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[edit] Kernel

The infobox for the Mac OS lists kernel as "Monolithic, later nanokernel". Just out of curiosity, when exactly did the Mac OS use a nanokernel? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mipadi (talk • contribs) 21:43, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

The first Mac OS with a nanokernel was Mac OS 8.6. It should be added to this article. --Michiel Sikma 20:52, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
No, 8.6 included an updated nanokernel. -- Steven Fisher 14:54, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Classic Mac OS

We really should have an article devoted to Classic Mac OS, even though the term is not used in the official Apple documentation, which prefers the cumbersome locution “versions of Mac OS prior to OS X”. Everybody knows what Classic Mac OS means, and it is universally used in the non-Apple technical literature, for example the recent book by Hillegass and Dalrymple on OS X programming. Also, from an operating systems viewpoint, Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X are completely different, though of course there is continuity if one views them as desktop environments.

We should also have a Classic Mac OS category, where we can put things like ResEdit, MacsBug, System Folder, and Mac OS memory management (the last article should be renamed).

The question is, do we move this article, or create a new one? Moving this article would make sense, as the infobox is clearly devoted to Classic Mac OS, stating as it does that 9.2.2 is the last stable version. On the other hand, it would require a rewrite, specifically removing the OS X section. Thoughts? Brian Tvedt 10:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

This is the article you seek, devoted to Mac OS. Using the term Classic Mac OS is much more closely related to the Classic Environment for Mac OS X than the set of Macintosh operating systems that precede Mac OS X. So it is confusing to do that. Just move any in-depth content specifically on Mac OS X to Mac OS X. 204.42.22.216 01:25, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Power Macs and OS 9.2

The article incorrectly states that PowerPC-based Macs ship with OS 9.2 which is wrong as only PowerPC up to the G4 can run OS 9, the G5 cannot.

Please sign your comment. --131.103.137.155 00:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
The article states that PowerPC-based Macs ship with OS 9.2 as well as OS X. The context is a paragraph about the Classic Environment. The G5 can run the Classic Environment. --131.103.137.155 01:46, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The term 'Applesoft'

I notice that there is a disambiguation page for 'Applesoft' that links both to Applesoft BASIC (what I think of as 'Applesoft') and to this page ... yet there is absolutely no mention of the word 'Applesoft' on this page. If indeed the Mac OS division was referred to as 'Applesoft', this is the first I've heard of it, which doesn't necessarily mean I'm wrong, but if it was, then it should be mentioned on this page, and if it isn't then there shouldn't be a disambiguation for it, which just results in mystification. I don't know what the policy is, but there shouldn't be any information disseminated on a disambiguation page ALONE by my way of thinking, especially by way of associating a term obliquely with something that most people familiar with the word would never think of it as referring to. If there is a reference to Applesoft vis-a-vis the Mac OS, then it should be cited here. If not, then the term should be undisambiguated, IMHO.--206.248.134.152 05:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quartz is not “PDF-based”

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