“Among all the things that Apple trademarked you wouldn’t have thought that the company would had applied for the ‘OS X’ trademark as well. Note: ‘OS X,’ without the ‘Mac’ prefix,” Christian Zibreg writes for TG Daily.

“If it were the ‘Mac OS X’ trademark, it would hardly file as news: It is a norm for companies to protect their respective trade names,” Zibreg writes. “What Apple’s OS X filing reveals though, is an intention to distance the operating system from the Mac realm, indicating Apple’s desire to use OS X on a much broader array of gadgets in the future. Some Apple watchers are convinced we will see more OS X software platforms beyond current desktop and mobile OS X. Like a game console, for instance.”

Zibreg writes, “If you ask us, of all future Apple products that come into mind, only a home gaming console could constitute a third, distinct OS X software platform.”

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