Excluding OS X?
Technology September 28th, 2003 |So I’m in the midst of getting my new machine all configured the way I like it, installing software, drivers, etc. I use a Microsoft Office Keyboard (that’s discontinued), so I hit Microsoft’s keyboard pages to download the software. As I was working my way through the download process (verify system requirements, choose your product, choose your OS, choose your language, and download), I was presented with these choices when choosing my operating system:
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Anybody want to take a stab at explaining to me just what operating system Microsoft thinks I’m running on my Mac that has a version number equal to or greater than 10.0, and yet excludes OS X?
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September 28th, 2003 at 10:27 pm
Actually, looking at it again, I’m going to guess that they meant that the software only works on OS X v10.1 or greater, and will not work on v10.0. However, if that’s what they meant, it’s incredibly poorly worded!
September 29th, 2003 at 9:41 am
i think your new interpretation is probably correct. i agree, very sloppy on Microsoft’s part. that must confuse everyone who goes there.
September 29th, 2003 at 10:32 am
I see it clearly reading it will work with 10.1 or 10.2 but not 10. Maybe its easier for me to see because A. I’m a MS user and B. I’m not a computer expert? They wrote it for idiots like me.
September 29th, 2003 at 2:14 pm
I see it clearly reading:
Good luck getting this to work on your machine and if you do, we’ll discontine it.
Love and Blue Screens, -Microsoft
September 30th, 2003 at 7:44 am
The only problem, Tim, is that all versions of OS X are referred to as OS X with specific versions called 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2. Microsoft is mixing the naming conventions on this page and that’s where the confusion comes in.
That said, authgeek’s interpretation seems to be pretty accurate.