Panther? Did he say ... Panther?


Nigel takes a look at Apple's latest OS X version: 10.3, CODE NAME Panther.



Mr. Doodle's Dog is produced on an Apple mac.

Make that an outdated Apple mac 867 mhz Quicksilver G4, circa Fall 2001, running OS X 10.2.6.

The G4 may be old news with today's introduction of the (can you guess?) G5, but I am working on one spectacular machine! I love my mac. I do, I do.

I expect planned and expensive obsolescence with a computer. It's the nature of man, not of computers, to expect things to go faster. Computers would be overjoyed to remain static on our desk- or lap tops, in prime working condition and always at the top of their game. It's people who expect newer and better. They expect it of everything but themselves.

What worries me is Apple's Steve Jobs.

Why does this computer icon persist in naming his OS X versions after cats? What does a cat have to do with computers?
Look at OS X 10.2 ... Jaquar. Wildly innovative, claims Apple.
Cats = innovative?
Or look at today's release of OS X10.3 ... Panther. Panther, as in I will decide to pounce on you and surprise you with the eating of your intestines. Surprise is not something I look for in a computer.

At least, not an Apple computer.

Why name cool operating systems after bad relations in the cat family?

What about naming the Mac OS after dogs? Mac OSX Terrier, for instance? Terrier, as in fidelity, tenacious, hard-working, going-to-ground, intelligent ... Terrier!
How about a Mac OS X Wire?!! It screams speed and grace, it howls fidelity!

You'd expect this OS -naming nonsense from Bill Gates. He and his computers have no sense. I can just picture the Microsoft Hyena, or Sloth ... maybe even Microsoft Marsupial or Budgerigar. Yes, those would be computer operating systems synonymous with the performance and reliability of a PC.

Heel, Steve Jobs. Rethink your operating systems strategy. I'll even settle for OS Yorkie.

Posted: Mon - June 23, 2003 at 03:35 PM          

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