undefined | Better HN

0 pointsianai3y ago0 comments

Which is appropriate since OS 9 immediately preceded it and was indeed the meaning of it. They rebranded it to “macOS” with Big Sur I think, or later. In the early days which I referred to it absolutely was “Mac OS X”.

0 comments

2 comments · 1 top-level

throwayyy4790873y ago· 1 in thread

That people here don’t know it was called OSX for a long time makes me feel old. It was a stupid name but still.

ianaiOP3y ago

Felt that more than a little too. I try to remember time didn’t start the day I turned 18, and likewise have at least learned all manner of things out of date or lesser used before my time (os2/warp comes to mind) out of just general interest. Even dos qualifies here.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse