Mac OS X Panther

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Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X Jaguar and preceded Mac OS X Tiger. It was released on October 24, 2003, with the retail price of US$129[3] for a single user and US$199[3] for a five user, family license.

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Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
Version of the macOS operating system
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Screenshot of Mac OS X Panther. Notice how the Finder icon in the Dock has been changed and Internet Explorer has been replaced by Safari.
DeveloperApple Computer, Inc.
OS family
Source modelClosed, with open source components
General
availability
October 24, 2003; 19 years ago (2003-10-24)[1]
Latest release10.3.9 / April 15, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-04-15)[2]
PlatformsPowerPC
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)
LicenseApple Public Source License (APSL) and Apple end-user license agreement (EULA)
Preceded byMac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Succeeded byMac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Official websiteApple - Mac OS X at the Wayback Machine (archived January 11, 2005)
TaglineThe evolution of the species.
Support status
Historical, unsupported as of March 4, 2007
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The main features of Panther included a refined Aqua theme, Exposé, Fast user switching, and a new Finder. Panther also included Safari as its default browser, as a change from Internet Explorer in Jaguar.