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1997 Mac OS 8.0 (Tempo) (PPC)
Mac OS 8.0 was released on July 26, 1997.
Improvements in Mac OS 8.0 include a multi-threaded Finder, the three-dimensional Platinum appearance theme and a number of performance related improvements to virtual memory, AppleScript execution times and system start-up times. Help was available in the form of an Info Centre (by means of web pages stored on the user's hard drive, with links to the Internet -- this was new with Mac OS 8), as well as Balloon Help and Apple Guide.
Indeed, much of the interface that was to come with now-dead Copland emerged with the release of Mac OS 8.0. Folders were given a three-dimensional look in blue, windows were now tinted in platinum, and the menu bar was now in silver, instead of the original pure white. Buttons appeared embossed (instead of a mere black-and-white switch), and scroll bars appeared in a new, more enriched 3D look as well.
External links[]
- Mac OS 8 at Apple (archived 1997-12-10, 1998-04-29)
- Technical Note TN1102 Mac OS 8 at Apple Developer Connection (archived 2000-12-11)
- Mac OS 8 Naming -- Key Points (archived 1997-04-12)
- Mac OS 8.0 at the Graphical User Interface Gallery