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Gito · Aug 5, 2003, 08:33 AM

I was just wondering if any one knows when the new version (Panther) would be available for the public?
Thanks
PS: Sorry for the ridiculous question

Powaqqatsi · Aug 5, 2003, 08:55 AM

noone knows

msuper69 · Aug 5, 2003, 08:57 AM

Originally posted by Gito:
I was just wondering if any one knows when the new version (Panther) would be available for the public?
Thanks
PS: Sorry for the ridiculous question

Yes. I'm quite sure that someone within Apple knows but they aren't telling.

MacGorilla · Aug 5, 2003, 08:58 AM

gorickey · Aug 5, 2003, 09:12 AM

"Before the end of the year..."

Gito · Aug 5, 2003, 10:28 AM

Thanks guys, I was expenting good news

maybe a month or so.
Oh well.....All I can do is wait

Thanks

Axo1ot1 · Aug 5, 2003, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by msuper69:
Yes. I'm quite sure that someone within Apple knows but they aren't telling.

No. They certainly have projections, but since they haven't announced a date, nothing is final.

Adam Betts · 11:42 AM

Learn how to use capital letter properly. It is MacOS X, not MACOSX. It is not an abbreviation

Sorry but this little thing annoyed me the most.

Angus_D · Aug 5, 2003, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Learn how to use capital letter properly. It is MacOS X, not MACOSX.

Actually it's Mac OS X. If you're going to be pedantic, you might as well get it right.

absmiths · Aug 5, 2003, 11:18 AM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Learn how to use capital letter properly. It is MacOS X, not MACOSX. It is not an abbreviate

Sorry but this little thing annoyed me the most.

As long as we are being pedantic to the pedant, the word is abbreviation - abbreviate is a verb.

Adam Betts · Aug 5, 2003, 11:42 AM

Originally posted by Angus_D:
Actually it's Mac OS X. If you're going to be pedantic, you might as well get it right.

Both MacOS X and Mac OS X is a registered trademark of Apple. I know Apple is encouraging the latter but MacOS X isn't wrong.

absmith, thanks for the correction

JLFanboy · Aug 5, 2003, 01:57 PM

Both MacOS X and Mac OS X is a registered trademark of Apple.

Well, as long as this is turning into a grammar thread, "Both MacOS X and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple."

But yeah, it is depressing. Gots ta have my Panther now!

gorickey · Aug 5, 2003, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by JLFanboy:
Gots ta have my Panther now!

You mean:

"Gots to have my Panther now!"

Peter · Aug 5, 2003, 02:18 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Learn how to use capital letter properly. It is MacOS X, not MACOSX. It is not an abbreviation

Sorry but this little thing annoyed me the most.

Same as people saying "Got my new IBOOK and IPOD."

xi_hyperon · Aug 5, 2003, 02:28 PM

Originally posted by gorickey:
You mean:

"Gots to have my Panther now!"

No, it's:

"I really must have my Panther now!"

Can't believe I actually posted in this thread.

CharlesS · Aug 5, 2003, 03:20 PM

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
Can't believe I actually posted in this thread.

That sentence is missing a subject. It should have been "I can't believe I actually posted in this thread."

Ganesha · Aug 5, 2003, 04:02 PM

I predict it will be the 24th day of the month.

MacManMikeOSX · Aug 5, 2003, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Learn how to use capital letter properly. It is MacOS X, not MACOSX. It is not an abbreviation

Sorry but this little thing annoyed me the most.

Actually it is an abbreviation for "Macintosh Operating System Ten", if you want to nitpick.

Chuckit · Aug 5, 2003, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
That sentence is missing a subject. It should have been "I can't believe I actually posted in this thread."

Ha! This is a wonderful thread. From now on, I'm linking all nit-pickers here and it can be a great party.

Oh, and Mac OSX rocks!

[APi]TheMan · Aug 5, 2003, 04:43 PM

Originally posted by Chuckit:
Ha! This is a wonderful thread. From now on, I'm linking all nit-pickers here and it can be a great party.

Oh, and Mac OSX rocks!

*ahem* "Mac OSX"? Please see this thread for proper notation of the Macintosh Operating System Ten. (

)

Adam Betts · Aug 5, 2003, 05:36 PM

Heh, grammar is definitely not my strong area but I do know how to use capital letter properly

Let's get back to the topic.. I'm wondering if anyone know when the new |\/|@� �5 � comes out?

