Sometimes Apple tics me off

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

It's every time I hear, "If you have Snow Leopard, you can use this awesome app."
So I want this awesome app and I go to "about this computer" to see if I have Snow Leopard and it tells me my OS is a number so I have no idea if I can use the awesome app or not.

DAmmit. Why the he]] do they give each OS these friggin cat names? They got Tiger, and Kat Fight, and Snow Leopard, and Kitty Litter and Cat Pee. But when you go to "about this computer" the name of the OS is just a number. Normal people (like me) don't have time or brain cells to waste memorizing two names for each OS. Just give the OS a number and knock off all the cutesy names. I'm tired of having to Google 10.7.3 to see what it's kitty name is.
End of rant.
Carry on.

craigster59 · craigster59's Garage

So......what IS 10.7.3, don't leave us hanging!

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

Ya made me google it. It's a Lion update.

herr_oberst · 01-31-2013, 05:29 PM

Patrick, if you click the More Info button on the About this Mac screen, it will give you the proper name of the OS and the rev number
Hope this helps!

(It is amazing how much info and how many tricks Apple keeps 'secret' from it's owners. I guess back in the day the faithful wanted to find easter eggs or something, and Apple wasn't going to disappoint. Why can't they just put "Lion" in the initial info screen?)

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

It used to not be that way. Then Apple was burned on the Apple ][

legion · 01-31-2013, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by red-beard

It used to not be that way. Then Apple was burned on the Apple ][

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I swore never to buy an Apple product after using an Apple II.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

The Apple ][ and its varients were open system. This allowed several companies to copy the products.

Joe Bob · Joe Bob's Garage

iTunes sucks.....

aigel · aigel's Garage

Apple always ticks me off.

I have none of their products. Had their latest 2001 desktop at work (at the time) and just HATED that thing. I swore off their product after that and don't have any regrets so far.

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gacook · gacook's Garage

I had an iPod when they first came out--loved it. New wife upgraded me to an iTouch when they came out and we were dating. Used it twice and it died--completely. Replaced it with a touchscreen Zune that has been absolutely amazing; better sound quality, far superior battery life, great little device (though the online interface is kinda crappy), and I can import music to it from anywhere much easier than an Apple product, AND it's even found all the album clip art for my various songs that weren't even titled right! (iPod just always said "unknown artist/song").

iPhones suck, end of story, nothing to really go into there. So, yeah, I have no use for Apple.

intakexhaust · intakexhaust's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

iTunes sucks.....

Yep.

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

WOWZZA!!!

First, thanks for the head up Oberst. I had no idea.
I've had an iPad for a year and love it except it's pretty heavy to use as a reader. I mentioned this to my CFO a few days ago and mentioned it would be cool to try a mini.
Today Fex Ex shows up with a 64 gig iPad mini with a 2 gig/month data plan from Verizon.
I think tomorrow I'm going to mention I need a new GT3.

RWebb · RWebb's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by red-beard

The Apple ][ and its varients were open system. This allowed several companies to copy the products.

BASIS for one