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|  | Finally making a userpage if it means one less red link on this wiki. I'll work on this more later.
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|  |  | [[User:Aurora Borealis/Sandbox]] | 
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|  | Currently using it as a sandbox to migrating the Annex Project bio format over for the OS-tan faction pages.
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|  |   |  | '''To do:''' | 
|  | <pre>
 |  | *Continue porting Annex bios to this page from the original thread. | 
|  | ==Faction name==
 |  | *Add new bios here. | 
|  |   |  | *create infoboxes for the factions (completed) | 
|  | ===OS-tan name===
 |  | ** [[Template:Factioninfobox| here]] | 
|  | [[File: ]]
 |  | *create some template boxes | 
|  | *'''Name:'''
 |  | **Expand on articles in-progress | 
|  | *'''aka:'''
 |  | **Articles that need cleanup | 
|  | *'''Debut:'''
 |  | **Create new articles | 
|  | *'''Height:'''
 |  | **Look for gaps to fill in | 
|  | *'''Weight:'''
 |  | **Any others? | 
|  | *'''Eye Color:'''
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|  | *'''Hair:'''
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **-fact 1
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|  | **-fact 2
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|  | **-fact 3
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|  | [[OS-tan article name | see full wiki bio]]
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|  | </pre>
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|  | ==Windows Family==
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|  | ===MS DOS===
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|  | [[File:MSDOS.jpg]]
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|  | *'''Name:''' MS-DOS-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' Microsoft DOS, Disk Operating System
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|  | *'''Debut:''' circa 1981
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|  | *'''Height:''' 125 cm (4'1")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Blue
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Dark Grey
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **- Has shy, mousy and depressed disposition.
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|  | **- Intelligent, but has trouble expressing herself clearly.
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|  | **- Twin sister of PC-DOS-tan; younger sister of QDOS-tan; biological daughter of DR-DOS-tan.
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|  | **- Keeps hair in pigtails.
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|  | **- Dons a light-blue grade school uniform with "MS-DOS" armband and glasses.
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|  | **- Carries around Microsoft keyboard everywhere she goes.
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|  | **- Official engineer of the Windows Family, though diminishing demand has turned her more into an unofficial house servant.
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|  | **- Generally found peeking around corners.
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|  | **- Known forum lurker.
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|  | **- Personality changes dramatically when reunited with PC-DOS-tan.
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|  | ===Windows 3.1===
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|  | [[File:31-tan.gif]]
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|  | *'''Name:'''Windows 3.11-tan
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|  | *'''aka:'''Windows 3.0, 3.x, Baba
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|  | *'''Debut:''' 5/22/1990 |  | 
|  | *'''Height:''' 137 cm (4'6")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Red
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Grey
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|  | *Quick Facts:
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|  | **- Has quiet, serious and cheerless disposition.
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|  | **- Always carries or is accompanied by DOSKitty
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|  | **- Keeps hair long and loose, tied only by a violet bow on her head.
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|  | **- Dons a violet frilly gown with a "3.1" brooch on her collar.
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|  | **- Keeps her smiles a rarity.
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|  | **- Is slightly aristocratic and prefers tobe referred to as "3.11-sama".
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|  | **- Is somewhat distant with the newer Windows, preferring the company of MS-DOS, NT and 95.
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|  | **- Has only a patchy memory of her youth and seems unable to recollect her older sister (Win 2.0) or mother (Win 1.0).
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|  | ===Windows NT===
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|  | [[File:WNT.jpg]]
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|  | *'''Name:''' Windows NT-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' Windows New Technology, NT 3.1, OS/2 3.0
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|  | *'''Debut:''' 7/27/1993
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|  | *'''Height:''' 162 cm (~5'4")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Blue
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Lilac
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **- Has sweet, quiet and maternal disposition.
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|  | **- Keeps hair in a short ponytail tied with a blue ribbon.
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|  | **- Dons a simple pink dress.
