Mac OS X v10.0

Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah" ( " Cheetah " ) is the first version of the operating system Mac OS X from Apple. It is the successor to Mac OS X Public Beta and the predecessor of Mac OS X 10.1 "Puma". Apple released Cheetah on March 24, 2001.

The latest version is 10.0.4 on 22 June 2001.

Innovations

  • Dock ( program launcher and organizer )
  • XNU kernel
  • Terminal
  • PDF support ( creating PDF documents from any program possible)
  • Aqua interface
  • Darwin - kernel
  • OpenGL
  • AppleScript
  • Carbon and Cocoa APIs support
  • Sherlock desktop and Internet search

User Functions

Apple introduced Mac OS X v10.0 Cheetah the following new functions:

  • Mail ( e- mail client )
  • Address book
  • TextEdit

System

  • Power Mac G3, G4, iMac, PowerBook G3 or G4, or iBook
  • 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended)
  • 1.5 GB of free space on the hard disk
  • CD drive for installation

Revision history

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