The Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah is an operating system that was designed, developed, and sold by Apple in 2001 alongside Apple’s personal computers. The system has been released on March 24, 2001, and was available for $129 or was preinstalled on currently sold computers. This software gets the last update (10.0.4) on June 21, 2001, and later has been replaced by a newer version of Mac OS X 10.1 Puma.
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah was the next generation of the Macintosh operating system and the first major update from the classic Mac OS. It contained a brand new code based completely separate from previous Apple operating systems.
Mac OS X introduced the new Aqua user interface and a completely new system of memory management. Cheetah proved to be a rocky start to the Mac OS X line, plagued with missing features and performance issues, although it was praised for still being a good start to an operating system still in its infancy, in terms of completeness and overall operating system stability.
Today Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah is 22 years old!
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah General Information
| Released | March 24, 2001 |
| Original Price | $129 |
| System Requirements | PowerPC G3 processor (Unfortunately Original PowerBook G3 is not supported) 128 MB RAM 1.5 GB of hard disk space |
| Distribution | CD-ROM |
| Order Number | M7686LL/A |
Versions
| Versions | Build | Release Date |
| Mac OS X 10.0 | 4K78 | March 24, 2001 |
| Mac OS X 10.0.1 | 4L13 | April 14, 2001 |
| Mac OS X 10.0.2 | 4P12 | May 1, 2001 |
| Mac OS X 10.0.3 | 4P13 | May 9, 2001 |
| Mac OS X 10.0.4 | 4Q12 | June 21, 2001 |
