From the reusable-slogans department
Apple, in 1998, about Mac OS 8.5:
Get a new Mac for $99.
Apple, in 2007, about Mac OS X 10.5:
Add a new Mac to your Mac.
Also, both versions end in .5. Freaky!
Apple, in 1998, about Mac OS 8.5:
Get a new Mac for $99.
Apple, in 2007, about Mac OS X 10.5:
Add a new Mac to your Mac.
Also, both versions end in .5. Freaky!
October 16th, 2007 at 23:58:47
But Mac OS 8 was terrible, why would you…
Hold on now, are you trying to imply something?
October 17th, 2007 at 00:22:27
No. ☺
Besides, relative to Mac OS 8.0 and 8.1, 8.5 was a big improvement.
October 17th, 2007 at 01:02:00
Mac OS 8.5 brings to mind the horrors of finding files being relegated to Sherlock 2, with it’s weird brushed-metal appearance and non-windowshading functionality. I seem to recall Mac OS 8.1 being more important than 8.5, but who knows. That was so long ago. Jeebus, almost a decade! (And to think that I dealt with administering a school of Macs with that version on them!)
October 17th, 2007 at 01:26:09
If you look at the advertisement that I linked to, you’ll find that Mac OS 8.5 actually was the introduction of Sherlock 1, the first non-shitty edition. ☺
Mac OS 9 was the version responsible for the evil that was Sherlock 2.
October 17th, 2007 at 01:31:29
Err… what? Weird. I distinctly remember Sherlock 2 being part of Mac OS 8.5. In any case, Sherlock 1 was still the initial exile of finding files from the Finder, which was still at least slightly evil. :P
October 17th, 2007 at 01:54:36
Now it’s back in the Finder and it sucks worse than Sherlock ever did. Sherlock 2 was ugly, but at least it was able to find stuff before next week.
October 19th, 2007 at 09:11:23
Actually, System 7.5 had the first Finder-replacing Find File utility, which was actually useful (derived from a MacUser-commissioned utility called Find Pro III). Sherlock 1 had a pretty obnoxious interface, but it worked; Sherlock 2 was just hideous. Back then I used File Buddy’s Find as a replacement.