Mac OS-tan
| OS-tan | |
|---|---|
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| General Information | |
| Full Name | Mac-tan |
| Universe/Origin | Futaba Channel |
| Personification | |
| Personifies | Mac OS |
| Developer | Apple |
| Appearance | |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Eye Color | Blue or rainbow |
Mac OS-tan was perhaps the first commonly-known and widely-supported Mac-tan during the early days of the OS-tan phenomenon. Given the popularity of the Windows platform, it is likely that Mac OS-tan was simply meant to be a standalone personification of Mac OS, in the same way that Linux-tan was meant to be a lump-sum of all Linux distributions.
Design
In early drawings, Mac-tan appears in her standard platinum-white body suit (alluding to the iMac/OSX design motif) but, also with a rainbow-colored apple on her head, a throwback to the classic Macintosh.
Character
Mac-tan is often depicted as the archnemesis of the Windows Family, and fought against them during the OS Wars. She is sometimes shown with bombs as her weapon.
Some manga strips featured her battling against 95-tan during the OS Wars, during which time only the Classic Macs were available (System 7.5, for example), suggesting that she mainly represented the pre-OS9 Mac OSes at first. Even when she represents OSX, 95-tan is still portrayed as her arch-nemesis.
See Also
- Mac OS, page about the OS itself that also lists alternate personifications.
External Links
- Her entry on myfigurecollection.net