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|  | **- Can multitask, but is usually quite error-prone and unreliable compared to her daughters: NT Workstation, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP, etc.
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|  | **- Was first Windows Family liason to the higher-end, non-x86 architecture hardware-tans.
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|  | **- Helped establish her company's foothold in the server market, capitalizing on clever marketing and the weaknesses of a war-torn Unix Family.
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|  | **- Is largely unaware that she's a clone of VMS-tan and a true biological sister to OS/2-tan.
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|  | ===Windows 95===
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|  | [[File:95-tan.jpg ]]
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|  | *'''Name:''' Windows 95-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' 95-tan, Chicago, 95nee-chan
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|  | *'''Debut:''' 8/24/1995
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|  | *'''Height:''' 157 cm (5'2")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Brown
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Brown
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **- Has gentle and mild-mannered disposition when in a good mood, becoming aggressive and violent when not.
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|  | **- Always carries a Katana with her and is still considered an excellent swordswoman.
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|  | **- Keeps hair long, tied with a ribbon bearing the Windows colors.
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|  | **- Dons a pink traditional kimono, hakama and geta, typical female college student apparel during the Japanese Meiji era.
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|  | **- Acts much older than she actually is, never having bothered to keep up with the times.
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|  | **- Still has enough clout and force to keep the newer generation of Windows in line.
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|  | **- Led vanguard in Microsoft's dominance of the PC market, and is still able to summon her old battle suit.
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|  | **- Hates Macs with a vengeance, more so now that they are staging a strong recovery.
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|  | **- Is generally snide and arrogant with other alternative OS-tans, but knows enough not to pick a fight with everyone (e.g, the Linux distros).
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|  | **- Aside fromWindows 3.11-tan, NT and DOS, she will not comment on earlier Windows versions.
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|  | ===Windows CE===
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|  | ===Windows NT Workstation===
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|  | ===Windows 98===
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|  | ===Windows 98SE===
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|  | ===Windows 2000===
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|  | ===Windows ME===
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|  | ===Windows XP Professional===
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|  | ===Windows XP Home===
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|  | ===Windows XP Media Edition===
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|  | ==House of Mac==
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|  | ===Macintosh System 1===
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|  | [[File:MacOS1.gif ]]
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|  | *'''Name:''' Macintosh System 1-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' Mac System 1
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|  | *'''Debut:''' 1/24/1984
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|  | *'''Height:''' 125 cm (4'1")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Silver
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Black
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **- Is feisty, bold, charismatic straightforward and wants to be a leader, but is childish and has a one-track mind.
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|  | **- Is scatterbrained and speaks primarily in newspeak (despite theirony of being an aggressive non-conformist in her youth) because it's easier for her.
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|  | **- Is stronger than she looks and wields a hammer as her weapon of choice.  |  | 
|  | **- Still regards herself as a vigilante fighting against tyranny, even though her glory days are long behind her. 
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|  | **- Had a rough upbringing before her public debut in 1984, having been forced by Lisa to be her servant. 
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|  | **- Was happy to become independent and speak out against Lisa, but now feels sorry for her.
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|  | **- 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.
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|  | **- Considered GEM a rival and major threat back in '85 and took action against her, but has long since regretted it.
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|  | **- 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.
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|  | ===Macintosh System 2===
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|  | [[File: ]]
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|  | *'''Name:''' Macintosh System 2-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' Mac System 2, "Ahiru-chan"
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|  | *'''Debut:''' April 1985
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|  | *'''Height:''' 127 cm (4'2")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Silver
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Black
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **- Looks much like System 1-tan, but has two side ponytails, wears a sash, and a sleeveless dress.
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|  | **- Is observant, witty, and intelligent but desperate for attention and gets forgotten a lot. 
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|  | **- Even worse is that unlike the rest of her family, she isn't a good fighter at all. 
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|  | **- Appears calm at a first glance. 
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|  | **- Likes to give long lectures, read classic literature and discuss philosophy.
