Is OS X shaping up to be the "new" system 7?

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in macOS edited January 2014
It seems as if OS X is becoming a bit like System 7 was. You know, a revolutionary new OS that will take a while to perfect.



I suppose the main difference would be that system 7 was quite unstable while OS X is extremely stable. Still, OS X has the potential to be around FOREVER just like System 7... it was released in the early 90s around the same time as the Quadra line, and it wasn't retired until 1997 with the Beige G3s.



Just idle speculation...
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  • Reply 1 of 37
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    I think so too because OS XI doesn't have the same ring to it.
  • Reply 2 of 37
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    I would say yes in terms of its longevity, but no in terms of its feature set. I think OS X will change and grow alot more than System 7. (I miss calling othe Mac OS "System xyz.")
  • Reply 3 of 37
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    I agree with the system 7 analogee. Apple will stick with X naming scheme for awhile.



    While OS XI doesn't apeal, OS 11 sounds okay.
  • Reply 4 of 37
    [quote]Originally posted by Kecksy:

    <strong>I agree with the system 7 analogee. Apple will stick with X naming scheme for awhile.



    While OS XI doesn't apeal, OS 11 sounds okay.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I think Apple will stay with the 10.X naming scheme for awhile. It might take quite long (i think) for us to get to OS XI (11). Just going from 10.0.x to 10.2.3 is like going from OS 8 to OS 9.
  • Reply 5 of 37
    cubedudecubedude Posts: 1,556member
    Why not X-squared, like you'd see in an algebra class? That, IMHO, sounds better than OS11 or OSX|.
  • Reply 6 of 37
    OS Y
  • Reply 7 of 37
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    [quote]Originally posted by _ alliance _:

    <strong>OS Y</strong><hr></blockquote>



    OS Y may sound corny, but i like it!!
  • Reply 8 of 37
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    [quote]Originally posted by _ alliance _:

    <strong>OS Y</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Y would anyone want to use that?
  • Reply 9 of 37
    nevynnevyn Posts: 360member
    [quote]Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:

    <strong>Still, OS X has the potential to be around FOREVER just like System 7... </strong><hr></blockquote>



    If Apple's able to follow the path NeXt laid out by using Frameworks to support the APIs and getting people to really stick to the guidelines, X should be around a lot longer. Or, at least, current programs should have a much longer lifetime anyway.



    One of the nice things about NeXt was you didn't need to scramble around upgrading everything everytime a 'new better way' was introduced - because they could coexist peacefully.



    This doesn't apply so much to things like disk formatters, but little non-hardware tools should 'just keep working'.
  • Reply 10 of 37
    naghanagha Posts: 71member
    It will stay OSX for this decade - they've said as much. I think that by then, computing will have changed very dramatically and the idea of a personal computer will be very antiquated.



    na
  • Reply 11 of 37
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    In ten years, OS X wont feel antique, but it will have evolved. You wont even notice it, but you'll be able to look at 10.0 and say, "Wow...remember when it used to be like this!?"



    Things get better. We wont be staring at Jaguar, or Puma, or Panther, or (insert big cat name here) forever. Lots of relatively small changes (like 10.0 to 10.1, 10.1 to 10.2) add up to a HELL of a lot.
  • Reply 12 of 37
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    can you imagine looking back at 10.2 in a couple years and it being like using 9 and looking back to 7?
  • Reply 13 of 37
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    [quote]Originally posted by ast3r3x:

    <strong>can you imagine looking back at 10.2 in a couple years and it being like using 9 and looking back to 7?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Just look at 10.2 to the Public Beta. Wow.



    The numbering scheme has changed. The X.0, X.5, XI.0... is gone. At the pace they're going 10.9 is a long way off.
  • Reply 14 of 37
    evoevo Posts: 198member
    And after 10.9 they could alwas go 10.10, 10.11... even though that's not traditionally how they numbered OS upgrades.
  • Reply 15 of 37
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    Mac OS 11



    our OS goes to eleven!!!
  • Reply 16 of 37
    [quote]Originally posted by Kecksy:

    <strong>



    Y would anyone want to use that?</strong><hr></blockquote>

    'cause Steve just looooves sci-fi movies, and Mac OS Y sounds quite futurish..





    [year2014]

    ..."Buy the new Mac OS Y, the same OS the United European Deus Ex Swat Team uses in their search for terroists!"...

    [/year2014]
  • Reply 17 of 37
    [quote]Originally posted by bunge:

    <strong>



    Just look at 10.2 to the Public Beta. Wow.



    The numbering scheme has changed. The X.0, X.5, XI.0... is gone. At the pace they're going 10.9 is a long way off.</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Think about it.. Had they used this scheme, then we would be at around Mac OS 3.6 now...! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 18 of 37
    spookyspooky Posts: 504member
    X will be Exactly like system 7. Just like 7 it promised the earth if we'd only wait for it to mature. just like 7 it will never be fast enough. Just like 7 each successive version will need a greater performance boost from hardware than the macs of the day could provide.

    Just like 7 it will evolve into a 9 that a new generation of mac users will swear by.

    just like 9 it will need to be replaced to howls of dismay.

    then the cycle will start again.
  • Reply 19 of 37
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Don't forget that Apple essentially jumped from System 1 to System 6. And OS 9 was a stop-gap until X was ready. Really it was 8.7/8.
  • Reply 20 of 37
    [quote] Just look at 10.2 to the Public Beta. Wow.



    <hr></blockquote>



    My sentiments.



    Lemon Bon Bon :cool:



    I liked System 7



    So yes. 'X' has a similar comparison. I'm really looking forward to Panther..!



    [ 01-19-2003: Message edited by: Lemon Bon Bon ]</p>
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