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0 pointskergonath2mo ago0 comments

> What about the iBook? That wasn’t tidy. Ebooks or laptops?

Back then, there were iBooks (entry-level) and PowerBooks (professional, high performance and expensive). There had been PowerBooks since way back in 1991, well before any ebook reader. I am not sure what your gripe is.

> Or the iPhone 9? That didn’t exist.

There’s a hole in the series. In what way is it a problem, and how on earth is it similar to the situation described in the parent?

> Or MacOS? Versioning got a bit weird after 10.9, due the X thing.

It never got weird. After 10.9.5 came 10.10.0. Version numbers are not decimals.

Seriously, do you have a point apart from "Apple bad"?

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lostlogin2mo ago

You were saying that Apple is very consistent. I’m pointing out they aren’t particularly.

> It never got weird. After 10.9.5 came 10.10.0. Version numbers are not decimals.

They turned one of the numbers into a letter then started numbering again.

There was Mac OS 9, then Mac OS X. That got incremented up past 10.

You say they don’t mess around with model numbers. Yes they do, with software and hardware.

I like using them both.

kergonathOP2mo ago

> They turned one of the numbers into a letter then started numbering again.

They did not. It has been MacOS X 10.0 through macOS 10.15. In never was X.1 or anything like that.

MBCook2mo ago

Right. MacOS X was the marketing name. But it was pronounced 10, just a stylization with Roman numerals.

The version number the OS reported always said 10.whatever. Exactly as you said.

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