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I can only assume Apple has some data that tells them there is still a significant # of people using Panther. Why else would they bother?

  • Panther is the first version of OS X that's considered "Polished".
  • iTunes is too important to the Apple ecosystem for them to arbitrarily shut out users.
 
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