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Mac OS X version 10.3 “Panther” is the fourth major release of Apple Computer’s Mac OS X operating system. It followed Mac OS X v10.2 “Jaguar” and preceded Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger”. Apple released Panther on October 24, 2003. The cost from Apple was US$129 for a single-user license and US$199 for a Family Pack (5 user, 1 household) license.
System requirements
Since a built-in USB port is required for Mac OS X v10.3 (“Panther”), certain older computers (beige Power Mac G3s and “Wall Street” PowerBook G3s) are unable to run Panther by default. 3rd party software (such as XPostFacto) can override checks made during the install process; otherwise, installation or upgrades from Jaguar will fail on these older machines.
The system requirements are:[1]
- PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
- Built-in USB
- At least 128 MB of RAM (512 MB or 1 GB recommended)
- At least 1.5 GB of available hard disk space
- CD drive
- Internet access requires a compatible service provider; iDisk requires a .Mac account
Video conferencing requires:
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New and changed features
End-user features
Apple advertised that Mac OS v10.3 Panther has 150+ features, including:
New applications in Panther
- CoreAudio – New and Audio Units
- Font Book – New application that functions as font manager
- FileVault – On the fly encryption and decryption of a user’s home folder
- iChat AV – The new version from iChat. Now with built-in Audio- and video-conferencing.
- X11 – X11 is built into Panther
- Safari - New browser made to replace Internet Explorer for Mac OS X; when the contract between Apple and Microsoft ended, it was developed. Internet Explorer for Mac was still available but not supported by Microsoft or Apple. This was included in an update on 10.2 but was used as the default browser in Panther.
Other
Version history
Mac OS X
version |
build |
release date |
notes |
| 10.3.0 |
7B85 |
October 24, 2003 |
retail |
| 10.3.1 |
7C107 |
November 10, 2003 |
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| 10.3.2 |
7D24 |
December 17, 2003 |
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| 10.3.3 |
7F44 |
March 15, 2004 |
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| 10.3.4 |
7H63 |
May 26, 2004 |
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| 10.3.5 |
7M34 |
August 9, 2004 |
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| 10.3.6 |
7R28 |
November 5, 2004 |
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| 10.3.7 |
7S215 |
December 15, 2004 |
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| 10.3.8 |
7U16 |
February 9, 2005 |
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| 10.3.9 |
7W98 |
April 15, 2005 |
Apple Download Page |
References
External links
fr:Mac OS X v10.3
it:Mac OS X 10.3 Panther nl:Mac OS X 10.3 ja:Mac OS X v10.3 no:Mac OS X v10.3 pl:Mac OS X 10.3 sv:Mac OS X v10.3
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