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How do you say the "X" in OS X?


How do you say the "X" in OS X?  

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  1. 1. How do you say the "X" in OS X?

    • X...as in the letter.
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¿Realmente dices O ESE EQUIS en lugar de OS EQUIS? Nunca había oído pronunciarlo así en castellano...

 

Really do you say "O ESE EQUIS" instead of "OS EQUIS"? I've heard pronouncing it this way in castilian spanish...

 

Sí, algunas veces.

A veces digo Mac O Ese Equis o Mac O Ese Diez.

 

Yes, sometimes.

Sometimes I say Mac O Es Ex or Mac O Es Ten.

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Thats just another marketing trick

 

rather than presenting the New os and Mac OS 10 ( or System 10)

simply changed the 10 ton roaman , isn't it common practice to put something to say easitly in anyway ??

 

so it is call Mac OS X (context X=10)

to address it simply mac OHYESEX

 

This is somewhat simlar to Corel's

CorelDraw X2 X3

X2 = 12

X3 = 13

 

however

i know it is 10th version of Mac OS

and when i pronouce it mac ohyesex ,i know it is OS 10

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I've always said OS 'X', but I know the correct way is OS '10' (according to Steve Jobs' keynote speeches). OS 'X' sounds a lot nicer I think.

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When talking about OSX here's a good rule of thumb.

 

SAY "OS- EX"

 

When quickly comparing it to OS9, or Windows XP, or when someone asks what operating system you have.

 

Calling OSX - O-S-Ex is the same as calling: SCSI - Scuzzy....it's just what everyone says.

 

 

Say, "OS Ten"

 

When you're saying "OS.10.4.8"

 

I call Leopard Ten Point Five - Not eX point Five

 

:P

 

...so in other words everyone in this forum's topic was right to some degree.

 

I just would have liked the option in the poll to choose both/depends

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Yeah, you gotta watch. I work for tech support with Apple. And if I tell the customer to boot off the disk "mac os 10" they say mine says mac os X. So it is just a matter of who you are talking to. A lot of people are not familiar with roman numerals. I personally think we should use roman numerals now. They are way too cool.

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