Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-27 Thread Jim Cathey
did it when they went 386 - 486 - Pentium. Supposedly that was because it's too hard to trademark a part number. As in 'impossible'. Also, there was an Intel 586 already, but it was an 82586 Ethernet controller rather than an 80586 CPU. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-27 Thread David Brodbeck
Jim Cathey wrote: did it when they went 386 - 486 - Pentium. Supposedly that was because it's too hard to trademark a part number. As in 'impossible'. I don't know about that. IBM once successfully defended a trademark on /2, as in PS/2. (Someone was making a computer mouse called the

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread Frank Pembleton
Getting OSX to boot on a G3 iMac is tricky, especially the Bondi G3. I'd say you should ask Poos, a Mac and PC IT professional, but you are mad at him. Soon you may run out of people to like? _ Frank Pembleton Manchester, MO KLEB FOR PREZ!! -Original Message- From:

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread redghost
Ten The Ex thing makes you sound like a stooge for the evil empire On Sep 25, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: i have always hear it as oh-ess-ex but now i read where it says that 0h-ess-ten is actually correct. anyone know? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread Jim Cathey
1) Is this upgrade available for FREE at the Apple website? No. 10 was never free, though upgrades within series were. 2) Will we wipe out all our files if we do upgrade the OS from 9.0X to 10.0X Shouldn't, but bad things do happen from time to time. 3) Should I even attempt this at home,

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread Jim Cathey
i have always hear it as oh-ess-ex but now i read where it says that 0h-ess-ten is actually correct. anyone know? It's ten, because it came after nine, which came after eight, which came after seven, which came after six, which came after five, which came after four, which came after three,

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread redghost
On Sep 25, 2006, at 12:23 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: Thanks for bringing this up! We have a 2003 IMac with v. 9.0X OS and want to upgrate to OS 10.XX Questions: 1) Is this upgrade available for FREE at the Apple website? Get the disks for cheap on eBay. Try for 10.2 for less, or 10.3

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread redghost
I guess either way works. Gary just got more iMac goodness to play with. He could have gotten the disk, had beer and installed with no file death on the one Rusty now has. On Sep 25, 2006, at 12:48 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: the original imac g3 i bought cheap on ebay had 9.2 on it. the i

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread redghost
It lost the OS on the drive. Time to ship it to me. Of course you will have to cover shipping fee. Or, turn it over, open it up and get a new 60-180meg drive in there and re install the OS. On Sep 25, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: well, the mac has already blown up. just flashed a

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread ts
PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X Am I the only one here who has no earthly idea what all this is about? I guess I just stick to making electricity by bashing molecules together

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-26 Thread David Brodbeck
Jim Cathey wrote: i have always hear it as oh-ess-ex but now i read where it says that 0h-ess-ten is actually correct. anyone know? It's ten, because it came after nine, which came after eight, which came after seven, which came after six, which came after five, which came after four,

[MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Gary Hurst
i have always hear it as oh-ess-ex but now i read where it says that 0h-ess-ten is actually correct. anyone know?

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Rory
Or you can just say Tiger or Panther. Rory On 9/25/06, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary, I'm with you. OS X But, maybe it's changing, I'm now running 10.4.7 Easier to say ten... four... seven.. than try to pronounce the Roman Numerals. OS X VII

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Steve MacSween
on 9/25/06 11:50 AM, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have always hear it as oh-ess-ex but now i read where it says that 0h-ess-ten is actually correct. anyone know? When I was at the Mac dealer they pronounced it t hat 'ex', as I do, however MSNBC says 'ten'. Whatever. Mac

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On 9/25/06, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have always hear it as oh-ess-ex but now i read where it says that 0h-ess-ten is actually correct. anyone know? I've never heard anyone say ex. The last version of the Classic Mac OS was 9.x, so this one's version ten, right? Do these

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Gary Hurst
macsween and his apple dealer say ex On 9/25/06, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/25/06, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have always hear it as oh-ess-ex but now i read where it says that 0h-ess-ten is actually correct. anyone know? I've never heard anyone say ex. The

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Gary Hurst
but wikipedia supports ten Mac OS X From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X#column-one, search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X#searchInput *Mac OS X* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TigerDesk.png A screenshot of Mac OS X v10.4

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread andrew strasfogel
Thanks for bringing this up! We have a 2003 IMac with v. 9.0X OS and want to upgrate to OS 10.XX Questions: 1) Is this upgrade available for FREE at the Apple website? 2) Will we wipe out all our files if we do upgrade the OS from 9.0X to 10.0X ? 3) Should I even attempt this at home, or

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Gary Hurst
the original imac g3 i bought cheap on ebay had 9.2 on it. the i decided i wanted the later ilife and needed os x, so i looked into it and decided not to try it myself. i told hte guy i bought the original g3 from to send me another one but loaded with os x instead. so now rusty has the 9.2

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Curt Raymond
Doesn't matter, we use 'em interchangably. -Curt Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:50:01 -0400 From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X To: Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Gary Hurst
] Subject: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X To: Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed i have always hear it as oh-ess-ex but now i read where it says that 0h-ess-ten

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Curt Raymond
I had somebody call once who claimed to be running OS X tigerpanther... Or better when I ask people What version of the Mac OS is that? and I get OS 10. And I say OS 10 point what? and get Ten point panther... And they're actually running 10.2.6. The joke there is that 10.2.6 is Jaguar. -Curt

Re: [MBZ] correct pronunciation of OS X

2006-09-25 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On 9/25/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for bringing this up! We have a 2003 IMac with v. 9.0X OS and want to upgrate to OS 10.XX Questions: 1) Is this upgrade available for FREE at the Apple website? 2) Will we wipe out all our files if we do upgrade the OS from 9.0X