“Mountain Lion is the current version of Mac OS X on the prowl,” Dennis Sellers writes for Apple Daily Report. “It’s the latest feline in a series that’s included Lion (10.7), Snow Leopard (10.6), Leopard (10.5), Tiger (10.4), Panther (10.3, Jaguar (10.2), Puma (10.1) and Cheetah (10.0).”
“To me it only makes sense that Mac OS X 10.9 — which will almost certainly be previewed at next week’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference — be dubbed Sabretooth,” Sellers writes. “Any other cat name would seem to be a step down, and Mac OS 11 (or X1 or whatever) will probably leave the feline names behind.”
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As fas as cats are concerned, mountain lion is a step down from lion, put those two in a room and see who comes out the winner.
Dead cat. 😉
Let’s face it, a GREAT run of names but not sure where to go from here with OS 11 looming. Cat names are not infinite.
Dog, plant or fish names next?
As we have seen with the iPad naming convention conundrum, possibly a boring but logical naming convention makes more sense — for example, Ford Fusion 2013.
OS MMXIII. Maybe not, but something along those lines.
By using dates, no one for all time will be confused. Car manufacturers understood the importance of numerology and it helped to distinguish models and logical Blue Book valuations followed.
Sexy, erudite, edgy – certainly not. But it just works.
It will be Bagheera this will help international sales
I like the cat name too. Hoping it will be Pussy next…..
Cloud Cat. 🙂
Why is the title of this article put the question mark in quotation marks? I don’t want the OS to be called “Sabretooth?”. I would prefer “Sabretooth” without a question mark, if I had to choose between the two. Bye the way, “Sabretooth” is the British spelling for the Americanized “Sabertooth”. If Apple were to pick this cat as its new name, it would probably called it “Sabertooth”. Personally, I don’t think Apple will pick this cat for the name of the OS. I’m sure the announcement at WWDC will reveal that the new Mac OS will become even closer to the new iOS where they will eventually both be inseparable.
so what will be for Mac OS 11? I guess dog bleed will be reasonable.
OS X 10.9 “Ocelot”
It’s smaller and sleeker, incorporates more iOS features.
Just a guess.
Cougar is now a slang term, so that’s out. Ocelot just seems weird, so that’s out.
Seems like Lynx would be the logical choice, but I think MS has a copyright on that … or at least the Orlando bus system …
Dandy-Lion!
Sounds cool. I’m all for it.