11-03-2007, 05:55 PM

First off let me apologize for the negativity in the post that follows.

• People writing MAC when they mean Mac.

• People referring to Mac as a company/manufacturer.

• Calling the Option key the "alt" key (not helped by the fact that the Option key says "alt" on it, and not Option [on my MBP anyway]).

• Calling the Command key the "Apple" key (again, same problem as Option).

• Seeing "iPod" formatted in any way other than intended; examples include Ipod, I-pod & IPod. For some reason the same *******ization of other products with an "i" prefix isn't as irritating.

• Calling the "Zoom" button the "Maximize" button.

• Missing the accent off "Exposé"

• Verbalizing Mac OS X as "Mac oh-es-ex"

• Advising Perian to enable Windows Media playback.

If you do any of these things, please don't be offended... consider it a learning point

Am I weird? Is this normal? Anything to add?

11-03-2007, 06:00 PM

Agreed with most of your points but the Apple Key was called that way back when. When I first bought a used Mac years ago, everyone called it the Apple key. The Brand New Metal Apple keyboard is the first one I have seen without the Apple on the Command key.

I leave the accent off Expose because it bugs me to find the key. é Figured it out.

11-03-2007, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by Levi

• Calling the "Optimize" button the "Maximize" button.

Yeah, I hate it when people come up with silly names for the zoom button.

11-03-2007, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by dtravis7

When I first bought a used Mac years ago, everyone called it the Apple key

Nothing has changed, then. They still do, and they're still wrong.

The Apple II series machines had "open-Apple" (outline logo) and "closed-Apple" (solid logo) keys. Macs never have, but the Command keys doubled as open-Apple keys on some keyboards.

11-03-2007, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Levi

• People referring to Mac as a company/manufacturer.

I've had people call it an "iPod computer" and when I correct them they say same thing what's the difference........if they say that there is no point saying anything back........

11-03-2007, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by technologist

Yeah, I hate it when people come up with silly names for the zoom button.

Blame Don McAlister for that one... he referred to it as the Optimize button (I actually sent him an email to inform him it was the Zoom button ages ago... irony for you) and I was just thinking about it as I wrote that.

11-03-2007, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Levi

First off let me apologize for the negativity in the post that follows.

• People writing MAC when they mean Mac.

• People referring to Mac as a company/manufacturer.

• Calling the Option key the "alt" key (not helped by the fact that the Option key says "alt" on it, and not Option [on my MBP anyway]).

• Calling the Command key the "Apple" key (again, same problem as Option).

• Seeing "iPod" formatted in any way other than intended; examples include Ipod, I-pod & IPod. For some reason the same *******ization of other products with an "i" prefix isn't as irritating.

• Calling the "Zoom" button the "Maximize" button.

• Missing the accent off "Exposé"

• Verbalizing Mac OS X as "Mac oh-es-ex"

• Advising Perian to enable Windows Media playback.

If you do any of these things, please don't be offended... consider it a learning point

Am I weird? Is this normal? Anything to add?

I agree with pretty much all of 'em.

• My MBP says "option" and "alt"

• Don't really care about the "zoom" button and I don't know about the "Advising Perian to enable Windows Media playback."

• I was just talking to a friend about the "MAC" thing though. I saw one yesterday that was "MAC BOOK".

• Mac OS X means Mac OS 10, but when it's written like that.. it's super annoying.

• That whole iPod thing really gets to me. I work at Apple, and when we get hardcopy resumés [*accent mark* ] that have something along those lines, I just laugh and think "If you were a real Apple fan, you'd write that correctly."

11-03-2007, 07:42 PM

Agreed with all of them... one question about the last though - How would you verbalise OS X? =\

EDIT: Wait... OS 10, right...

11-03-2007, 08:30 PM

Wow...you are a really bitter person.

11-03-2007, 08:50 PM

There is a zoom button??? (Begging forgiveness)

11-03-2007, 10:15 PM

The Apple-Command-Cloverleaf-⌘ Key history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key

11-04-2007, 12:34 AM

why cant people call it OS X... its the way its written... i barely hear anyone call it OS 10.

11-04-2007, 01:19 AM

Because "X" is the Roman numeral for "10", therefore 'X" is pronounced "ten"


But I'll continue saying OS eX because everyone knows what I'm talking about when I do and it sounds better than a number...

11-04-2007, 01:29 AM

As far as the zoom thing, I saw a video somewhere of Steve Jobs introducing Aqua and he actually referred to it as the maximize button. If Steve Jobs can call it the maximize button, so can the rest of us. That's just my take on it. You don't have to agree, so don't flame me.

11-04-2007, 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by Thundermoon1994

As far as the zoom thing, I saw a video somewhere of Steve Jobs introducing Aqua and he actually referred to it as the maximize button. If Steve Jobs can call it the maximize button, so can the rest of us. That's just my take on it. You don't have to agree, so don't flame me.

Interesting Jobs said that. The reason I do not call it Maximize is because it does not maximize but makes the window large enough to view the content. I will not flame you for it though!

Hey, I call OSX OS EX because it sounds good that way and so many do call it that, but I know it's OS10. Jobs calls it OS10 and always has.

The reason why MAC bugs especially the tech/network types like me is because MAC is Media Access Controller. If it did not stand for that it would not bother me as much.