Mac OS X 10.3

Mac OS X version 10.3 Panther, is the fourth major release of Apple Inc.'s operating system Mac OS X. The previous release was called Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar", and the following release was Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger". Apple charged USD 129.00 for a single-user license and USD 199.00 for a Family Pack (5 user, 1 household) license.

New features
Apple released Panther on October 24, 2003. Apple claimed that Panther had at least 150 new features, including:
 * Finder updated interface
 * Brushed-metal interface
 * Real-time searching (like iTunes)
 * Customisable sidebar (like iTunes)
 * Fast user switching, that allows a user to remain logged in while another user logs in, featuring the desktop on an animated cube (the effect is only seen on systems with Quartz Extreme). Windows XP has a similar feature without an animated cube.
 * Exposé, a program to help the user manage windows, especially large numbers of them.
 * Fax support built-in.
 * X11 support built-in.
 * TextEdit support for Microsoft Word (*.doc) documents.
 * Microsoft Windows interoperability improvements, including support for SecurlD-based VPNs.
 * Security
 * FileVault: on the fly encription and decryption of a user's home folder
 * Secure deletion
 * Xcode Developer Tools, which speed compile times significantly with GCC 3.3.
 * iChat AV video-conferencing software
 * PDF rendering speed increases
 * File labels are back!
 * Pixlet high definition video codec (for digital animation, of Pixar fame) included

Version history

 * Mac OS X 10.3.0 (build 7B85), released October 24, 2003
 * Mac OS X 10.3.1 (build 7C107), released November 10, 2003
 * Apple Download Page
 * VersionTracker
 * Macworld: Mac OS X 10.3.1 improves FileVault, FireWire 800, more
 * Mac OS X 10.3.2 (build 7D24), released December 17, 2003
 * Apple Download Page
 * VersionTracker
 * Mac OS X 10.3.3 (build 7F44), released March 15, 2004
 * Mac OS X 10.3.4 (build 7H63), released May 26, 2004
 * Apple KnowledgeBase Page
 * MacUpdate Page
 * Mac OS X 10.3.5 (build 7M34), released August 8, 2004
 * Mac OS X 10.3.6 (build 7R28), released November 5, 2004
 * Mac OS X 10.3.7 (build 7S215), released December 15, 2004
 * Apple KnowledgeBase Page
 * Mac OS X 10.3.8 (build 7U16), released February 9, 2005
 * Mac OS X 10.3.9 released April 15, 2005
 * MacUpdate Page