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**- Is feisty, bold, charismatic straightforward and wants to be a leader, but is childish and has a one-track mind.
**-Is energetic, bold, charismatic, and straightforward, but has a one-track mind. Scatterbrained and speaks primarily in Newspeak because it's easier for her. (Cannot multitask and has a lot of limitations due to the original Mac's 128K of RAM, but a lot could still be done)
**- Is scatterbrained and speaks primarily in newspeak (despite the irony of being an aggressive non-conformist in her youth) because it's easier for her.  
**-Is stronger than she looks, and wields a hammer as her weapon of choice.
**- Is stronger than she looks and wields a hammer as her weapon of choice.  
**-Established the tradition of desktop publishing among the Mac-tans.
**- Still regards herself as a vigilante fighting against tyranny, even though her glory days are long behind her.  
**-Is mostly retired, but wants to help out in any way she can, and to continue to be a role model.  
**- Had a rough upbringing before her public debut in 1984, having been forced by Lisa to be her servant.  
**-Still regards herself as a vigilante fighting against tyranny, even though her glory days are long behind her.  
**- Was happy to become independent and speak out against Lisa, but now feels sorry for her.
**-Had a rough upbringing before her public debut in 1984; Lisa treated her like a servant, Apple III was aloof towards her, and Apple II was often away from home.  
**- Means well and strives to be a mother figure to all the Mac-tans, though nearly all of them treat her as a little sister figure who needs to be cared for.
**-Was happy to become independent and speak out against Lisa, but now feels sorry for her.  
**- Considered GEM a rival and major threat back in '85 and took action against her, but has long since regretted it.
**-Used to be highly aggressive, and saw GEM-tan as a threat. Her aggression was from worrying over the future of the Mac House when its future was uncertain as early as 1985.  
**- Has reconciled with GEM recently and the two became friends, but still has long-standing rivalries with PCDOS and Sinclair QL. Is also friends with QDOS and PDP-1.
**-Has reconciled with GEM recently and the two became friends, but still has long-standing rivalries with PC-DOS and Sinclair QL. Is also friends with QDOS, Apple II, and PDP-1.  
 


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**- Looks much like System 1-tan, but has two side ponytails, wears a sash, and a sleeveless dress.
**-Looks much like System 1-tan, but has two side ponytails on her right side, wears a sash, and a sleeveless dress.  
**- Is observant, witty, and intelligent but desperate for attention and gets forgotten a lot.  
**-Is observant, witty, and intelligent, but desperate for attention and feels forgotten a lot.  
**- Even worse is that unlike the rest of her family, she isn't a good fighter at all.
**-Can quickly retrieve information to help others (referencing the Launcher giving quick access to other applications), and can manipulate illusions (Uses a flat file system that gives the illusion of folders)
**- Appears calm at a first glance.  
**-Sometimes has an inferiority complex because she is not good at fighting, and feels overshadowed, but is happy that she can use her abilities to help her sisters in a support role.  
**- Likes to give long lectures, read classic literature and discuss philosophy.
**-Likes to give long lectures, read classic literature and discuss philosophy.  
**- Carries around a duck puppet to assist in her lectures to make them more entertaining, with varying amounts of success.  
**-Carries around a duck puppet to assist in her lectures to make them more entertaining, with varying amounts of success.  
**- Despite being highly intelligent, she is misunderstood, with few believing what she says.
**-Despite being highly intelligent, she is misunderstood, with few believing what she says.  
**- Cares for her family, but really hates that she cannot be taken seriously, and gets aggressive when ignored. Swears she will get the last laugh some day.  
**-Cares for her family, and they care for her, but gets frustrated when she cannot be taken seriously.  
**- Gets along best with Apple II, Mac OS1, OSX Panther, and OSX Leopard.
**-Gets along best with Apple II, System 1, System 4, OSX Panther, and OSX Leopard.  
 


