I don’t care what Apple calls it. Looks to be an awesome upgrade!

I think the reason that Apple is sticking with OS 10 rather than moving on to OS 11 is a desire to emphasize the continuity of this OS, that this is essentially the same one, just progressively refined and improved. This is supposed to have a reassuring effect on users.

Yes, marketing.

Peace,
Gene

I think the reason that Apple is sticking with OS 10 rather than moving on to OS 11 is a desire to emphasize the continuity of this OS, that this is essentially the same one, just progressively refined and improved. This is supposed to have a reassuring effect on users.

Thanks for the poll fix. I do plan to upgrade in that fashion after January MacWorld. Our multiple Mac household needs to remain stable as is.

On the poll (upgrade to Leopard)—there is one more option that should be available: “when I buy my new Mac computer (version not determined)”.

I added a question about that. It may wreck the poll for some, because they already voted (can’t fix that), but let’s see whether that makes a difference or not.

Peace,
Gene

On the poll (upgrade to Leopard)—there is one more option that should be available: “when I buy my new Mac computer (version not determined)”.

I think when Jobs decides to change the OS name to OS 11, they should enlist Nigel Tufnel to say “It goes to all the way to OS Eleven. That’s five (or sex, or seven…) more than OS Ten!”

Are you kidding?

Apple has used the same numbering scheme since the original OS X and Apple fans are fairly versed on what constitutes a minor release and what constitutes a major release.

With 300 new features, of which several are very significant, it’s easy to see why this is a major release.

Also, why lose the ‘OS X’ name by moving to OS 11? It’s not worth it … marketing wise.

It looks like you forgot to read the rest of the article, because that’s not quite the point I was making.

Peace,
Gene

Are you kidding?

Apple has used the same numbering scheme since the original OS X and Apple fans are fairly versed on what constitutes a minor release and what constitutes a major release.

With 300+ new features, of which several are very significant, it’s easy to see why this is a major release.

Also, why lose the ‘OS X’ name by moving to OS 11? It’s not worth it … marketing wise.