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That's what I got for Christmas.

The last one lasted me 13 years. The old one still works but its buttons were getting fugged.

Now I've got to learn an operating system about 6 generations removed from the last one I familiarized myself with.

I'll be in luddite hell for a month or so until I get it figured out.

At least it isn't a Microsoft system with hourly updates which will be obsolete in 6 months and unsupported shortly after.

Enjoy your Mac.

Once you go Mac you'll never go back.

What it is, is all it will ever be.

Accurate...heading to the store now for a new MacBook Air. See what that new M1 chip is all about.

Prepare to stand in line. My wife bought this one for me at the local outlet. She said they were selling their wares through a window as a result of COVID. You told them what you wanted and they handed it to you in the box. People were lined up paying their money and walking off.

It shouldn't be tough. Mac OS changes usually improve little stuff, nothing huge IMO. Been running Mac's for 11-12 years now and won't ever go back to Microsoft. Just upgraded my MacBook to Big Sur and the new stuff was easy to figure out.

The Base Exchange here is operating as normal, just a face mask required. I don't believe they have the color I want here, and will have to order it in from the Army post down the road.

And MAC has a reputation of long term support?

The best thing I can say for Macs is, the mechanics on them will wear out first. As mentioned, the one this one replaced has been going for 13 years. It still functions but the click pad and the keyboard is about worn out. Also, the operating system is obsolete,...as is to be expected after 13 years.

The only downside to them is, they're expensive. But a Lexus costs more than a Hyundai.

Out-of-stock, unless one wanted the pink one. New shipment should come in 2nd week of Jan. My current 2015 model MB Air is running just fine, but my kids need one for school more often lately and this will be their tool for that soon.

Ever try to fix a mac on your own? Oh, that's right. You can't. Voids the warranty. Another slave to the machine.

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro and it was getting real slow with the annoying color wheel spinning all the time. I mentioned this on MacRumors and a guy told me to get a 2.5” SSD, and a copy module, and listed step by step how to copy my old hard drive onto the new solid state drive, follow the youtube directions for replacement, and now my MacBook Pro runs like a raped ape.

My SS drive was about $65 and the copying module was under $10. There are better and larger capacity SSD than what I got but this one works.

I know what you mean, and yes, Macbooks last and last. The MacBook Air I'm using now, I think, is pushing six or seven years old.

Whenever a new Mac OS comes out, you should change to it. It's free. It downloads late at night. Changes are incremental.

I belong to AppleCare. For 99 cents (no typo) per month, I can call up with any problem and the expert helping me out has an American accent, not an Indian accent. Also, my 9000 photos are automatically backed up in the iCloud.

And if you want free tutoring, you can get it at the Apple Store (at least pre-Covid).

Want to use Microsoft Office? A version which is identical came with my iMac.

I don't understand why anyone would use any other brand of computer.

Mac is nothing more that an alternate Operating System. Many have tried, all have failed. The story is always the same. Great hype then fall into oblivion.

