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Version of the macOS operating system | |
Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
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OS family | |
Source model | Closed, with open source components |
General availability | October 24, 2003[1] |
Latest release | 10.3.9 / April 15, 2005[2] |
Platforms | PowerPC |
Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
License | Apple Public Source License (APSL) and Apple end-user license agreement (EULA) |
Preceded by | Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar |
Succeeded by | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger |
Official website | Apple - Mac OS X at the Wayback Machine (archived January 11, 2005) |
Tagline | The evolution of the species. |
Support status | |
Historical, unsupported as of March 4, 2007 |
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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.
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.