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Operating Systems => Early OSX Versions => PowerPC Macintosh 32bit => Cheetah (Mar 2001) => Topic started by: chrisNova777 on December 16, 2018, 09:53:27 AM

Title: Rhapsody - Mac OS X's original name?
Post by: chrisNova777 on December 16, 2018, 09:53:27 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_(operating_system) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_(operating_system))

Rhapsody was the code name given to Apple Computer's next-generation operating system during the period of its development between Apple's purchase of NeXT in late 1996 and the announcement of Mac OS X (now called "macOS") in 1998. At first more than an operating system, Rhapsody represented a new strategy for Apple, who intended the operating system to run on x86-based PCs and DEC Alpha workstations[citation needed] as well as on PowerPC-based Macintosh hardware. In addition, the underlying API frameworks would be ported to run natively on Microsoft Windows NT. Eventually the non-Apple platforms were dropped and later versions consisted primarily of the OPENSTEP operating system ported to the Power Macintosh along with a new GUI to make it appear more Mac-like. Several existing "classic" Mac OS technologies were also ported to Rhapsody, including QuickTime and AppleSearch. Rhapsody could also run Mac OS 8 in a "Blue Box" emulation layer