1950s
1951
LEO I 'Lyons Electronic Office'[1] was the commercial development of EDSAC computing platform, supported by British firm J. Lyons and Co.
1953
DYSEAC[2] – an early machine capable of distributing computing
1955
MIT's Tape Director operating system made for UNIVAC 1103[3][4]
1955
General Motors Operating System made for IBM 701[5]
1956
GM-NAA I/O for IBM 704, based on General Motors Operating System
1957
Atlas Supervisor (Manchester University) (Atlas computer project start)
BESYS (Bell Labs), for IBM 704, later IBM 7090 and IBM 7094
1958
University of Michigan Executive System (UMES), for IBM 704, 709, and 7090
1959
SHARE Operating System (SOS), based on GM-NAA I/O
1960s
1960
IBSYS (IBM for its 7090 and 7094)
1961
CTSS demonstration (MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System for the IBM 7094)
MCP (Burroughs Master Control Program)
1962
Atlas Supervisor (Manchester University) (Atlas computer commissioned)
BBN Time-Sharing System
GCOS (GE's General Comprehensive Operating System, originally GECOS, General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor)
1963
AN/FSQ-32, another early time-sharing system begun
CTSS becomes operational (MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System for the IBM 7094)
JOSS, an interactive time-shared system that did not distinguish between operating system and language
Titan Supervisor, early time-sharing system begun
1964
KDF9 Timesharing Director (English Electric) – an early, fully hardware secured, fully pre-emptive process switching, multi-programming operating system for KDF9 (originally announced in 1960)
Berkeley Timesharing System (for Scientific Data Systems' SDS 940)
Dartmouth Time Sharing System (Dartmouth College's DTSS for GE computers)
OS/360 (IBM's primary OS for its S/360 series) (announced)
SCOPE (CDC 3000 series)
TOPS-10 (DEC, the name TOPS-10 wasn't adopted until 1970)
EXEC 8 (UNIVAC)
1965
THE multiprogramming system (Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven) development
Multics (MIT, GE, Bell Labs for the GE-645) (announced)
BOS/360 (IBM's Basic Operating System)
TOS/360 (IBM's Tape Operating System)
TSOS (later VMOS) (RCA)
Pick operating system
1966
OS/360 (IBM's primary OS for its S/360 series) PCP and MFT (shipped)
DOS/360 (IBM's Disk Operating System)
MS/8 (Richard F. Lary's DEC PDP-8 system)
GEORGE 1 & 2 for ICT 1900 series
SODA for Elwro's Odra 1204
1967
CP-40, predecessor to CP-67 on modified IBM System/360 Model 40
CP-67 (IBM, also known as CP/CMS)
Michigan Terminal System (MTS)[6] (time-sharing system for the IBM S/360-67 and successors)
ITS (MIT's Incompatible Timesharing System for the DEC PDP-6 and PDP-10)
ORVYL (Stanford University's time-sharing system for the IBM S/360)
TSS/360 (IBM's Time-sharing System for the S/360-67, never officially released, canceled in 1969 and again in 1971)
OS/360 MVT
WAITS (SAIL, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, time-sharing system for DEC PDP-6 and PDP-10, later TOPS-10)
1968
Airline Control Program (ACP) (IBM)
THE multiprogramming system (Eindhoven University of Technology) publication
TSS-8 (DEC for the PDP-8)
1969
TENEX (Bolt, Beranek and Newman for DEC systems, later TOPS-20)
Unics (later Unix) (AT&T, initially on DEC computers)
RC 4000 Multiprogramming System (RC)
Multics (MIT, GE, Bell Labs for the GE-645 and later the Honeywell 6180) (opened for paying customers in October[7])
GEORGE 3 For ICL 1900 series
1970s
1970
DOS-11 (PDP-11)
1971
RSTS-11 2A-19 (First released version; PDP-11)
OS/8
1972
Data General RDOS
Edos
Operating System/Virtual Storage 1 (OS/VS1)
Operating System/Virtual Storage 2 R1 (OS/VS2 SVS)
Virtual Machine Facility/370 (VM/370), sometimes known as VM/CMS
Virtual Machine/Basic System Extensions Program Product (BSEPP or VM/SE)
