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Mac OS X Panther

Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X Jaguar and preceded Mac OS X Tiger. It was released on October 24, 2003, with the retail price of US$129[3] for a single user and US$199[3] for a five user, family license.

Developer

Apple Computer, Inc.

Closed, with open source components

October 24, 2003 (2003-10-24)[1]

10.3.9 / April 15, 2005 (2005-04-15)[2]

PowerPC

Hybrid (XNU)

Apple Public Source License (APSL) and Apple end-user license agreement (EULA)

Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Apple - Mac OS X at the Wayback Machine (archived January 11, 2005)

The evolution of the species.

The main features of Panther included a refined Aqua theme, Exposé, Fast user switching, and a new Finder. Panther also included Safari as its default browser, as a change from Internet Explorer in Jaguar.

G4, or G5 processor (at least 233 MHz)

PowerPC G3

Built-in

USB

At least 128  of RAM (256 MB recommended, minimum of 96 MB supported unofficially)

MB

At least 1.5  of available hard disk space

GB

CD drive

Internet access requires a compatible service provider; iDisk requires a account

.Mac

Panther's system requirements are:[4]


Video conferencing requires:


Because a New World ROM was required for Mac OS X Panther, certain older computers (such as beige Power Mac G3s and 'Wall Street' PowerBook G3s) were unable to run Panther by default. Third-party software (such as XPostFacto) can, however, override checks made during the install process; otherwise, installation or upgrades from Jaguar fails on these older machines.


Panther still fully supported the Classic environment for running older Mac OS 9 applications, but made Classic application windows double-buffered, interfering with some applications written to draw directly to screen.

New and changed features[edit]

End-user features[edit]

Apple advertised that Mac OS X Panther had over 150 new features, including: