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In September 1979, Raskin began looking for an engineer who could put together a prototype. Bill Atkinson, a member of the Apple Lisa team, introduced him to Burrell Smith, a service technician who had been hired earlier that year.[citation needed]
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The Macintosh project started in early 1979 with Jef Raskin, who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer
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Jobs and a number of Apple engineers visited Xerox PARC in December 1979, three months after the Lisa and Macintosh projects had begun.
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In January 1981, Steve Jobs completely took over the Macintosh project
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After it was created, the company bought all 39 pages of advertisement space in the Newsweek magazine, 1984 November/December edition
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1988 Apple introduces System 6.
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On May 13, 1991, System 7 was released. It was a major upgrade to the Mac OS, adding a significant user interface overhaul, new applications, stability improvements and many new features
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1995 Apple allows other computer companies to clone its computer by announcing its licensed the Macintosh operating system rights to Radius on January 4.
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1995 Apple allows other computer companies to clone its computer by announcing its licensed the Macintosh operating system rights to Radius on January 4.
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1997 Apple buys NeXT Software Inc. for $400 million and acquires Steve Jobs, Apples cofounder, as a consultant.
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Mac OS 8 was released on July 26, 1997, shortly after Steve Jobs returned to the company. It was mainly released to keep the Mac OS moving forward during a difficult time for apple
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1999 Apple introduces Mac OS 9.
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Mac OS 9 was released on October 23, 1999. It was generally a steady evolution from Mac OS 8. Early development releases of Mac OS 9 were numbered 8.7. Mac OS 9 added improved support for AirPort wireless networking
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2001 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.0 code named Cheetah and becomes available March 24, 2001.
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2002 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.2 code named Jaguar and becomes available on August 23, 2002.
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2003 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.3 code named Panther October 25, 2003.
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2004 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.4 code named Tiger at the WWDC on June 28, 2004.
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2007 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.5 code named Leopard October 26, 2007.
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2008 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.6 code named Snow Leopard and MobileMe at the WWDC on June 9, 2008.