“As we are all getting settled into the latest release of OS X Mavericks 10.9.2, the Cupertino tribe is busy working away on the next major release of OS X,” E. Werner Reschke reports for T-GAAP.
“Our Bay Area source has just informed Three Guys and a Podcast that the official name will be derived from the internal code name which is ‘Syrah’ — a type of red wine,” Reschke reports. “Therefore, the official OS X name for the next major release is to be ‘Napa Valley,’ or ‘Napa’ for short.”
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Sonoma puts out better, more consistent Syrah. Just sayin’.
This is surely and odd name. I thought we all agreed, no city names.
Actually I prefer Calistoga or Mount Saint Helena (or it’s native name, “Kanamota”) over Napa.
Oh I forgot, Russia, want’s Mt St Helena back.
Napa is a city and county, but Napa Valley, which this rumor suggests is the official name isn’t either.
Napa is also the name of the county and the valley, and likely far better known world-wide as a major source of wines here.
That said, I’ll believe it when I see it.
I would say Mavericks isn’t famous like Napa Valley, unless you think about aficionados. That particular attribute, generally speaking wouldn’t be my first thought. I like Sonoma. That’s where I’m from. Napa Valley doesn’t seem to role off the tongue too well. I like one word names. Technically “Napa” by itself is better than Napa Valley.
Place Names, not Grape Names. 😛
Napa was also the name of the infamous mental institution in the Napa Valley.
I hope Apple is almost done with earthly names. It’s time to look beyond earth’s gravitational pull and look to the cosmos.
Napa Valley works fine.
I can already see Napa Auto Parts lawyers writing up the lawsuit.
I’d like to hear the Napa Auto Parts guy on an Apple commercial.
Napa? Really? How tired.
How about naming it after some place better in California? Maybe Fresno. San Jose. Compton. Fullerton.
Get with it Apple. Show the true excitement of California!
I like that strategy! I like it a lot!
Compton! LOL
In French, it sounds exactly like “n’a pas”, which means “doesn’t have”…
Zabriskie Point. Californian, and laden with associations
Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in many years, thanks, hannahjs. …however, I would shudder to say I’m running ZP! 😉
/s
Napa, not a good idea – what if it’s a flop, it could be referred to as Crapa or Crapy Vally, I’m sure Jonny Ives would see the joke..?
Valley? Cabbage?
After Mavericks, I was expecting Renegades. OS X Napalm is interesting, though. Oh, sorry. Napa. It’s Napa time.
I bet the upgrade cost will be cheap. I still don’t understand how MS can charge 199 dollars for Windows 8.
I like “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”
Cue the Napa State Hospital jokes.
I thought the naming convention for the celibate versions of OS X was to be California surfing beaches.
It would seem that surfing is what the OS X team has been doing for the last 3+ years, because they haven’t fundamentally been improving the user experience.
What does anyone do more efficiently today on his Mac with 10.9 than he did in 2009 on 10.6? Anyone? Most of the fluff and bloat isn’t worth anything and should have been offered as standalone apps. As for interface look and feel, I am sick and tired of Apple dumbing down the GUI. We have more GPU processing power and crisper screens than ever before — why is everything grey, ugly, flat, and hard to read !?!?!?!?!?!?
Apple must be kidding! Napa know how, right.
They missed it with my Sea Lion suggestion after Lion. Then, they could have used ocean critter themes.
Nooooooooooo!
Just call it Chardonnay
It must be awkward to pronounce it since in Malay it means “why”
Merlot
FYI napa means navel or belly button in Finnish.
BTW I was expecting Pussycat instead of Maverick…
Napa valley, wine country.
So apple will name it’s os after a drug? Or alcohol delivery method: ie wine.
Are you thinking Steve would have approved.