Apple Os Years
Apple s mobile operating system ios has been considered a variant of macos.
Apple os years. Complete history of apple macintosh operating systems. In june 1978 apple. Mac os x server 10 5 also marketed as leopard server.
The system rebranded mac os in 1996 was preinstalled on every macintosh until 2002 and offered on macintosh clones for a short time in the 1990s. The first desktop version mac os x 10 0 was released in march 2001 with its first update 10 1 arriving later that year. Apple released the original macintosh on january 24 1984.
It is the early system software which was partially based on the lisa os and xerox parc alto computer. Os x macos has become a brand identity for both apple and its mac lineup and has broadly evolved over the years even taking some of its shape from apple s later launch of ios its mobile operating. It was originally named system software or simply system.
In addition to providing much improved performance it also incorporated the most extensive update. Mac os x server 10 6 also marketed. Mac os is a series of graphical operating systems which was developed and marketed by apple inc.
Mac os x was first introduced almost 20 years ago in september 2000. Noted for its ease of use it was also criticized for its lack of modern technologies compared to its competitors. The x in mac os x and os x is the roman numeral for the number 10 and is pronounced as such.
The happy mac which had appeared during the mac os startup sequence for almost 18 years was replaced with a large grey apple logo with the introduction of mac os x 10 2.