SoClose · Aug 5, 2003, 07:16 PM

FWIW -- my Apple enterprise rep e-mailed me this morning from Panther training classes. His 'hint' was that we'll see Panther very soon, much sooner than most people have been guessing. We're looking forward to some very specific functionality present in Panther so his hint will hopefully lead to some truth!

mrtew · Aug 5, 2003, 08:20 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Learn how to use capital letter properly. It is MacOS X, not MACOSX. It is not an abbreviation

Originally posted by MacManMikeOSX:
Actually it is an abbreviation for "Macintosh Operating System Ten", if you want to nitpick.

Yeah, I think what you were trying to say is that Mac is not an acronym. It is an abbreviation of course and OSX is an acronym. Can someone correct me?

Angus_D · Aug 5, 2003, 08:29 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:
Yeah, I think what you were trying to say is that Mac is not an acronym. It is an abbreviation of course and OSX is an acronym. Can someone correct me?

OSX isn't an acronym. What would the "X" stand for? (Ten doesn't start with an X)

Pity, or it would be a TLA. TLA being a TLA for TLAs, of course.

Gito · Aug 5, 2003, 08:32 PM

I can't believe I started such popular thread with such a stupid question

ambush · Aug 5, 2003, 08:54 PM

I just hate it when people go

SimCity 4 for MAC

or ... is the MAC going to die...

or even.. Freeware for your MAC.

FYI, MAC does NOT mean Mac.

gorickey · Aug 5, 2003, 08:57 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
I just hate it when people go

SimCity 4 for MAC

or ... is the MAC going to die...

or even.. Freeware for your MAC.

FYI, MAC does NOT mean Mac.

What's your MAC address on your Mac?

P.S. I think I'll go buy my wife some M�A�C makeup....

Detrius · Aug 5, 2003, 09:01 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
I just hate it when people go

SimCity 4 for MAC

or ... is the MAC going to die...

or even.. Freeware for your MAC.

FYI, MAC does NOT mean Mac.

MAC is an ethernet hardware address.

I just love when people make reference to:

Mac as a company
MacIntosh as a word that exists
McIntosh as a computer
Macintosh as a fruit

Ricky · 09:48 AM

Originally posted by Detrius:
MAC is an ethernet hardware address.

I just love when people make reference to:

Mac as a company

MacIntosh as a word that exists

McIntosh as a computer

Macintosh as a fruit

Hey Detrius,

You live in Asheville I see. That's cool. I live in Waynesville, but work in Asheville (WLOS-TV). Anyways, I have a friend that's always saying stuff like, "Do you think Mac is going to update the iBook soon?" He's a switcher though, so that's good.

talisker · Aug 5, 2003, 11:41 PM

Originally posted by Angus_D:
OSX isn't an acronym. What would the "X" stand for? (Ten doesn't start with an X)

Pity, or it would be a TLA. TLA being a TLA for TLAs, of course.

Actually TLA itself isn't a three letter acronym, its a three letter abbreviation, as an acronym is an abbreviation you pronounce as a whole word (eg. NATO) and an abbreviation is just an abbreviation. I mean, you say "T...L...A".

And the X in OS X does stand for ten, as in the roman numeral. In fact it doesn't stand for it, it actually is it!

ASIMO · Aug 6, 2003, 01:07 AM

I. Love. This. Thread.

Oh, the levity.

Chuckit · Aug 6, 2003, 01:59 AM

Originally posted by talisker:
Actually TLA itself isn't a three letter acronym, its a three letter abbreviation, as an acronym is an abbreviation you pronounce as a whole word (eg. NATO) and an abbreviation is just an abbreviation.

It's actually an initialism.

Diggory Laycock · Aug 6, 2003, 04:08 AM

youre propper grammer r0xx0rs!

DoctorW · Aug 6, 2003, 10:45 AM

me talk english real good.

gorgonzola · Aug 6, 2003, 11:57 AM

actually, it kind of is, but i just never get to use that stamp. ;-)

MacManMikeOSX · Aug 7, 2003, 07:25 PM

To reduce confusion from now onwards an Apple Macintosh computer will no longer be classified as a computer but as a fruit ex. "I use a Macintosh G4 Cube fruit" not computer.

rozwado1 · Aug 7, 2003, 07:55 PM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
That sentence is missing a subject. It should have been "I can't believe I actually posted in this thread."

Is "anal-retentive" supposed to have a hyphen?

