Blast from the Past: Happy 6th Birthday OS X

It's hard to believe, but today marks the 6th birthday for Mac OS X, at least as measured from when OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) first went on sale at retail outlets on March 24, 2001. Apple's original press release is still online, and is the source of some mild amusement. It heralds "amazing new functionality such as the Dock, a breakthrough for organizing, documents and document windows." And Apple's trumpeting of there being over 350 native applications for OS X is a far cry from the 5000+ Universal apps available today. Nonetheless, as far as Apple has come it's clear that much was already in place 6 years ago. And with the Leopard launch coming soon, OS X is now really reaching its stride. You can't help but wonder where we'll be 6 years from now (OS XI?). In any case, happy birthday to our favorite OS!

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