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**-Has a bubbly and cheerful disposition.
**- Loves to wear old-fashioned clothing dyed with unnaturally-vibrant colors.  
**- Loves to wear old-fashioned clothing dyed with unnaturally-vibrant colors.  
**- Gets along with all her sisters, but shares the best chemistry with Mac OS4, Mac OS8, OS9, and OSX Tiger.  
**- Gets along with all her sisters, but shares the best chemistry with System 3.4, System 4, Mac OS8, OS9, and OSX Tiger.  
**- Is very cheerful, friendly and outgoing, and has great social skills.  
**- Is very cheerful, friendly and outgoing, and has great social skills.  
**- Is the least stable Mac-tan, has a huge fear of bugs and is klutzy.  
**- Is the least stable Mac-tan, has a huge fear of bugs and is klutzy.  
**- More efficient and better-organized than her predecessors but still cannot multitask.
**- More efficient and better-organized than her predecessors, but still cannot multitask.  
**- A competent fighter with improvised weapons, but only able to show her skills when provoked enough, which doesn't happen easily.  
**- A competent fighter with improvised weapons and psychic abilities, but only able to show her skills when provoked enough, which doesn't happen easily.  
**- Loves shopping and tinkering with old gadgets, though back in her youth, she introduced new technologies to the Apple Family.
**- Loves shopping and tinkering with old gadgets, though back in her youth, she introduced new technologies to the Apple Family.  
**- Very fond of OS9-kun, sometimes over-protective. Because of this, she has a rivalry with Windows ME.
**-Remained influential as an adviser to her younger sisters for years, and was System 3.4's mentor.
**- Can empathize with ME very well when they aren't feuding over OS9-kun.  
**- Gets along very well with OS9-kun, but sometimes over-protective of him. Because of this, she has a rivalry with Windows ME, though they sometimes can get along and empathize with each other.  
 


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**- Has a cheerful and carefree disposition, but also hides an inferiority complex and is known to be fussy at times. (First Mac OS to exclude a Mac model)  
**- Has a cheerful and carefree disposition, but also hides an inferiority complex and is known to be fussy at times. (First Mac OS to exclude a Mac model)  
**- Her inferiority complex stems from several things-she can't multitask as well as her younger sisters, introduced only one remarkable feature (MultiFinder in System 4.2), also because of her obscurity, and she felt she failed as a parent.  
**- Her inferiority complex stems from several things- being overshadowed by System 3's achievements, not being able to multitask as well as her younger sisters, didn't introduce as many new features, also because of her obscurity.  
**- Is the adoptive mother of Mac System 5, 6 and 7.  
**- Is the guardian of System 5, 6 and 7, but thought she failed them.  
**- Was bitter and depressed in the late 80's, after her own quick obsolescence, Mac System 5's death, Mac System 6's insanity and near-death.
**- Was bitter and depressed in the late 80's, after her own quick obsolescence, System 5's death, and System 6's instability and near-death.  
**- When Mac System 7 turned out to be happy and healthy, her worries waned.  
**- Is stronger than she looks, and has a surprisingly huge appetite. (4.0 excluded the original Mac 128k, 4.1 excluded the 512k)  
**- Is stronger than she looks, and has a surprisingly huge appetite. (4.0 excluded the original Mac 128k, 4.1 excluded the 512k)  
**- Used to clash a lot with Mac System 1 over leadership, especially who would be the matriarch, and criticizing Mac System 4 for being a glutton. But now they get along very well.  
**- Used to clash a lot with System 1 over leadership, especially who would be the matriarch, and criticizing System 4 for being a glutton. But now they get along very well.  
**- Decorates her hair with 4 pigtails and 4 cowlicks.  
**- Has short hair with pigtails at the top, and has 4 cowlicks in her hair.  
**- Dons a green shirt with a red skirt, white boots and a grey denim jacket.  
**- Dons a green shirt with a red skirt, white boots and a grey denim jacket.  


