Google+的 What's hot 中 Mike Elgan 有一帖子给出如下答复:
The latest version of Apple's desktop operating system, code-named "Mountain Lion," has a shorter name. Instead of "Mac OS X," the software is now called just "OS X."
Why did they drop the word "Mac"?
I believe that the reason is that OS X will, sooner or later, run on hardware other than products called Macs, iMacs and MacBooks.
When Apple first shipped the iPhone, that gadget ran an operating system called the iPhone OS. In preparation for the iPad, no doubt, Apple change the name to iOS because the software would run on hardware not branded with the word "iPhone."
The unceremonious dumping of the word "Mac" is being done for the same reason. 原文地址:http://goo.gl/YlGWn |