The Future is Here. OS X pre-installed

MacRumors

macrumors bot

Original poster

• May 21, 2001

• #1

Apple today announced that it will begin pre-installing Mac® OS X alongside Mac OS 9 on all new Macs® shipping from its factories beginning today, two months ahead of schedule.

So... the future is here. OS X preinstalled on all new macs. Sure, most of us have used/played with OS X... but now OS X's marketshare will begin to grow... unfortunately, OS 9 is still the default os. (baby steps...)

[Edited by Macrumors on 05-21-2001 at 08:31 PM]

 

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https://www.macrumors.com/2001/05/21/the-future-is-here-os-x-pre-installed/

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garyhoare

macrumors newbie

• May 22, 2001

• #2

So here's my question:

I ordered an iBook on May 3rd.
It has not been built or shipped yet.
Will it have OS X on it, or did I just miss the boat?

 

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DaSno

Guest

• May 23, 2001

• #3

No, you are going to get it, either in the box, or as a software budle, in any case, you'll get it free.

 

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garyhoare

macrumors newbie

• May 23, 2001

• #4

Originally posted by DaSno
No, you are going to get it, either in the box, or as a software budle, in any case, you'll get it free.

Click to expand...

Alright! I was going to buy it later on when I could justify the purchase. Now I don't have to wait, and I can get all the OS X stuff that's still free!
Waiting in line finally paid off.

 

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garyhoare

macrumors newbie

• May 24, 2001

• #5

Since all macs are going to ship with OS X now, and OS X requires 128MB RAM to run, will all macs now ship with at least 128MB RAM?

 

blakespot

Administrator

• May 24, 2001

• #6

Yes...

That must be the case. Tho...128 still seems low to run OS X. I just upgraded to 512MB (and I've got UltraWide SCSI...and felt the need). 256MB is like $55 now tho.



blakespot