This REALLY simplifies things for beginning computer users, cellphone users, etc. Thanks!

Think of it this way! XD

Mac in NOT an operating system. It is called OS with it’s version number. OS X, OS 9, etc.

i agree what u said

i agree what u said

Kawazoe, most people shorten the official term “Mac OS” to “Mac”. Oh, and you don’t need to add it’s version number unless you want to specify which version one’s talking about. You can just say “Mac OS”, or simply “Mac” as most people have shortened it to.

You do realize that doing this is wrong. Macintosh is describing the computer’s hardware, OS X is the operating system. You can’t shorten Mac OS to Mac because Mac can run Windows and Linux, which now just doesn’t make sense since you can’t run an OS on an other one. You need virtualization software to do so and even then, you can’t run a virtualized OS inside an other one which mean that you can’t run a virtual Windows on a virtual OS X. Then you can and can’t run Windows on Mac, if your right.

Why does one emulating the other have to do with what you call it? If you use a Mac to emulate Windows, it’s still just a Mac with the right software.

My point is that when you throw virtualization in it, using the name Mac instead of Mac OS to define the operating system just doesn’t make sense. You see? You have a Mac that run Mac that run Windows that could run Mac?! How can you run a Macintosh on windows when it’s not a software? But you could run Mac OS on Windows on Mac OS on a Mac. Now that make sense because we talk about software.

What do you think OS stands for?