“Apple is playing an interesting game when it comes to naming OS X versions. They’re all cats of one type or another, starting with Cheetah and OS X 10.0,” Jesse Mincey writes for Bohemian Boomer. “The latest is 10.8, Mountain Lion.”
“The next version, OS X 10.9, has yet to be revealed and the clock is ticking. Apple has promised more frequent updates to the Mac’s OS and the summer of 2013 is fast approaching,” Mincey writes. “Two questions float around in my subconscious. First, what will Apple name OS X 10.9? Second, what will Apple do for OS X 11. I sense a huge quake of change in OS X after the next cat name is released.”
Mincey writes, “High on the list of expectations from among the Apple punditry for the next cat is OS X Lynx, but others could show up, including Bobcat, Cougar, or Ocelot.”
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Mac OS X versions, names/codenames, and release dates:
• Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: July 25, 2012
• Mac OS X 10.7 Lion : July 20, 2011
• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: August 28, 2009
• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: October 26, 2007
• Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: April 29, 2005
• Mac OS X 10.3 Panther: October 24, 2003
• Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar: August 24, 2002
• Mac OS X 10.1 Puma: September 25, 2001
• Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah: March 24, 2001
• Mac OS X Public Beta: September 13, 2000
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So, where’s Apple’s next OS X and what will it be named? – March 11, 2013
Calico
Who cares? It’s not that Apple hasn’t already made the decision already.
It’s just FUN stuffy pants… 😉
Absolutely.
Puddy Tat!
The best yet
Sylvester
“I think …
I think I see …
I think I see a Pussycat!”
–Tweety–
“I think …
I think I see …
I think I see a Pussycat!”
– Tweety –
Kitteh.
Good Cartman take…
lolcat
Mac OS
it’s time
Agreed. Probably already decided but I guess it gives some people fodder to chew on while they’re watching their soap operas.
But….how about Saber? Trouble then is they’d have to buy the rights to the Pyramid tablet.
Copy Cat.
No, Samsung Copyrighted that name years ago.
That would first be “Cat” then “Copy Cat”.
Leopard ==> Snow Leopard
Lion ==> Mountain Lion
Can anyone think of other One word and/related Two word cat types? 😀
Meerkat … obviously (if you are in the UK)
Serval, a small but very beautiful cat.
Tiger Shark and then move into the shark family after that. They are powerful predators that always keep swimming that can swim in schools, packs or on their own.
Honey Badger! Cause Mac user just don’t give a S*%T!
I’d prefer they dropped the whole cat thing entirely, and I love cats. Both Puma and Cheetah never made it out of Cupertino, and since the cheetah is the fastest cat, I’d not argue they can’t use it again, publicly this time.
But, if they do insist upon keeping the feline, my choice is Sabertooth, extinct, yes, but awesome.
Cheetah did make it out. It was the internal name (and the name used by *many* outside Apple as well) for OS X 10.0. It got the name Cheetah because it truly was soooo much faster than the public beta release (which was frighteningly slow).
Extinct might be kind of appropriate since Apple is so iOS-centric now. A little extinct, but totally awesome!
I’d vote for Sabetooth, but ONLY if that version had *full*, latest revision support for all the standards:
Open GL 4.2 (or then current)
Open CL 1.2 (or then current)
CUDA 5 (or then current)
WiFi 802.11ac (or then current)
Bluetooth 4.0 (or then current)
ZFS v28 (or then current)
etc.
etc.
Pussy.
Pussy Galore (Goldfinger). 😉
I musht be dreaming…
“Sea Lion.” It’s time to change to sea creatures with cool names, with “Sea Lion” as the transition release 10.9. Mac OS “eleven” (the “huge quake of change”) the can continue with Orca or Baracuda or Stingray, etc.
“Cougar” is the best name left, but it’s basically a mountain lion. “Bobcat” and “Ocelot” and “Lynx” are kind of weak. Hence, there are no good big cat names left.
From Wikipedia, a list of cat breeds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cat_breeds. Take your pick!
Mr Jinx? How bout dropping the cat names altogether and call it OSX Obama Rocks? Tim Cook would love that! Or OSX Blame Bush? Or OSX God is Dead? Those would draw some attention and fit Cook’s political agenda quite nicely!
Do the world a favor, jump off the nearest bridge as soon as possible..
Truth, do you really need to attack so? Maybe iMaki has a lower IQ than you and can’t help the fact that he’s a conservative dick-head. Chill.
Road-kill. : D
Duh. Jesse Mincey showed how he knows little about Mac OS X when he asked “what will Apple do for OS X 11?”. We in the Mac community know they’re version numbers, not decimals (Tiger went up to 10.4.11). Hence the one after 10.9 will be numbered 10.10.
Yes, the version after 10.9 can be 10.10. However, it is also true that the time is ripe for a major revision of the Mac’s OS, on the order of magnitude of the Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X transition. Hence, the speculation that the release after 10.9 will be “eleven dot zero,” is reasonable.
Duh. ‘Jesse’ Mincey is a she. She’s married to Jeffrey Mincey, a frequent Mac blogger.
I like Lynx.
After that, let’s change to more exotic creatures. Sting Ray, Shark, Tarantula, Cobra. I hear Microsoft will start using similar names. Next up is Windows 9 ‘Rat’.
Hey,
How about Liger…
A mix of Lion and Tiger.
Polecat
Mustela nigripes
There’s Lion then Mountain Lion
There’s Leopard then Snow Leopard
How about … Pink Panther ?
Who said it had to be an existing cat (though they have up to this point)? How about OS 9: Sabretooth.
Manx
How about “9 Lives”
Or change from Cats to Dogs!
“K-9”