Jaguar Sales Set Record

From an Apple press release,

"Apple® today announced that more than 100,000 copies of Mac® OS X version 10.2 “Jaguar” were sold worldwide during its first weekend, setting a new record for Mac OS sales for a single weekend. More than 50,000 people visited Apple’s 35 retail stores during Friday night’s “100 Minutes of Jaguar” launch event.

“Jaguar is our fastest out-of-the-gate OS release ever, and it’s looking like a home run,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The reviews are off the charts, and customers are raving about Jaguar’s stability, speed, new features and Windows compatibility.”

With more than 150 amazing new features and applications, “Jaguar” includes a new Mail application designed to eliminate junk mail, iChat AIM-compatible instant messenger, a system-wide Address Book, Inkwell handwriting recognition, QuickTime® 6 with MPEG-4, improved Universal Access, an enhanced Finder™, Sherlock® 3 with Internet Services, Quartz™ Extreme graphics acceleration technology and Rendezvous™ Apple’s revolutionary networking technology."

Here are Apple's photos of the weekend event.

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