple was an addiction. I believe Macosrumors has already jumped to seeing pink elephants.
Originally posted by ipodandimac
i say it'll be tiger, and i think the name is fine.
macrumors has seemingly confirmed it will be tiger. who said it would be tiger earlier in this thread? thats right--me. (along with a bunch of other people, but still, i guessed correctly)
Originally posted by dobby
MACOSRUMORS is calling 10.4 'Merlot'. WTF! Why have they changed to Wine?
Quote 'Delivering on another one of Steve's promises: Jobs has on a couple of occasions stated his intentions to position Mac OS X as the fastest and best platform overall for deploying Java applications. Panther advanced this cause, but Merlot will 'seal the deal' with many improvements including extensive G5 optimization of 10.4's Java layer' End Quote
http://www.macosrumors.com/32804E.html
Is this just MACOSRUMORS in usual for or could it be true?
Dobby.
ugh oh my god dobby that would be awful... just keep with the cat theme... maybe even "OS X.4 Chesire"
sorry about the spelling but you know...like chesire cat from alice in wonderland!!!
Originally posted by Gott der Maschine
I really should have bought that book, "Apple Confidential 2.0" by Owen Linzmayer. It was just published about a week or two ago and as I was flipping through the book at Barnes and Noble, there was a page with all the codenames of all the builds of their operating systems, interestingly enough, I distinctly remember seeing the codename for 10.4 in it. If anyone is at all interested in a very up-to-date history of Apple, including the iPod Mini and G5, you can pick it up at Amazon for $13.97, just thumbing through it was trip down memory lane.
heeh i went to my local bookstore tonite and ordered it. it should be here on thursday night... i'll scan throu it and try to find 10.4 name for ya'll
wheee. so who won?
Originally posted by Vox Barbara
well, maybe "Cougar" sounds cool in your language. but in my opinion..........it looks, feels and sounds a bit ... er ... awkward.
Fixed that for you. Doesn't feel in the least bit awkward to me.
Why yes...so obvious! A good ol' tiger. Like Hobbes!
Lots of good marketing potential/angles with that too. That is, of course, if Apple engaged in marketing.
Okay, first it was blue gel. Then Jaguar, and spotted fur. So we all said "cool...Panther will be black fur, right?". No, it was brushed metal. WTF?
So does ANYONE want to go out on a limb (umm, like a tiger might do) and try to predict what the look/theme of 10.4 Tiger will be?
Too easy to just assume it'll be a furry orange and black-striped "X", although...
We zig, Apple zags. Who knows...they might just stick Tigger on the box and call it a day.
So what are people complaining about now? There's always a lot of stuff that people complain about in the Mac community. Here are a few:
1. Nonexistent hardware updates
2. G5s only in PowerMacs, G4s everywhere else
3. No attempt at an office suite to compete with MS
4. Battery problems everywhere with laptops
5. Forcing the user to pay for things like OS X, iLife, and .Mac.
So, what could you make of this? Well, maybe they could use the MS Excel "X" logo for the package, to prove that we are really in it for the long haul with MS Office. Or there would be a big magnified battery indicator with an X in it, showing that your battery was just destroyed by the latest OS X update. Maybe a couple of crossed $ signs to make an X shape, signifying that you have to spend money constantly to stay up to date. Or maybe make the box look like a copy of the Windows XP box - blue, with a transparent large X in the background, and "macintosh os x" written in the middle. All lower-case, of course.