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*'''Name:''' Macintosh System 5-tan
*'''Name:''' Macintosh System 5-tan
*'''aka:''' "Phantom of the Macintosh"
*'''aka:''' "Phantom of the Macintosh"
*'''Debut:''' n/a  
*'''Debut:''' October 1987 (System 4.2), n/a (System 5)
*'''Height:''' 163 cm (5'4")
*'''Height:''' 163 cm (5'4")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
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**-Was sickly and unstable at birth, had been known to lash out violently if her strength allowed it.
**- Was sickly and unstable at birth. Was almost ineligible to lead the Mac House due to her instability, and had to prove her worth after her stability improved.
**-Was soon deathly ill, but her life was saved in late '88-early '89 when she was remade into a nearly immortal cyborg using technology from the future.
**- Was soon deathly ill, but her life was saved in late 1988 when she was remade into a nearly immortal cyborg using technology from the future.
**-Scatterbrained, yet is fast, extremely strong, determined and remarkably stable. (Went from being the least stable Mac OS to one of the most stable.)
**- Is System 3.4's twin sister (same Finder version, released around the same time), but they never fought over which of them would lead the Mac House during their debuts.  
**-Close friends with her stepsister A/UX, who helped her the most with self-improvement in her youth. The two even have a friendly rivalry together.  
**- Scatterbrained, yet is fast, extremely strong, determined and remarkably stable. (Went from being the least stable Mac OS as System 6.0 to one of the most stable from 6.0.2 onwards)
**-Was one of the first Mac-tans to befriend NeXTSTEP, is also one of the few to not be scared by OSX Cheetah's antics.  
**- Close friends with her stepsister A/UX, who helped her the most with self-improvement in her youth. The two even have a friendly rivalry together.  
**-Has at least one scar at all times, to this day she fights against Mac malware-tans, including her sworn enemy ANTI since 1989.
**- Was one of the first Mac-tans to befriend NeXTSTEP, is also one of the few to not be scared by OSX Cheetah's antics.  
**-Strives to atone for her acts of unjustifiable violence from her pre-transformation and during the OS Wars, including her one-sided rivalry against Windows 2.0
**- To this day she fights against Mac malware-tans, including her sworn enemy ANTI since 1989 because of a vow she made to defend the Mac House against all threats.  
**-Is very kind and loyal, though this often gets overshadowed by a boisterous and competitive side.  
**- This also meant she was hostile towards the Windows-tans, believing all of them to be threats, even Windows 1.0 and 2.0 during the OS Wars. However, she has been able to get along with some of the friendlier and diplomatic Windows-tans after proving they were not threats.  
**-A writer and programmer, still an avid user of Hypercard technology. (considered one of the best Mac OSes for creative writing, and Hypercard was popularized in the System 6-era)
**- Is kind and loyal, though this often gets overshadowed by a boisterous and highly competitive side that can get aggressive.  
**-Teams up with OSX, Cheetah and Mac OS8 to fight against perversion in the Mac House.
**- A writer and programmer, still an avid user of Hypercard technology. (considered one of the best Mac OSes for creative writing, and Hypercard was popularized in the System 6-era)
**-Has medium-length grey-blue hair, wears a blue+black minidress with matching boots, gloves, a leather jacket and sunglasses.
**- Teams up with OSX, Cheetah and Mac OS8 to stop the OSX-kuns' antics.  
**-Wields a bazooka as her weapon of choice.
**- Has medium-length grey-blue hair, wears a blue and black minidress with matching boots, gloves, a leather jacket and sunglasses.
**-Mac System 3.4 is allegedly her twin sister. (both use the same Finder version, Finder 6.1)
 


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**-Used to be confident and powerful in her youth, but her ambitions were misapplied and nearly caused her downfall.
**- Used to be confident and powerful in her youth after she was promoted, but her ambitions were misapplied and nearly caused her downfall.
**-Used to be a mobster and hitwoman, but this ended with a failed attempt to knock-out Windows 95-tan as a competitor.
**- Used to be a mobster and hitwoman, but this ended with a failed attempt to knock-out Windows 95-tan as a competitor.  
**-Suffered as a depressed shell of her former self during the Wars and for years after.
**- Suffered as a shell of her former self with low self-confidence as a result of the OS Wars, and from failed alliances that promised to make her more powerful.  
**-Was rivals with System 6-tan, who refused to give up her leadership after System 7-tan's debut. Their unsteady truce was broken in the OS Wars, but genuinely reconciled years later.
**- Was the mentor to 7.5-tan, and considered 7.5-tan her second-in-command.  
**-Considered 7.5-tan her second-in-command, and felt threatened by Copland-tan's existence.
**- Largely stoic and nonchalant, for a long time she yearned for revenge against her arch-rival, but feels she doesn't need to anymore.
**-Largely stoic and non-chalant, for a long time she yearned for revenge against her arch-rival, but feels she doesn't need to anymore.
**- At some point after, she reconsidered her life and developed a calm composure and continued her sword skills as a form of self-discipline.
**-At some point after, she reconsidered her life and developed a calm composure and continued her sword skills as a form of self-discipline.
**- Wields a katana, wields it more artfully and responsibly than she used to.
**-Wields a mean Yakuza-style katana, but wields it more artfully and responsibly than she used to.
**- Prefers not to attend the Windows-Mac Family meetings, does not want to risk instigating hostility. Remained hostile towards the Windows-tans for years, but may be willing to reconcile with the more diplomatic Windows-tans.  
**-Prefers not to attend the Windows-Mac Family meetings, does not want to risk instigating hostility.
**- The calm big sister figure to many of the Mac-tans.  
**-The calm big sister figure to many Macs.
**- Wears a blue pinstriped suit, an Apple rainbow-colored tie, and glasses.
**-Wears a blue pinstriped suit, an Apple rainbow-colored tie, and glasses.
**- Recovered from low self-confidence when she helped bring the Mac family back together after OSX Leopard's antics nearly drove away the Classics.
**-Recovered from her depression once and for all when she helped bring the Mac family back together after OSX Leopard's antics nearly drove away the Classics.
**- Gets along best with System 4-tan, 7.5-tan, GS/OS-tan, Puma-tan and A/UX-tan.
**-Known to help out not only her sisters and stepsisters, but also the OSX-kuns, impervious to their antics.
 
