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The code names are not the problem, they are easy to remember and give an operating system more personality. It's the sheer number of Ubuntu releases within the
by danieldk 14y ago
The code names are not the problem, they are easy to remember and give an operating system more personality. It's the sheer number of Ubuntu releases within the time frame of one Windows or OS X release.
Most people do not have any problem remembering OS X's code names. In fact, many of my friends and colleagues refer to OS X versions by their feline names. Most would be hard-pressed to come up with the version number of, say, Snow Leopard.
(iOS is somewhat peculiar in this respect. Since people always tend to run the latest version, people often don't refer to particular versions.)
- dagw 14y agoMaybe if OS X is your primary or only OS. I use OS X as a secondary OS (a macbook air I use mainly while on the move) and it's one of 4 or 5 OSs I interact with regularly. I know my laptop run 10.7 and I know 10.8 just came out, but I have no idea which cat either of them are. The few people I know who also use Macs also tend to refer to the OS by number rather than cat name.
- crucialfelix 14y agoactually for OS X I have often forgotten and myself and many coders I know are one or more versions behind. I have to try to guess which cat is more bad ass: tiger or leopard ? I don't know which one would win in a fair fight. and I find it quite annoying that they officially describe them as tiger, leopard, snow leopard and yet there is nowhere in the OS itself to tell you this. About This Mac : 10.6.8
- Jare 14y ago> Most people do not have any problem remembering OS X's code names [Citation needed] because my anecdotal evidence suggests the complete opposite.