This would differentiate it from then current systems such as MS-DOS which were more technically challenging to operate.
This includes tasks which required more operating system knowledge on other systems would be accomplished by intuitive mouse gestures and simple graphic controls on a Macintosh, making the system more user-friendly and easily mastered. Both series share a general interface design, but have very different internal architectures.Īpple deliberately sought to minimize the user's conceptual awareness of the operating system. Mac OS releases have existed in two series, Classic Mac OS from 1984 to 2000 and Mac OS X from 2001 to present. This is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface concept. The original version was the integral and unnamed system software first introduced in 1984 with the original Macintosh, and referred to simply as the System software. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. Latest unstable release 10.8.3 (Seed 12D78) (March 12, 2013(by Ahmad El Halabi)) Latest stable release 10.8.3 (Ma2 months ago) Source model Proprietary software (with open source components) OS family Mac OS (System 1–7, Mac OS 8–9)
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