Actually, many help pages, especially Apple help pages mention both Tiger and Leopard and include the numbers 10.4 or 10.5. Most software will specify only the OS number, even down to a specific version of that "animal" (10.4.6 or higher, etc.). Personally, I find it easier to remember a name than a number, especially when they start getting to the double-decimal point, but that is usually not necessary. Most people seldom use more than two versions of OS X and even then usually only one version on a machine. Very few would still be using anything less than 10.3, I would think. And I'm not aware of any new software that still mentions capabilities of running on that. I often name my drive after the 'cat' it contains, but there are other ways. Of course, MS had many different
names through the years for its OSs, most had "Windows" in them. And the use of a year is incredibly short-sighted in software, IMHO. Who wants to use last years app!
Of course, the 2004 version may not even have shipped until the end of 2005...But Apple sometimes goes a little overboard with names. It seems they now simply reduce the number of computer models so they can have fewer names rather than make more specifically named models with certain basic features. Yet they are still somewhat customizable and seem to meet just about any need around...
Anyway, maybe you could stick a 'Post-it" note on each computer with its 'animal' name printed on it...
Oh yeah, as long as I'm venting...I still don't understand the need for OS X 10. anything. "X"
is "10!" The way it's used should be read/pronounced "OS TEN TEN point whatever!!!"
Either drop the "X" or the "10" it doesn't change the version number one whit!
