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Apple has shipped six major versions of Mac OS X, and on this page we track the older ones: Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) and 10.1 (Puma) from 2001, 10.2 (Jaguar) from 2003, and 10.3 (Panther) from 2003. We'll be tracking 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard) on separate pages.

All of these versions support Classic Mode, which lets you run Mac OS 9.1 or later (it depends on the version of OS X). For prices on Mac OS 9.1 and 9.2, see our Best Classic Mac OS Prices.

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Mac OS X 10.0 requires 64 MB (128 MB suggested) and 800 MB (1.5 GB suggested) of free hard drive space. It is supported on all G3 Macs except for the original PowerBook G3 (a.k.a. Kanga). Can be updated to 10.0.4 using free updates from Apple. Not recommended.

Mac OS X 10.1 requires 96 MB (128 MB suggested) and 1.5 GB of free hard drive space. It is supported on all G3 Macs except for the original PowerBook G3 (a.k.a. Kanga). First usable version of OS X, but very little software, so not recommended. Can be updated to 10.1.5 using free updates from Apple.

Mac OS X 10.2 requires 128 MB (256 MB suggested). It is supported on all G3 Macs except for the original PowerBook G3 (a.k.a. Kanga). Can be updated to 10.2.8 using free updates from Apple. Oldest version of OS X to support the Safari browser. Oldest version of OS X we can recommend.

Mac OS X 10.3 requires 128 MB of RAM (256 MB suggested) and suggests a minimum of 1.5 GB (3 GB recommended) of free space on your hard drive. It runs on a G3 iBook, G3 iMac, Blue & White Power Mac G3, PowerBook G3 "Lombard", or later. It can be updated to version 10.3.9 using freed updates from Apple. Can be updated to 10.3.9 using free updates from Apple. Version 10.3.9 includes Safari 1.3.2. Very solid, lots of software, best version of OS X for a lot of G3 Macs, especially older, slower ones.

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