Mac OS 8.1

Mac OS 8.1 is an operating system that was designed and developed by Apple in 1998 alongside Apple’s Macintosh computers. This operating system has been released on January 19, 1998, and its price started at $99.

The new Mac OS 8.1 features a new file system named HFS+ and Mac OS Extended, integrated Internet Explorer, Java support, greater performance, and efficiency, up to 50% faster application launch and relaunch, expanded support for PC files and media, and much more.

This version of Mac OS has been replaced by Mac OS 8.5.

Today Mac OS 8.1 is 25 years old!

Mac OS 8.1
Source: fandom.com – Mac OS 8.1

Mac OS 8.1 General Information

ReleasedJanuary 19, 1998
Original Price$99
System RequirementsMotorola 68040 processor or later
PowerPC processor
12 MB RAM
195 MB of hard disk space
DistributionCD-ROM

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