Happy Birthday OS X!

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macworld.com/article/158789/2011/03/os_x_ten.html#lsrc.rss_main' target='_blank'>http://www.macworld.com/article/158...l#lsrc.rss_main</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"On March 24, 2001, the iMac was less than three years old, the iPod was still more than six months away, and Macs ran at astounding speeds of up to 733MHz. But most importantly, Apple on that day released the first official version of Mac OS X, changing the future of its platform forever."</em></p><p><img height="300" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/lpt/auto/1289358259.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 150px; margin-right: 150px;" width="300" /></p><p>Code named "Cheetah" and the first shipping version couldn't even play DVDs or burn CDs. But it sure has improved over the years hasn't it? Like the author said, I still have my annoyances but overall I don't ever see myself ever switching back. Happy 10th birthday OS X.&nbsp;</p>

[Jason Dunn]

It took a LOT of guts for Apple to throw out an entire OS and start over from scratch - that's one of the things I admire about them. You can't ignore the fact that their small user-base made it easier to do, but still, intestinal fortitude was required.