System 0.0 was introduced by Apple in 1984, being the first version of Mac OS X ever. If we look at it today, we may surely find it extremely limited, but considering the command line interfaces used by everyone at that time, Mac OS was way in front, and it also laid out the GUI layout for those to follow in the coming years.


Mac OS X as we know it today was not born from Mac OS, but tried to explore completely new territories, and was based on NextSTEP, and ran on top of a BSD UNIX variant called Darwin, allowing it to have true multitasking for the first time. The Public Beta was introduced in September 2000, with the first official release, Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah" arriving on the 24th of March 2001, exactly 7 years ago (well, and a day, depends on your time zone...)!

Announced on the 21st of the same month in a press release, Mac OS X 10.0 was, according to Steve Jobs statement at that time, "the most important software from Apple since the original Macintosh operating system in 1984 that revolutionized the entire industry."

The feature list of Mac OS X 10 missed a lot of things that made this OS so popular in the meantime, such as Expose or Spotlight, but it was a big step ahead for that period, so that's exactly how it should be remembered.

At last, some interesting facts - the suggested retail price of the new OS was, at that time, $129, and system requirements - "a minimum of 128MB of memory and is designed to run on the following Apple products: iMac, iBook, Power Macintosh G3, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube and any PowerBook introduced after May 1998."

When the iPhone was revealed to the public, I was just as stunned as I ended up when the MacBook Air got out of the veil of secrecy that was protecting it, but while the MacBook Air is simply the thinnest laptop, the iPhone is a bit of everything, and now it has even became a birthday cake, as you can see below...


Anyway, we're not going to talk about that cake, especially since it was only one of its kind, at least for now. The interesting part about the iPhone is that, according to Kevin Rose, Digg's founder, the 3G iPhone will feature video chat capabilities. How's that?

Well, Kevin claims the upcoming 3G version of the iPhone will have no less than 2 cameras, located back to back, the first one remaining where it is now, and the second, on the front side of the device, behind the transparent touch screen!

According to Rose, the new 3G iPhone, together with iChat, will open the road to live video conferencing over AT&T's high speed 3G network, between iPhones, computer-based iChat users, and even second-generation iPhone owners!

For now, it's only an interesting rumor, but by the end of the year, the above may become reality...or remain just one more "what if...", but let's hope for the better, why not?

A lot of people were saying the Mac Mini will be pulled aside by Apple, to make room for the rest of their products, but guess what? The Mac Mini is alive and well, but most of all, it won't fade away that soon, as I am sure some would like to see...


The Mac Mini may have a lot of competitors on the market now, but that's one extra reason for not giving it up. After all, it's the only one of its kind, since other mini-computers are running Windows or Linux, and I think Mac users still need to have this gap between laptops and iMacs covered, especially since - in my opinion - the Mac Mini is probably the best choice as your first Mac, or at least first Mac for the kids, don't you think?

Now, latest rumors claim that the Penryn-based Mac Mini should arrive by the end of next month, since the iMac line is also expected to receive the latest 45nm processors from Intel... but, as usual, Apple is as quiet as a mouse, so we'll have to wait and see!

One more trial, I didn't know how much I mi$$ed you, on more trial, let me put my arm$ around you...I hope Timmy T won't mind for the above, but each time I hear about one more trial against a big company like Apple or Microsoft, especially when the reasons aren't really solid, I enjoy a good laugh. Maybe, one day, Adam and Eve will rise from the dead and come to file a lawsuit against Apple, who knows... but until then, Apple must face a new lawsuit, this time related to the Time Machine software.


This time, it's the first lawsuit involving Time Machine, but the Texan company that filed the complaint, Mirror Worlds, is accusing Apple of infringing on no less than 4 patents! Of those, 3 are closely related to "a document stream operating system", and the last one covers an attached information management system.

Mirror World says Apple knew of these patents since 2001, and now they seek to get an injunction, as well as damages. Since their patents could also apply to other products in the IT world, I wonder why aren't they filing a complaint for any podcaster, any operating system, and so on...

Do I have to add anything else? I guess not... but I hope everything will be solved, because there are much better things to do by everyone rather than filing and answering to silly lawsuits!

Today, I had to tell you something. The interesting part is that the main source of this article is not available, but since everyone is talking about it already, let's see what I had in mind... Don't worry, I am talking about Mozilla's CEO answer to Apple's decision we talked about yesterday, so this is fresh news. The problem with the "main source" I mentioned... that's comin' up right away, but first things first!


OK, so here's the deal - earlier this week, Apple started to offer Safari 3.1 to its Windows users through the same online updater used to keep iTunes and QuickTime up to date. I don't think this is a threat to Mozilla's Firefox, but to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and that's why I can't really get it why John Lilly thinks Apple's decision is wrong.

"What Apple is doing now with their Apple Software Update on Windows is wrong. It undermines the trust relationship great companies have with their customers, and that’s bad—not just for Apple, but for the security of the whole web," wrote Mozilla's CEO John Lilly in its blog.

At last, this is the source - John Lilly's blog. It's not loading? Yeah, I noticed that, not even using Firefox! For now, this is a puzzle I can't figure out how to complete, but I'll keep my eyes on the whole deal and I'll keep you in touch, don't worry!