What does 'buggy' mean?
I can't know what 'then-buggy Mac OS X' meant in the Explain XKCD 1508.
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1508:_Operating_Systems)

Apple's Mac OS (Macintosh Operating System): The OS of Apple's Macintosh line of computers. Randall's bar indicates that he stopped using Macs in 2001, after Mac OS had been superseded by the new and then-buggy Mac OS X.

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What does 'buggy' mean?
I can't know what 'then-buggy Mac OS X' meant in the Explain XKCD 1508.
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1508:_Operating_Systems)

Apple's Mac OS (Macintosh Operating System): The OS of Apple's Macintosh line of computers. Randall's bar indicates that he stopped using Macs in 2001, after Mac OS had been superseded by the new and then-buggy Mac OS X.

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bug-ridden, filled of "software bugs". In this case, 'bug' is used in the sense of software error / unexpected software behaviour, not an actual insect.

It's confusing because buggy is also a noun, but in this case it's used as an adjective form of 'bug'.

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