Angus_D · Aug 7, 2003, 08:17 PM

Originally posted by talisker:
Actually TLA itself isn't a three letter acronym,

It is according to dictionary.com.

bracken · Aug 7, 2003, 10:10 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Both MacOS X and Mac OS X is a registered trademark of Apple. I know Apple is encouraging the latter but MacOS X isn't wrong.

absmith, thanks for the correction

That doesn't mean s***. It doesn't matter if they're both trademarked. Apple has lots of trademarks. Companies trademark all sorts of stuff, the world is a big place.

Companies don't "encourage" a name for their products (wtf?!). *Gasp* They name their products. MacOS X is 100% wrong. Sorry to bust the geekbubble. They named it Mac OS X. Period. Not both. Not pick your own.

Good grief.

mrtew · Aug 7, 2003, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by bracken:
Companies don't "encourage" a name for their products. They name their products. MacOS X is 100% wrong. Sorry to bust the geekbubble. They named it Mac OS X. Period. Not both. Not pick your own.

I don't agree with you about MacOSX. I don't think there should be a space between the OS and the X... it just looks like a mistake and no one types one in there. I can think of at least one instance where the public DID pick their own name for a company. When Acura was introduced in the U.S. they insisted in every car magazine and TV commercial that it was pronounced 'ah-COOR-a' and they 'encouraged' that pronunciation for a couple of years until they finally gave up and realized the public would never stop saying 'ACK-yur-a' and officially changed the pronunciation to the Americaneeze one!

I think if we keep on typing MacOSX as one word Apple will give in! In fact I always pronounce it 'mackohesex' as if it is one word like most other people do. Contrary to Stevo and most geeks here's opinion the public at large has NO idea that the 'X' is supposed to be a ten any more than they would think to call the new Windoze system 'Ten Pee'.

P.S. I hope your head doesn't explode when you read this. You seem real sensitive about mis placedspa ces! :-]

OwlBoy · Aug 7, 2003, 11:53 PM

MacOSX is Semi-ok, but the whole "MAC" thing pisses me off

-Owl

ITS NOT A ****ING ACRONYM!

Adam Betts · Aug 8, 2003, 01:40 AM

Originally posted by bracken:
That doesn't mean s***. It doesn't matter if they're both trademarked. Apple has lots of trademarks. Companies trademark all sorts of stuff, the world is a big place.

Companies don't "encourage" a name for their products (wtf?!). *Gasp* They name their products. MacOS X is 100% wrong. Sorry to bust the geekbubble. They named it Mac OS X. Period. Not both. Not pick your own.

Good grief.

It does mean a **** because that is the format most people used, even Steve Jobs himself. You don't see Microsoft reserving Micro Soft.

Sorry but my geekbubble is bust-proof

mrtew · Aug 8, 2003, 06:05 AM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
You don't see Microsoft reserving Micro Soft.

Actually, I bet did. That's the name of BillGate$ trouser trout!

version · Aug 8, 2003, 08:13 AM

Originally posted by Gito:
I was just wondering if any one knows when the new version (Panther) would be available for the public?
Thanks
PS: Sorry for the ridiculous question

When a coo calves a cuddy

ChrisBlackwell · Aug 8, 2003, 10:15 AM

Originally posted by version:
When a coo calves a cuddy

This made my day.

Auto-analysis to save MacNN pedants a lot of work:

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Will Brocklebank · Aug 8, 2003, 10:34 AM

Christopher W. Blackwell | Associate Professor of Classics | Furman University

Do you think that he knows what the 'X' stands for?

ryju · Aug 8, 2003, 10:36 AM

i'm hoping around christmas time, so i can get it as a gift

oVeRmInD911 · Aug 8, 2003, 10:52 AM

I've gotten into the habit of knowing when a thread goes off topic, even before I click on it. When a thread with a title like, "When does the new MACOSX comes out?" has over 40 posts, I know it's not about when the new Mac OS comes out. It's always fun to see how it got off base. In this case, if Adam Betts hadn't posted, this thread might not have reached 15 posts.

gorgonzola · Aug 8, 2003, 11:42 AM

Originally posted by mrtew:
I don't agree with you about MacOSX. I don't think there should be a space between the OS and the X... it just looks like a mistake and no one types one in there.

Maybe his didn't, but mine did. AGH! It doesn't look like a mistake at all, and a LOT of people type it properly ... Mac OS X. Mac OSX looks much worse, and whatever it is...use the proper name for the product! Mac OS X. Mac OS X. Mac OS X!

MicroSoft, MAC, MacOSX, MacnN ... ALL WRONG!

*calms down*

msuper69 · Aug 8, 2003, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:
... In fact I always pronounce it 'mackohesex' as if it is one word like most other people do. ...