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Article: Mac OS 9.(Product Information)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
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Apple has once again bestowed on Mac users an improved version of the trusty Mac operating system. But this time there's a bit of uncertainty on the horizon: Mac OS X. With Mac OS X due early next year, is Mac OS 9 nothing but an interim step you should ignore? Is Apple still committed to the original Mac OS, or is it merely marking time until OS X ships?
We don't have a crystal ball that lets us peer into the mind of Steve Jobs, but from what we've seen, Mac OS 9 is just as relevant an update as Mac Os 8.5 was last year. Not only does it make the Macintosh far more Internet-savvy than it once was but it also makes some fundamental changes to the way the Mac OS ...