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It was never really meant to be "OS 10", despite what the 'correct way' to say it was. Pure marketing. If it was really meant to be "OS 10", then they wouldn't
by vacri 10y ago
It was never really meant to be "OS 10", despite what the 'correct way' to say it was. Pure marketing.
If it was really meant to be "OS 10", then they wouldn't have versions like "OS X 10.6", they'd just have "OS X.6" or "OS X.VI". How many people do you hear saying "OS ten ten point six"?
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- brobinson 10y ago>The current version of Mac OS is Mac OS X (pronounced "Mac O-S ten"). https://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541?locale=en_US
- 3poundkilograms 10y agoI think he meant that it was not supposed to be "Mac Oh Es Ten Ten Nine Two", but rather "Mac Oh Es Ten Nine Two" when referring to Mac OS X 10.9.2. Do you think people said "Mac Oh Es Nine Nine One", or "Mac Oh Es Nine One" for Mac OS 9.1?
- hunter2_ 10y agoI think you write (and say as /ten/) "X" as the major version if you're also using the non-numeric minor version: "Mac OS X Snow Leopard"; but you omit it when using the numeric minor version so as to also use the Arabic major version: "Mac OS 10.6". You say /ten/ either way and never twice.
- 3poundkilograms 10y agoPeople seem to quite commonly write "Mac OS X 10.6", which duplicates the 10. News articles and Wikipedia included. I don't remember what the machines themselves reported, though. I don't have anything pre-Sierra anymore.
- marblar 10y agoI'm pretty sure it was meant to be OS 10 the whole time. It succeeded OS 9.
- tedmiston 10y agoI've heard employees try to avoid using the dot notation when they speak in favor of just saying the codename.