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|  | **- Carries around a duck puppet to assist in her lectures to make them more entertaining, with varying amounts of success. 
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|  | **- Despite being highly intelligent, she is misunderstood, with few believing what she says.
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|  | **- Cares forher family, but really hates that she cannot be taken seriously, and gets aggressive when ignored. Swears she will get thelast laugh some day.  |  | 
|  | **- Gets along best with Apple II, Mac OS1, OSX Panther, and OSX Leopard.
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|  | ===Macintosh System 3===
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|  | [[File:MacOS3.gif ]]
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|  | *'''Name:''' Macintosh System 3-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' Mac System 3, "Hisca"
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|  | *'''Debut:''' 1/16/1986
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|  | *'''Height:''' 130 cm (4'3")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg |  | 
|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Silver
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Black w/ multicolor streaks |  | 
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **-Has a bubbly and cheerful disposition.
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|  | **- Loves to wear old-fashioned clothing dyed with unnaturally-vibrant colors. 
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|  | **- Gets along with all her sisters, but shares the best chemistry with Mac OS4, Mac OS8, OS9, and OSX Tiger. 
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|  | **- Is very cheerful, friendly and outgoing, and has great social skills. 
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|  | **- Is the least stable Mac-tan, has a huge fear of bugs and is klutzy. 
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|  | **- More efficient and better-organized than her predecessors but still cannot multitask.
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|  | **- A competent fighter with improvised weapons, but only able to show her skills when provoked enough, which doesn't happen easily. 
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|  | **- Loves shopping and tinkering with old gadgets, though back in her youth, she introduced new technologies to the Apple Family.
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|  | **- Very fond of OS9-kun, sometimes over-protective. Because of this, she has a rivalry with Windows ME.
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|  | **- Can empathize with ME very well when they aren't feuding over OS9-kun. 
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|  | ===Macintosh System 4===
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|  | *'''Name:''' Macintosh System 4-tan |  | 
|  | *'''aka:''' Mac System 4, "Semm"
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|  | *'''Debut:''' 3/2/1987
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|  | *'''Height:''' 132 cm (4'4")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Silver
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Black
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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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) 
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|  | **- 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.  |  | 
|  | **- Is the adoptive mother of Mac System 5, 6 and 7. 
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|  | **- 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. 
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|  | **- When Mac System 7 turned out to be happy and healthy, her worries waned. 
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|  | **- Is stronger than she looks, and has a surprisingly huge appetite. (4.0 excluded the original Mac 128k, 4.1 excluded the 512k) 
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|  | **- 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. 
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|  | **- Decorates her hair with 4 pigtails and 4 cowlicks. 
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|  | **- Dons a green shirt with a red skirt, white boots and a grey denim jacket. 
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|  | ===Macintosh System 5===
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|  | *'''Name:''' Macintosh System 5-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' "Phantom of the Macintosh"
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|  | *'''Debut:''' n/a 
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|  | *'''Height:''' 163 cm (5'4")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Pink (right), silver (left)
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Purple
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|  | *note: This character represents both System Software 5 (System 4.2+Finder 6.0) and System 5.0, mainly the latter which doesn't exist.
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **- Died very young of illness, but lives on as a ghost who hangs out with either the Mac House or the Binteeji Renmei. 
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|  | **- Like her older relatives, she is semi-retired. 
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|  | **- Is invisible to many individuals outside of the Mac circle, but her voice can be heard. 
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|  | **- Is quiet, cheerful and friendly. 
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|  | **- A talented magician, fortune-teller, organ-player and trickster. 
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|  | **- Wears a vaguely Victorian-style purple and white dress, black gloves, cloak, and white boots. Sometimes also wears a "Phantom Of The Opera" style mask. 
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|  | **- Wields a magician wand which she uses for magic tricks and multitasking. (her wand represents Multifinder, which was an add-on inSystem Software 5/System 4.2) 
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|  | **-Closest friends are Mac System 4 and 6, and is said to have met the ghost of Apple I. 
