"Mac OS X Leopard" or just "OS X Leopard"?


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I was watching the Macworld 2007 keynote last night and I (think) I noticed something. I'm starting to get the feeling that Leopard will be just "OS X" rather than "Mac OS X".

During the MWSF keynote, Steve referred to OS X as "OS X" rather than Mac OS X. I can't remember whether or not he does this every keynote - I couldn't be bothered checking - but it's a point.

But most importantly, OS X isn't limited to just Mac's anymore since it's now on the iPhone, and iPhone's tech specs page lists it's operating system as "OS X".

Also, a last year there were rumours that Apple might give Leopard a different "more marketable" name. Removing the "Mac" prefix may not be a dramatic change, but it would be a change nonetheless, and of course it would give Apple the freedom to run OS X on a broader range of products, as indeed they are. Not to mention that "OS X" is arguably more marketable than "Mac OS X".

I don't know if it's just me but this seems to make sense. Like I said, OS X is no longer limited to just Mac's. It supports previous rumours of a name change for Leopard. And Apple are no longer "Apple Computer", they're "Apple Inc." - removing the Mac prefix from Mac OS X supports their movement away from being just a computer company.

Maybe I'm just a bit too bored at the moment and looking into this too much, but it's food for thought. What do you guys think?

Maybe I'm just a bit too bored at the moment and looking into this too much, but it's food for thought. What do you guys think?

;)

There where some rumours tho that Mac OS X Leopard would be such a dramatic change from Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger that Apple was/is seriously considering to give it an entirely new name instead of just 'Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard'. So far we haven't seen anything drastic, at least not from a enduser point of view.

The amount of secrecy around Mac OS X Leopard's true form is ****ing me off to be perfectly honest.

But most importantly, OS X isn't limited to just Mac's anymore since it's now on the iPhone, and iPhone's tech specs page lists it's operating system as "OS X".

its as close to OSX as Windows is to Windows Mobile. its not THE OSx its just shares a family name.

its as close to OSX as Windows is to Windows Mobile. its not THE OSx its just shares a family name.

That's debatable. There's no reason why Apple couldn't have ported XNU to ARM (not exactly a wise decision) and added Quartz/Cocoa/Quicktime/etc. Now you'd have one codebase so it's pretty much the same OS. That's assuming this is what Apple did. But then again, we don't know squat... yet.

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