[NEWS] System 7 turns 35

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Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.vintage, comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	[NEWS] System 7 turns 35
Date	2026-05-14 18:16 +1200
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    35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgrade
    -------------------------------------------------
    System 7 is mostly forgotten today, but we're all still using
    many of its innovations.

    A lot of Mac users don't remember a time before Mac OS X (or
    macOS, or OS X, depending on the era), but before OS X arrived
    on the scene, the Mac ran on an entirely different operating
    system, the classic Mac OS, which was with us from the Mac's
    launch in 1984 through the funeral Steve Jobs held for
    Mac OS 9 in 2002.

    The original Mac OS evolved a lot across those 18 years. And
    perhaps its single most important update, System 7, arrived
    35 years ago this month, in May of 1991.

    It seems like a footnote now, but so much of what we take for
    granted on the Mac today was introduced in System 7. Take it
    from someone who was there - I wanted System 7 so badly,
    I downloaded a load of floppy disk images across my college
    computer network so I could install it. And I wasn't
    disappointed by what I got. System 7 really did show the way
    to the future of the Mac.

Long article continues at:
<https://www.macworld.com/article/3136937/35-years-ago-system-7-era-defining-upgrade.html>

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[NEWS] System 7 turns 35 Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-05-14 18:16 +1200
  Re: [NEWS] System 7 turns 35 Smithwicks <enjoyasmithwicks@myplace.com> - 2026-05-19 02:52 -0400
    Re: [NEWS] System 7 turns 35 "Sebastian P." <info@cornica.org> - 2026-05-30 10:27 +0200
      Re: [NEWS] System 7 turns 35 Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-05-31 10:54 +1200
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