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|  | ===Macintosh System 6===
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|  | *'''Name:''' Macintosh System 6-tan |  | 
|  | *'''aka:''' Mac System 6.0.x, "Antares", "Big Deal", "Six Pack", "Terminator" |  | 
|  | *'''Debut:''' 4/30/1988 |  | 
|  | *'''Height:''' 185 cm (6'1") |  | 
|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg |  | 
|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Silver (right), red (left) |  | 
|  | *'''Hair:''' Dark grey-blue
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **-Was sickly and unstable at birth, had been known to lash out violently if her strength allowed it.
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|  | **-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.
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|  | **-Scatterbrained, yet is fast, extremely strong, determined and remarkably stable. (Went from being the least stable Mac OS to one of the most stable.)
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|  | **-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. 
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|  | **-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. 
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|  | **-Has at least one scar at all times, to this day she fights against Mac malware-tans, including her sworn enemy ANTI since 1989.
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|  | **-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
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|  | **-Is very kind and loyal, though this often gets overshadowed by a boisterous and competitive side. 
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|  | **-A writer and programmer, still an avid user of Hypercard technology. (considered one of the best Mac OSes forcreative writing, and Hypercard was popularized in the System 6-era)
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|  | **-Teams up with OSX, Cheetah and Mac OS8 tofight against perversion inthe Mac House.
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|  | **-Has medium-length grey-blue hair, wears a blue+black minidress with matching boots, gloves, a leather jacket and sunglasses. |  | 
|  | **-Wields a bazooka as her weapon of choice.
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|  | **-Mac System 3.4 is allegedly her twin sister. (both use the same Finder version, Finder 6.1)
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|  | ===Macintosh System 7===
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|  | *'''Name:''' Macintosh System 7-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' Mac System 7, "Blue", "Capone", "Pleiades"
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|  | *'''Debut:''' 5/13/1991
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|  | *'''Height:''' 170 cm (5'7")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Green
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Dark blue
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | --bio pending--
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|  | ===Mac OS8===
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|  | [[File: MACOS8.gif]]
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|  | *'''Name:''' Mac OS 8-tan
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|  | *'''aka:''' Mac OS 7.7 (former), "Tempo", "Veronica"
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|  | *'''Debut:''' 7/26/1997
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|  | *'''Height:''' 148 cm (4'10")
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|  | *'''Weight:''' ??kg
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|  | *'''Eye Color:''' Teal
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|  | *'''Hair:''' Blonde
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|  | *'''Quick Facts:'''
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|  | **- Has always had a happy and optimistic disposition, but has also grown up to become a bold and foolhardy fighter.
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|  | **- Volunteered to fight in the thick of the PC-Mac OS war at a very young age; though it nearly cost her her life, she was pivotal in turning the fortunes of Apple around.
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|  | **- Formerly known as Mac OS 7.7-tan, her name change was to exploit a loophole to discontinue the Mac Clones, which she was ordered to fight against.
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|  | **- Also managed to save NeXTSTEP-tan's life at one point, who in return became a loyal friend of the Mac-tans and "godparent" to the OSX-tans.
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|  | **- Keeps her short, topped with a rainbow Apple beret similar to her old Apple swimcap, and a bondi blue bandana.
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|  | **- Dons a grey shirt with an "8"-shaped necklace, bondi blue shoes, and choice of either a rainbow Apple or bomb-themed skirt.
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|  | **- Is still fairly scratched up from the war, and still keeps her left leg wrapped in bandages out of a warped sense of fashion.
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|  | **- Is a proficient bomb-wielder, and often accompanies Mac-tan on the daily "sorties" against perverts.
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|  | **- Considers it a pet peeve that her sisters seem to relish showing visitors her baby pictures.
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|  | ==Binteeji Renmei==
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|  | ==Anti$oft Coalition==
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