Instead, Steve Jobs simply called the new operating system 'a sneak peek at where we're going with Mac OS X.'īehind Jobs, the screen listed the seven previous major releases of Mac OS X: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard. The presentation was understated, especially compared to the bold rhetoric that accompanied the launches of the iPhone ('Apple reinvents the phone') and the iPad ('a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price'). Mac OS X 10.7 was first shown to the public in October 2010.
