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    As the Mac faithful gather in New York, Apple CEO Steve Jobs rallies to the defense of the Mac OS X operating system and trots out new hardware, including a bigger iMac and iPods for Windows.

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    As the Mac faithful gather in New York, Apple CEO Steve Jobs rallies to the defense of the Mac OS X operating system and trots out new hardware, including a bigger iMac and iPods for Windows.

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

    The grace of Leopard's interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update.

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    Apple Computer on Tuesday in the US released an update for its Mac OS X that repairs several security flaws and includes feature updates.

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    Apple's Mac OS X 10.3, also known as Panther, promises a range of improvements--particularly to the user interface. We take an early look.

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