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Apple Previews Jaguar, Next Version of Mac OS X

Apple Previews “Jaguar,” the Next Major Release of Mac OS X
Features Major New Technologies and Applications

WWDC 2002, San Jose, California-May 6, 2002-Apple=AE today previewed the nex=
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major version of Mac=AE OS X, code-named “Jaguar,” to more than 2,500
Macintosh developers at its Worldwide Developers Conference. “Jaguar” will
be available to customers in late summer 2002, and will further establish
Mac OS X as the most advanced operating system in the world.

“Jaguar is packed with incredible new features that Mac OS X users are
going to love, including our iChat instant messaging software,” said Steve
Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Jaguar takes the world’s highest-volume UNIX-based
operating system to the next level, adding amazing new technologies never
before seen in any operating system.”

“Jaguar” includes many innovative new features, such as:

* iChat, Apple’s new AIM-compatible instant messaging software that is
built into Mac OS X and integrated with the new Mail and Address Book
applications;

* QuickTime=AE 6, the first complete solution for industry standard MPEG-4
video and AAC audio streaming;

* Rendezvous, Apple’s proposed new industry standard for automatic
discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks (i.e.,
Ethernet, AirPort=AE);

* Address Book, Apple’s new system-wide database for managing contact
information;

* Finder=81, now enhanced with spring-loaded folders and new instant searchi=
ng;

* Sherlock=AE 3, Apple’s all-new Internet search and services tool;

* Quartz=81 Extreme, the hardware accelerated Quartz graphics and compositin=
g
engine;

* UNIX Tools, the latest UNIX advancements including FreeBSD 4.4 updates,
the new GCC 3 compiler, IPv6 and IPSec; and

* Windows Support, for increased compatibility with Windows networks with
SMB browsing and sharing as well as built-in PPTP VPN security.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple
II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.
Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to
students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world
through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings

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