2 of the mac os for macs.. I just gotta say where in the hell do these people come up w/ names of some things. Me personally Im waiting for either the Pink Panther or Pink Elephant editions of these operating systems

Must go with Apple's white fetish.

I don't know, and I don't care... they're all almost exactly the same anyway...

Well, I think it's kind of cool. Many other companies do it.

AMD have been naming their CPUs since 90 nm generations under the K8 micro-architecture after the name of cities around the world. For the CPUs under the Phenom brand, the names of stars were used as code names. For Opteron server CPUs and platforms, cities related to the Ferrari Formula One team were used. Mobile platforms are named after birds (except for Puma).

Apple has named the various major releases of Mac OS X after big cats, such as Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion and the most recent Mountain Lion.

Intel often names CPU projects after rivers in the American West, particularly in the state of Oregon (where most of Intel's CPU projects are designed). Examples include Willamette, Deschutes, Yamhill, Tualatin, and Clackamas.

Microsoft often names projects (in particular, versions of the Microsoft Windows operating systems) after place names. Examples include Chicago (Windows 95), Daytona (Windows NT 3.5), Memphis (Windows 98), Whistler (Windows XP), Longhorn (Windows Vista), Blackcomb/Vienna (Windows 7) and Cairo (originally thought to be Windows NT 4.0, though many observers now believe that Cairo never turned into a project).

Mozilla uses code names which are mostly named after national parks to reference different versions of the Mozilla Firefox browser:
Firefox 2.0: Bon Echo
Firefox 3.0: Gran Paradiso
Firefox 3.5: Shiretoko
Firefox 3.6: Namoroka
Firefox 4.0: Tumucumaque

And my personal favorite...

Since April 2009, each Android version has been developed under a codename based on a dessert or sweet treat. These versions have been released in alphabetical order: Cupcake, Donut, Éclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean.

Overall, I think it's really cool that companies do that for their projects. Some may be more silly than others but I think that's the point.

Wiki sometimes I think you have to much time on your hands but then I dismiss that thought because I love all the informative posts.

TheBizzle1 said: Wiki sometimes I think you have to much time on your hands but then I dismiss that thought because I love all the informative posts.

Well I don't deserve that much credit. It's just copy/paste from Wikipedia. I just remember looking up codenames and found a few interesting tidbits. Figured I share it here, haha.

Yeah, you gotta love Android's firmware names, haha!

Eirreann said: Yeah, you gotta love Android's firmware names, haha!

lol true there names are a bit strange.

I like the names of apple's os but not the apple pc's

alienpup said:

Eirreann said: Yeah, you gotta love Android's firmware names, haha!

lol true there names are a bit strange.

I like the names of apple's os but not the apple pc's

I totally agree with the Apple pc names.

apple pc names and gear is funny but not orignal like istore, imac, iwork, iphone, ipad, ipod ect. it's getting very irritating

alienpup said: apple pc names and gear is funny but not orignal like istore, imac, iwork, iphone, ipad, ipod ect. it's getting very irritating

They are creating unity between all their products. Microsoft is going to be doing the same starting with Windows 8.

be that as it may they're creating "unity" IMO its all overpriced garbage. check your local craigslist under computers see how much Icrap there is posted its freaking flooding the place.

wilbymilstone said:

alienpup said: apple pc names and gear is funny but not orignal like istore, imac, iwork, iphone, ipad, ipod ect. it's getting very irritating

They are creating unity between all their products. Microsoft is going to be doing the same starting with Windows 8.

Funny, because beyond the names having an "i" in it and iTunes, there really isn't much unity involved...

TheBizzle1 said: Wiki sometimes I think you have to much time on your hands but then I dismiss that thought because I love all the informative posts.

I do think that Wiki has a very good name though for all of the info he holds.

android definitely take the cake with there names :P