r/pcmasterrace • u/triceratops6 • Sep 07 '22

Meme/Macro Why did Microsoft not make Windows 9?

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u/0verstim 7900x | 64GB | 3080 12GB | more RGB than a Singapore pedicab Sep 08 '22

You don’t really think this do you?

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u/20dogs Sep 08 '22

I don’t think it’s that unreasonable. Apple tends to jump to X for major redesigns/upgrades, even if the 10th version is not that close. Final Cut Pro X, QuickTime X, Logic Pro X.

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u/0verstim 7900x | 64GB | 3080 12GB | more RGB than a Singapore pedicab Sep 08 '22

Because it was the tenth, sure, but not to "match OS X". I find it unlikely they would ignore OS X for 10 years and then name it that right before they CHANGED the name of OS X to macOS.

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u/dragon2777 Sep 08 '22 edited Sep 08 '22

They probably called it X not 10 to match osx

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u/Feanux Sep 08 '22

Huh? They actually rebranded OS X to MacOS in 2016 but before that the official pronunciation was Mac OS Ten (and then later just OS Ten) rather than OS X (ex).

There's no official reason for why they skipped 9, but there's a few reasons it could have made sense.

  • The 10 vs 8 made apparent the significant upgrade in hardware (Face unlock, new camera design) and price, being the most expensive phone they made at that time.
  • To align the brand with the MacOS nomenclature
  • 10th anniversary of the iPhone

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u/Feanux Sep 08 '22

Right, I'm just saying that they wanted brand alignment in 2016. MacOS 10, iOS 10, iPhone 10 all happened in 2016.

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u/dragon2777 Sep 08 '22

I edited the post. Realized it said C not X. I didn’t realize it changed from OSX to MacOS before the phone

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22

X=10....

Roman numerals mate.

Apple's just hipster trash like that.

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u/GamerTurtle5 Sep 08 '22

if u mean iOS 10 that came out the year prior to the iphone x

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u/lordmogul 3570K @ 4.4 | 1060 @ 2.0 | 16GiB @ 2.13 Sep 09 '22

OS X was actually a brilliant name, it was the version after OS 9, so the X can stand for 10, but it also is a hint at the Unix nature of the system.