- published: 22 Feb 2016
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OS X ( /oʊ ˌɛs ˈtɛn/), formerly Mac OS X, is a series of Unix-based graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. OS X (officially) runs exclusively on Macintosh computers and has been pre-loaded on all Macs since 2002.
OS X, whose X is the Roman numeral for 10 and is a prominent part of its brand identity, is built on technologies developed at NeXT between the second half of the 1980s and Apple's purchase of the company in late 1996. It was the successor to Mac OS 9, released in 1999, the final release of the "classic" Mac OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984.
OS X is a UNIX-like operating system that originally ran on PowerPC-based Macs. In 2006, the first Intel Macs had a specialized version of Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger". in 2007, Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard", was the first to have UNIX 03 certification and run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs with the use of Universal Binaries. Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" was the first version of OS X to drop support for PowerPC Macs and run solely on Intel's x86-based processors. Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" was the first version of OS X to drop support for 32-bit processors and run exclusively on 64-bit CPUs.
Station grey
Are you still waiting
For the children
To tumble away?
Walk us through
Fields undivided
Feel the weightless
Return back to you
Down in the valley
I've not lost a thing
Down here in the valley
Where the mission bells ring
Two by two
The lights shine
In the orchard
Ask me why I'd
Stand in for you
And I once knew
The feel of a body
Satisfied, oh so satisfied
When nobody's watching
Will you please be kind?
When nobody's watching
Will it be your way or mine?
Station grey
Are you still waiting
For the children
To tumble away?
Down in the valley
I've not lost a thing
Down here in the valley
Where the mission bells ring
Station grey
Station grey