misecia Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 As Mr Jobs will probably be announcing the next version of OS-X in the forthcoming months does anyone have an clue or preference to what the new codename will be...?? As we've already had Puma, Jaguar and Panther, do you think they will stay with the cat based theme, say with Cheetah or something, go for something else or just drop the codename out...?? Also, are they any new updates or improvements you'd like included...?? Personally I'd like the metal finder replaced with a a more pleasing Aqua based one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 maybe they will ditch cats and call it liek chicken? I think it will be called Puma, ask me why and the answer will be I have no Idea, it just sounds right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Puma has already been a codename, Liquid. I'm guessing Leopard as the next one. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semifamous Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 cheetah bobcat leopard mountain lion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 didn't apple get a bunch of names trademarked? there are lots of cats left... lions, tigers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dave- Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 wasnt cheetah the codename for 10.0 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 I think they'll definately stick with the cat based name. I think I heard Cheetah somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshUK Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Before everyone gets confused with pervious codenames heres a run down on the previous ones: 10.0 - Cheetah 10.1 - Puma 10.2 - Jaguar 10.3 - Panther Now you can simply list a wild cat that isnt on that list and have a stab in the dark at the 10.4 codename Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshUK Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Heres some random names of wild cats that sound okish as a codename: Leopard Lynx Ocelot Tiger Lion Cougar Serval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 ahh crap i forgot about Puma, i meant leopard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Roots Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 As Mr Jobs will probably be announcing the next version of OS-X in the forthcoming months... I wouldn't expect any announcement from Apple regarding the next version of OS X for at least half a year. The earliest you'd see it would be WWDC which is in June. And even then that's early; only 7 months after Panther was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGVL Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 OSX 10.4 :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misecia Posted December 30, 2003 Author Share Posted December 30, 2003 OSX 10.4 :whistle: http://www.intelsucks.net/chupacabra.jpg Arrrgghh!!! It will kill us all :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 I have changed my mind..I think it will be called Lynx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalFreedom Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Lynx or Cogar sounds about right... right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelusive978 Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 OSX 10.4 :whistle: http://www.intelsucks.net/chupacabra.jpg :ninja: Excerpt from Red Vs. Blue :ninja: Sarge: What about that Mexican cat thing? What's that called? Simmons: I believe that's the Chupacabra, sir. Sarge: How about it Grif? Chupathingy. I like it. Has a ring to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFNE Freak Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 I'd have to say Lynx or Cougar next also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 It could be hard in the UK as Lynx is a major brand of deodorant, so I doubt they'll use that. I think 'Tiger' is more likley. Or, maybe they will move to OSXI (11) as 10.3 -> 10.4 doesn't sound much of a change really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 niether does .1 -> .2 but if you look at the differences between the two it is a fairly major upgrade. The code name doesn't really matter in any official sense, with 10.0/10.1 nobody really said anything about the code name 10.2 changed that (probably because so many people were talking about the upgrades and the fact that it had a cool name). The box displays it's jaguar spots. Panther has dropped the fur from it's logo once again. I'm not sure why we all call it jaguar/panther: is that really more descriptive than 10.3 and if so why don't we toss around the old codenames for os x too - and what about the "colour" names for the point releases: ie: jaguar plaid for 10.2.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 What I'm saying is that people will start to wonder why they are paying $129 for a .1 upgrade. That's why Apple used 'Panther' more than '10.3' in their promotions for Panther, and to a lesser degree the same with 10.2/Jaguar. Also, when was the last time Apple put this amount of stuff in point releases. I mean before this they went all the way from System 1 to OS9 in 15 years or so, and it's been 3/4 years and apple is still using '10'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 That's because the marketing "Name" is OS X (X meaning 10). The last time Apple put "this much stuff" in a point release was in 10.2, before that 10.1 and before that 10.0 (upgrade from 9.2). It's pretty clear what you're getting when you buy OS X from Apple. People don't say "oh it's another OS release" they say "Hey, Apple's made something new". Heck, if they really want to sell more copies why not just rename it to OS 20,000million bazillion: then people would _have_ to upgrade because that is much bigger than 11. Also, the majority of Apple's income is made on hardware sales and that is where the majority of the 10.3 copies are being sold. Losing the whole "X" brand they have developed over the last few years isn't worth the extra money they'd make by convincing those people who would only update when the number change is big enough. I'm sure Apple has some very smart marketing people who do nothing but think about this sort of thing every day. Would you really rather see a microsoft-esque naming scheme? We could have OS X 2003 then OS PX then OS .Com Then OS 9000 SE In the end they'd only be .0, .1, .2, and .3 AND we'd have a whole new bunch of people complaining that Apple is choosing random version numbers just to make people upgrade when there aren't enough changes to warrant a version-number-increase that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron901 Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I have changed my mind..I think it will be called Lynx. haha the lynx effect. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macster Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I'd have to say Lynx or Cougar next also. Strange i like both of them too ;) But its probably far too early to tell Maybe they will go to 11 next :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koyder Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Or, maybe they will move to OSXI (11) They won't. They're not Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihir Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 it'll be tiger i hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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