Within a recent blog post, Claudia McCue stated the below in reference to Apple’s penchant for naming it’s Mac OS 10 operating system releases after big cats:
On another note, I’m over the cute cat names. How about just using the version numbers? Ten Point Six — what’s wrong with that? It’s definite, unambiguous, solid. Not fluffy.
Or memorable monikers like “Galactica” or “Bonaventure”? Maybe famous composers: “Hey! I just loaded Mozart!”
I’d go for musical composers, but I think Mac OS 11 releases would better be named after current celebrities. Think of it:
“John Travolta just arrived!”
“Just installed Sean Penn and now my USB camera is broken.”
“Paris Hilton went down on me… Again! Fifth time today!”
“Lindsay Lohan died. I’m not surprised. The damn thing’s been withering away for two years now. Maybe now I can finally get a real OS.”
“Ever since reinstalling Bob Dylan everything I print is unreadable.”
“Is Kobe Bryant worth the money?”
“Photoshop CS5 doesn’t work with Oprah.”
“I’m going to skip upgrading to this version. Kanye West is just too invasive and in your face–worse than Windows Vista!”
“I’m excited about the new Mac OS release. I can’t wait to get my hands on Kate Beckinsale!”
“I upgraded my Ashton Kutcher and, though Parallels runs it fine with Demi Moore, it conflicts with my Bruce Willis partition.”
“Finder won’t alphabetize my file list any more! It’s like it’s illiterate. I knew I shouldn’t have installed Tara Reid over Barbara Walters.”
“Help! Everything on my screen is jumping since I installed Tom Cruise!”
“Angelina Jolie comes bundled with too many child apps.”
“I’m drooling, wishing I COULD upgrade to Beyonce, but my equipment is too old. I’m stuck banging away on my old, virus-riddled Whitney Houston.”