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[Swad]

I read something the other day that told the correct way to say OS "X," but I think it's wrong.  Do you say it as "X" or "10?"

[evolver56k]

its X as in the roman numeral 10, pronounced ten, successor to os9

[zhLilDoggi]

I say 10 because if you say X - you'll get people confused with Linux and all that crap

[evolver56k]

it was on the apple website when they first introduced X.0... its pronounced ten.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X

[DeathChill]

And every Steve Jobs speech about it has him saying OS 10 xD

[Swad]

I guess I just feel cooler saying "X" - that's what I'm sticking with!

[banini_jeque]

If you say OS X Mac people (like me) will smirk at you because you sound like you don't know jack.

[Swad]

Smirk on, my friend.

Smirk on.

[kalisphoenix]

Saying OS "Ex" makes me think about sex, which is a pretty good way to ruin what might have otherwise been a productive five minutes.

[evolver56k]

sex is perfectly productive, its all about exercise.  there was a column in some magazine taht said you burn a crapload of calories during sex.  

[kalisphoenix]

I'd like to know precisely how many, because I was a thin bastard until I moved in with my girlfriend and got engaged :?

[evolver56k]

i guess its not an exact science.....    i hope the same doesnt happen to me  :?

[JE]

Granted, it -is- OS 10, but their versioning is kind of funny..

Mac OS X 10.1.4

Mac OS Ten Ten . One . Four ?

Or is it, Mac OS Ten 1.4?
Or Mac OS Ten Tiger?

or Tiger?

Lovely.

[p0wermac]

JE said:

Granted, it -is- OS 10, but their versioning is kind of funny..  

Mac OS X 10.1.4

Mac OS Ten Ten . One . Four ?

Or is it, Mac OS Ten 1.4?
Or Mac OS Ten Tiger?

or Tiger?

Lovely.

It's Mac OS Ten -  (More spacifically) Ten Point One Point Four

OK, so it's missing a comma.


p0wermac

[lemonpez]

i use both so i voted x, but now that i think about i'm pretty sure i say ten quite a bit more often. however, as a wise robot named bender once said, "the x makes it sound cool!"

[cajuncoon]

i say x too c'mon people this is 2005 no one cares about roman numerals unless you get a enough money to big to fit numbers on the check then that can come in handy but no i say X

[lanny]

I just say OSX which in Hungarian sounds lacks the sexual associations its something like 'oh-ash-eeks the stress on the first syllable. It sonds not so wierd if you are a Hungarian

[Kmike9000]

it is mac os ten point four point one or two. depends on what you have.
mac os 10.1.4 is an very old release. The first useable version i think.
the actual ppc mac version is 10.4.2 ! not 10.1.4
the real mac os 10.0.0 was unuseable slow.

[Proculo]

Oh Ess Zehn.