Virtual Machine/System Extensions Program Product (SEPP or VM/BSE)
MUSIC/SP
PRIMOS (written in FORTRAN IV, that didn't have pointers, while later versions, around version 18, written in a version of PL/I, called PL/P)
1973
Эльбрус-1 (Elbrus-1) – Soviet computer – created using high-level language uЭль-76 (AL-76/ALGOL 68)
VME – implementation language S3 (ALGOL 68)
RSX-11D
RT-11
Alto OS
1974
DOS-11 V09-20C (Last stable release, June 1974)
Sintran III
MONECS
Multi-Programming Executive (MPE) – Hewlett-Packard
Hydra[8] – capability-based, multiprocessing OS kernel
Operating System/Virtual Storage 2 R2 (MVS)
1975
CP/M
BS2000 V2.0 (First released version)
Version 6 Unix
1976
Cambridge CAP computer[9] – all operating system procedures written in ALGOL 68C, with some closely associated protected procedures in BCPL
Cray Operating System
FLEX[10]
TOPS-20
Tandem Nonstop OS v1
1977
1BSD
KERNAL
OASIS operating system
TRSDOS
Virtual Memory System (VMS) V1.0 (Initial commercial release, October 25)
1978
2BSD
Apple DOS
HDOS
PTDOS[11]
TRIPOS
UCSD p-System (First released version)
Lisp machine (CADR)
KVM/370[12] – security retro-fit of IBM VM/370
KSOS[13] – secure OS design from Ford Aerospace
MVS/System Extensions (MVS/SE)
1979
3BSD
Atari DOS
POS
NLTSS
UNIX/32V
Version 7 Unix
UCLA Secure UNIX[14] – an early secure UNIX OS based on security kernel
MVS/System Extensions R2 (MVS/SE2)
MP/M
1980s
1980
86-DOS
CTOS[15]
NewDos/80
OS-9
SOS
MVS/System Product (MVS/SP) V1
Virtual Machine/System Product (VM/SP)
Xenix
AOS/VS (Data General)
1981
Acorn MOS
Xinu first release
Business Operating System
Aegis SR1 (First Apollo/DOMAIN systems shipped on March 27[16])
PC DOS
Pilot (Xerox Star operating system)
MS-DOS
UTS
iMAX – OS for Intel's iAPX 432 capability machine
CP/M-86
1982
Commodore DOS
LDOS (By Logical Systems, Inc. – for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Models I, II & III)
QNX
Sun UNIX (later SunOS) 0.7
Ultrix
Stratus VOS[17]
Unix System III
pSOS
1983
Lisa Office System 7/7
Coherent
GNU (project start)
Novell NetWare (S-Net)
ProDOS
SunOS 1.0
STOP[18] – TCSEC A1-class, secure OS for SCOMP hardware
LOCUS[19] – UNIX compatible, high reliability, distributed OS
DNIX
MVS/Extended Architecture (MVS/XA)
1984
AMSDOS
Mac OS (System 1.0)
MSX-DOS
PC/IX
Sinclair QDOS
QNX
UNICOS
Venix 2.0
Virtual Machine/Extended Architecture Migration Assistance (VM/XA MA)
1985
Windows 1.0
AmigaOS
Atari TOS
DG/UX
DOS Plus
MIPS RISC/os
Oberon – written in Oberon
SunOS 2.0
Version 8 Unix
Windows 1.01
Xenix 2.0
Virtual Machine/Extended Architecture System Facility (VM/XA SF)
Graphics Environment Manager
1986
AIX 1.0
GS-OS
Genera 7.0
HP-UX
SunOS 3.0
GEOS
Version 9 Unix
GEMSOS[20] – TCSEC A1-class, secure kernel for BLACKER VPN & GTNP
Cronus distributed OS[21]
1987
Topaz[22] – semi-distributed OS for DEC Firefly workstation written in Modula-2+ and garbage collected
Arthur (much improved version came in 1989 under the name RISC OS)
IRIX (3.0 is first SGI version)
MINIX 1.0
BS2000 V9.0
OS/2 (1.0)
PC-MOS/386
Windows 2.0
1988
A/UX (Apple Computer)
RISC iX
KeyKOS – capability-based microkernel for IBM mainframes with automated persistence of app data
LynxOS
CP/M rebranded as DR-DOS
Mac OS (System 6)
MVS/Enterprise Systems Architecture (MVS/ESA)
OS/2 (1.1)
OS/400
SpartaDOS X
SunOS 4.0
TOPS-10 7.04 (Last stable release, July 1988)
HeliOS 1.0
VAX VMM[23] – TCSEC A1-class, VMM for VAX computers (limited use before cancellation)
Flex machine – tagged, capability machine with OS and other software written in ALGOL 68RS
Virtual Machine/Extended Architecture System Product (VM/XA SP)
1989
EPOC
NeXTSTEP (1.0)
OS/2 (1.2)
RISC OS (First release was to be called Arthur 2, but was renamed to RISC OS 2, and was first sold as RISC OS 2.00 in April 1989)
