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Mac
OS
The first operating system for the Mac, System 1.0, released
in 1984, was only 216K
in size, and started the personal computer revolution.
It was a breakthrough in interface design - simple and
easy to use with click-and-drag methods for moving objects
and pull-down menus and icons. There were a few problems,
however, with this early operating system. Copying disks
took a long time due to limited memory and the user was
not able to create empty folders.
Legend has
it that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs visited the Xerox
PARC complex, saw the work the team was doing on their
Graphical User Interface and promptly used the ideas
to develop the Macintosh operating system, which in
turn inspired Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
While both Jobs and Gates made a visit to Xerox, it
is true is that Jobs hired some of the people from Xerox
to help with the Macintosh GUI, the development of which
predated Jobs’
visit to PARC.
There have been various updates to the
Mac operating system over the years - the latest is
OS X.
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