Mac OS X v10.3

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Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" is the fourth major release of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system. It follows Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar" and precedes Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger". Apple released Panther on October 24, 2003. The cost from Apple was US$129.00 for a single-user license and US$199.00 for a Family Pack (5 user, 1 household) license.

Contents

1 System Requirements
2 New features
3 Version history
4 External links

System Requirements

Supported Computers - Power Mac G3, G4, G5, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3 (bronze keyboard models only) or G4, or iBook G3 or G4
RAM required - 128 megabytes
Hard Drive Space - 1.5 gigabytes

Panther has increased system requirements over Jaguar (10.2) as it requires the computer to have a USB port. This change in requirements means that beige Power Mac G3s and "Wall Street" PowerBook G3s are unable to run 10.3. Checks are made during the install process and hence installation will fail on older machines. This requirement can be overcome by using 3rd party software such as XPostFacto.

New features

Apple advertises 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 (the effect is only seen on systems with Quartz Extreme).
Exposé, a program to help the user manage windows, especially large numbers of them.
Fax support built-in.
Zip 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 v10.3.0 (build 7B85), released 24 October 2003 (retail)
Mac OS X v10.3.1 (build 7C107), released 10 November 2003 ([Apple Download Page])
Mac OS X v10.3.2 (build 7D24), released 17 December 2003 ([Apple Download Page])
Mac OS X v10.3.3 (build 7F44), released 15 March 2004 ([Apple Download Page])
Mac OS X v10.3.4 (build 7H63), released 26 May 2004 ([Apple Download Page])
Mac OS X v10.3.5 (build 7M34), released 8 August 2004 ([Apple Download Page])
Mac OS X v10.3.6 (build 7R28), released 5 November 2004 ([Apple Download Page])
Mac OS X v10.3.7 (build 7S215), released 15 December 2004 ([Apple Download Page])
Mac OS X v10.3.8 (build 7U16), released 9 February 2005 ([Apple Download Page])
Mac OS X v10.3.9 (build 7W98), released 15 April 2005 ([Apple Download Page])

External links

History of the Apple Macintosh Operating Systems
Mac OS>Classic Mac OS (History): System 6 · System 7 · Mac OS 8 · Mac OS 9
Mac OS X (History of Mac OS X>History): Public Beta · v10.0 · v10.1 · v10.2 · v10.3 · v10.4 · v10.5
Mac OS X Server: Rhapsody (OS)>Rhapsody · Mac OS X Server 1.0 · Mac OS X Server
Other OS projects: A/UX · Taligent · Copland · Darwin (operating system)>Darwin

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