PRESS RELEASE
July 18, 2001
New Version 10.1 Features Blazing Speed and Aqua Enhancements
• dramatically enhanced system performance, especially application launch time and window resizing;
• fine tuning of the Aqua interface for a more customizable experience that includes the ability to position the Dock on the left, the right or at the bottom of the screen;
• data CD burning capabilities within the Finder and DVD video playback and authoring capabilities to support iDVD, making Mac OS X the ultimate engine for the digital hub;
• broadened support for hundreds of third-party peripherals such as printers, cameras, camcorders, MP3 players, rewriteable drives and storage devices;
• unprecedented network integration with Mac®, Windows, Linux and UNIX environments through AFP/AppleTalk®, SMB/CIFS, WebDAV and NFS file services running on Mac OS X Server, AppleShare®, UNIX, Linux, Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers;
• greatly enhanced 3D graphics performance with updated OpenGL software and full support for NVIDIA GeForce3;
• a more powerful and efficient iDisk leveraging the Internet standard WebDAV protocol to allow users to stay connected to their iDisk, even behind corporate firewalls;
• substantial improvements to AppleScript® throughout the system and full support for Internet scripting using SOAP and XML; and
• the final version of Internet Explorer 5.1 with full support for Mac OS X’s Java 2 runtime.
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