@(Wii) Genexi2 - Actually, no, that's not what Apple does. OS X 10.0.x is vastly different from 10.4.x (the current version). Look at it this way...
If you look at the version numbers of Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Vista, you'll see that NT is 4.0, XP is 5.0, XP is 5.1, and Vista is 6.0, but they are all based on the NT core. Apple designates their version numbers as follows:
The part before the decimal point is basically the core. So where Vista is technically "NT version 6.0", Apple says "10" for the name of its core instead of "NT". The next digit is the version, which in the current case is 4. So this is the fourth major version of their operating system "10". The last digit is the service pack, which is currently 8. So basically, if you had the most up to date version, you would be running operating system 10, version 4, service pack 8 - hence version 10.4.8.
When Leopard comes out, that will be version 10.5.0. It will be a new version of the OS (like going from XP to Vista), not a service pack, and users of the current version will get a lot more out of it than what they do with service packs.
Technically, I guess they could call it OS 15, since it is their 15th major version of their operating system, which would reduce the confusion caused by the current versioning method with a few non-Apple users, but that doesn't have the same ring or brand recognition as "OS X".
I hope this helps!
If you look at the version numbers of Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Vista, you'll see that NT is 4.0, XP is 5.0, XP is 5.1, and Vista is 6.0, but they are all based on the NT core. Apple designates their version numbers as follows:
The part before the decimal point is basically the core. So where Vista is technically "NT version 6.0", Apple says "10" for the name of its core instead of "NT". The next digit is the version, which in the current case is 4. So this is the fourth major version of their operating system "10". The last digit is the service pack, which is currently 8. So basically, if you had the most up to date version, you would be running operating system 10, version 4, service pack 8 - hence version 10.4.8.
When Leopard comes out, that will be version 10.5.0. It will be a new version of the OS (like going from XP to Vista), not a service pack, and users of the current version will get a lot more out of it than what they do with service packs.
Technically, I guess they could call it OS 15, since it is their 15th major version of their operating system, which would reduce the confusion caused by the current versioning method with a few non-Apple users, but that doesn't have the same ring or brand recognition as "OS X".
I hope this helps!