**-Gets along best with System 4-tan, GS/OS-tan, Puma-tan and A/UX-tan.


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**-Keeps hair short, decorated by giant "9' hairclips and a long cowlick streaked across her face.  
**-Keeps hair short, decorated by giant "9' hairclips and a long cowlick streaked across her face.  
**-Loves to paint and judge artwork in general, but also has a less-than-subtle appreciation for nude modeling.  
**-Loves to paint and judge artwork in general, but also has a less-than-subtle appreciation for nude modeling.  
**-Is virtually worshipped by the OSX-kuns.  
**-Is virtually worshiped by the OSX-kuns.  
**-Is relatively civil with the Windows-tans compared to the average Mac-tan, and has been seen hanging around the most with ME-tan and XP-tan.  
**-Is relatively civil with the Windows-tans compared to the average Mac-tan, and has been seen hanging around the most with ME-tan and XP-tan.  
**-Is somehow the universal "big sister" to the OSX-tans and even to some of the older classic Mac-tans.  
**-Is somehow the universal "big sister" to the OSX-tans and even to some of the older classic Mac-tans.  
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*'''Name:''' Mac OS9.2-tan
*'''aka:''' "Moonlight"
*'''Debut:''' 7/1/2001
*'''Height:''' 166 cm (5'5.5")
*'''Weight:''' ??kg
*'''Eye Color:''' Blue
*'''Hair:''' Blonde
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**-Is considered the Apple-equivalent of Windows XP Pro-tan in both appearance and disposition (minus the gluttony).
**-Is exceptionally sweet and mild-mannered, but not particularly outgoing and is hardly known outside of tight circles.
**-Dons a white and lilac sailor school uniform (a la XP-tan), a rainbow apple lapel, and white "dockbar" sleeves and boots.
**-Keeps long blond hair loose (again, a la XP-tan), decorated only by two blue apple-shaped "9.2" hairclips.
**-Has larger-than-average breasts for a Mac-tan of her era, due in part to her higher hardware requirements (again, not unlike XP-tan).
**-Is friendly with the Windows-tans, particularly 98-tan.
**-Enjoys the company of the early OSX-tans the most, but seems locked in some silent competition with OS9-tan for some reason.
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**-Does not like to go outside or be seen in public if it can be helped. However, she has made some progress in recent years. (has some hobbyist following)
**-Does not like to go outside or be seen in public if it can be helped. However, she has made some progress in recent years. (has some hobbyist following)
**-Mother of Darwin OS and the OSX-tans, is NeXTSTEP's biological sister, and cousin of A/UX. Was adopted into the Mac culture by the Classic Mac-tans.
**-Mother of Darwin OS and the OSX-tans, is NeXTSTEP's biological sister, and cousin of A/UX. Was adopted into the Mac culture by the Classic Mac-tans.
**-Her daughters and the Classic-tans, though not related by code consider each other sisters just the same.  
**-Her daughters and the Classic-tans, though not related by code consider each other sisters.  
**-Serves food and homemade apple cider to guests.
**-Serves food and homemade apple cider to guests.
**-Is diplomatic, and is the official Mac House ambassador.
**-Is diplomatic, and is the official Mac House ambassador.
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**-Likes to model for Mac OS9-tan.
**-Likes to model for Mac OS9-tan.
**-Considered very scary by most of the Mac-tans, and is feared the most by the OSX-kuns because she's at least as perverted as they are.
**-Considered very scary by most of the Mac-tans, and is feared the most by the OSX-kuns because she's at least as perverted as they are.
**-Strangely enough, teams up with System 6, Mac OS8 and OSX to fight perversion in the Mac House.  
**-Strangely enough, teams up with System 6, Mac OS8 and OSX to fight against the OSX-kuns in the Mac House.  


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**-Along with OSX Cheetah, she likes to pose for Mac OS9's art.
**-Along with OSX Cheetah, she likes to pose for Mac OS9's art.
**-Also is interested in fashion, preferring more modern and futuristic styles.
**-Also is interested in fashion, preferring more modern and futuristic styles.
**-In the in-house conflicts (fights for/against perversion, power struggles between Mac and OSX Tiger over leadership), she prefers to stay neutral but will poke fun at all sides from the sidelines.
**-In the in-house conflicts, she prefers to stay neutral but will poke fun at all sides from the sidelines.




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