It's hard to believe that only 10 years ago today, OS X made its official debut after several months of a paid public beta. Mac OS X v.10.0 "Cheetah" was released on March 24, 2001 for US$129. It was slow, clunky and made many users want to throw their Macs out the window, into the closest body of water or quickly scurry back to the safety of OS 9. Despite the plethora of errors, it was the first major overhaul for the OS since 1996.
The anniversary comes a day after one of OS X's major developers, Bertrand Serlet,