Mac OS X Panther
Mac OS X 10.3, code-named Panther, is the fourth major release of Apple computer's operating system Mac OS X. The previous release was called Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar. Apple charges $129.00 for a single-user license and $199.00 for a Family Pack (5 user) license.
Apple released Panther on October 24th, 2003. Apple claims that Panther has at least 150 new features, including:
- Finder updated interface
- Brushed-metal interface
- Real-time searching (like iTunes)
- Customizable sidebar (like iTunes)
- Fast User Switching, that allows a user to remain logged in while another user logs in feature, featuring the desktop on an animated cube. Windows XP has a similar feature without an animated cube.
- Exposé, a program to help the user manage windows, especially large numbers of them.
- Fax support built-in.
- X11 support built-in.
- TextEdit support for Microsoft Word (*.doc) documents.
- Microsoft Windows interoperability improvements, including support for SecurID-based VPNs.
- Security
- FileVault: on the fly encryption and decryption of a user's home folder
- Secure deletion
- Xcode Developer Tools, which speeds compile times greatly with gcc 3.3.
- iChat AV video-conferencing software
- PDF rendering speed increase
- File labels
- Pixlet high definition video codec
Version history
- Mac OS X 10.3.0 (build 7B85), released 24 October 2003
- Mac OS X 10.3.1 (build 7C107), released 10 November 2003
- Mac OS X 10.3.2 (build 7D24), released 17 December 2003
- Mac OS X 10.3.3 (build 7F44), released 15 March 2004
- Mac OS X 10.3.4 (build 7H63), released 26 May 2004
References
- Apple Computer, Inc. (2003). Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update: Information and Download. Retrieved December 19, 2003, from http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120288