Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
For the last decade or so, the Mac OS has been Mac OS X, where X is the Roman
numeral 10. That's its overall version number (10), but new sub-versions have been
introduced through the years, each with an animal name. Table 6.4 summarizes these.
TABLE 6.4
Mac OS X versions
Year
Released
Version
Name
System Requirements
10.0
Cheetah
2001
Supported computers: Power Mac G3, G3 B&W, G4,
G4 Cube, iMac, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4, iBook
RAM: 128 MB
Hard drive space: 1.5 GB
10.1
Puma
2001
Same as previous
10.2
Jaguar
2002
Supported computers: PowerMac G3, G4, early
PowerMac G5, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3 or G4,
iBook
RAM: 128 MB (256-512 MB recommended)
Processor type: PowerPC, G3, G4, G5 at 233 MHz or
higher
Hard drive space: 1.5 GB
10.3
Panther
2003
Processor type: PowerPC G, G4, or G5 at 233 MHz or
higher
Built-in USB
RAM: 128 MB (256-512 MB recommended)
Hard drive space: 1.5 GB
CD drive
10.4
Tiger
2005
Processor type: PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 at 300 MHz or
higher
Built-in FireWire
RAM: 256 MB (512 MB to 1 GB recommended)
Hard drive space: 3 GB
DVD-R drive
There was also a version available for Intel
processors, which were just starting to be used in
Macs.
