Apple's image

Appropriately following my previous post on how cool Steve Jobs can be, I thought I’d take a second to flesh out my disagreement with the way Apple names their operating systems.

“Tiger” and “Panther” are the official names of the two most recent iterations of the Mac OS (correct me if I’m wrong), and I find these names annoying. I understand the names are supposed to imply that the OS’s represent the “sleek, feline power and speed” of their namesake, however I feel like it’s a bit “posh,” for lack of a better word.

I just get this image of someone saying “I’m not a barber, I’m a hair stylist!” And I think Apple perpetuates that image. So, regardless of the quality of the product, I get a sense of snobbishness with the name. I guess that’s why I disagree with that image.

Don’t get me wrong — “Windows Vista” isn’t much better…I think “Windows 2005” would’ve been great. I tend to pick on Apple because they sound so ridiculously euphemistic to me.