OS 8
OS8, OS 8, or OS/8 may refer to: * Mac OS 8, an operating system for the Apple Macintosh * iOS 8, the eighth version of the iOS operating system * OS/8, an operating system used on the PDP-8 minicomputer See also * System 8 (other) System 8 may refer to: Computing * Copland, an unreleased operating system * Mac OS 8, a late 1990s version of the Macintosh operating system * Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8 operating systems: ** OS/8, released in 1971 ** TSS/8, released i ...

Mac OS 8
Mac OS 8 is an operating system that was released by Apple Computer on July 26, 1997. It includes the largest overhaul of the classic Mac OS experience since the release of System 7, approximately six years before. It places a greater emphasis on color than prior versions. Released over a series of updates, Mac OS 8 represents an incremental integration of many of the technologies which had been developed from 1988 to 1996 for Apple's overly ambitious OS named Copland. Mac OS 8 helped modernize the Mac OS while Apple developed its next-generation operating system, Mac OS X (renamed in 2012 to OS X and then in 2016 to macOS). Mac OS 8 is one of Apple's most commercially successful software releases, selling over 1.2 million copies in the first two weeks. As it came at a difficult time in Apple's history, many pirate groups refused to traffic in the new OS, encouraging people to buy it instead. Mac OS 8.0 introduces the most visible changes in the lineup, including the Platinum i ...
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