SCO UNIX (Release 3)
TSX-32
Version 10 Unix
Xenix 2.3.4 (Last stable release)
ASOS[24] – TCSEC A1-class secure, real-time OS for Ada applications
1990s
1990
AmigaOS 2.0
BeOS (v1)
DOS/V
Genera 8.0
OS/2 1.3
OSF/1
AIX 3.0
Novell NetWare 3
Windows 3.0
LOCK[25] – TCSEC A1-class secure system with kernel & hardware support for type enforcement
Virtual Machine/Enterprise Systems Architecture (VM/XA ESA)
PC/GEOS
1991
Linux 0.01-0.1
Mac OS (System 7)
MINIX 1.5
PenPoint OS
RISC OS 3[26]
Trusted Xenix[27] – rewritten & security enhanced Xenix evaluated at TCSEC B2-class
Amoeba – microkernel-based, POSIX-compliant, distributed OS
1992
386BSD 0.1
BSD/386, by BSDi and later known as BSD/OS.
AmigaOS 3.0
Amiga Unix 2.01 (Latest stable release)
RSTS/E 10.1 (Last stable release, September 1992)
SLS
Solaris 2.0 (Successor to SunOS 4.x; based on SVR4 instead of BSD)
OpenVMS V1.0 (First OpenVMS AXP (Alpha) specific version, November 1992)
OS/2 2.0 (First i386 32-bit based version)
Plan 9 First Edition (First public release was made available to universities)
Windows 3.1
LGX
1993
FreeBSD
NetBSD
Newton OS
Windows NT 3.1 (First Windows NT kernel public release)
Open Genera 1.0
IBM 4690 Operating System
Novell NetWare 4
OS/2 2.1
Slackware 1.0
Spring
1994
AIX 4.0, 4.1
OS/2 3.0
RISC OS 3.5
NetBSD 1.0 (First multi-platform release, October 1994)
SPIN – extensible OS written in Modula-3
Red Hat
1995
Digital UNIX (aka Tru64 UNIX)
OpenBSD
OS/390
Plan 9 Second Edition (Commercial second release version was made available to the general public.)
Ultrix 4.5 (Last major release)
Windows 95
1996
Mac OS 7.6 (First officially-named Mac OS)
Windows NT 4.0
Windows CE 1.0
RISC OS 3.6
AIX 4.2
OS/2 4.0
Palm OS
Debian 1.1
JN[28] – microkernel OS for embedded, Java apps
1997
Inferno
Mac OS 8
Windows CE 2.0
SkyOS
MINIX 2.0
RISC OS 3.7
AIX 4.3
DR-WebSpyder 1.0
Nemesis[29]
1998
Solaris 7 (first 64-bit Solaris release – names from this point drop "2.", otherwise would've been Solaris 2.7)
Windows 98
RT-11 5.7 (Last stable release, October 1998)
Novell NetWare 5
Junos
DR-WebSpyder 2.0
1999
AROS (Boot for the first time in Stand Alone version)
RISC OS 4
Mac OS 9
OS/2 4.5
Windows 98 (2nd edition)
Inferno Second Edition (Last distribution (Release 2.3, c. July 1999) from Lucent's Inferno Business Unit)[30]
2000s
Year–month Windows Apple BSD Linux Others
2000–? z/OS
2000–? z/VM
2000–01
2000–02 Windows 2000[31] Solaris 8
2000–03 FreeBSD 4.0 Red Hat Linux 6.2E AtheOS
BeOS R5
2000–04 Pocket PC 2000
2000–05
2000–06 Windows CE 3.0 OpenBSD 2.7 Plan 9 Third Edition[32]
2000–07 Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
2000–08 Debian 2.2 MorphOS 0.1[33]
2000–09 Windows Millennium Edition[34] Mac OS X Public Beta SUSE Linux 7.0
2000–10 z/OS
MorphOS 0.2
2000–11
2000–12 NetBSD 1.5
OpenBSD 2.8 AmigaOS 3.9[35]
HP-UX 11i
2001–01
2001–02 MorphOS 0.4[36]
2001–03 Mac OS X Cheetah (v10.0)
2001–04
2001–05 Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 AIX 5L 5.1
2001–06 OpenBSD 2.9
2001–07 eComStation 1.0
2001–08 Haiku[37]
2001–09 Mac OS X Puma (v10.1)
2001–10 Pocket PC 2002
Windows XP[38]
Windows XP 64-bit Edition 2002[39] Novell NetWare 6.0
2001–11
2001–12 OpenBSD 3.0 OS/2 4.52
2002–01 Windows CE 4.x JX microkernel for Java
Sanos microkernel[40] for net appliances
K42 microkernel for NUMA machines
2002–02
2002–03 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
2002–04 SUSE Linux 8.0 Plan 9 Fourth Edition[41]
2002–05 OpenBSD 3.1 Solaris 9 (SPARC)
2002–06
2002–07 Debian 3.0 Syllable 0.4.0[42]
2002–08 Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Mac OS X Jaguar[43] (v10.2)
2002–09 Windows XP Service Pack 1 NetBSD 1.6
2002–10 AIX 5.2
2002–11 OpenBSD 3.2 MorphOS 1.0
2002–12 MorphOS 1.1
2003–01 FreeBSD 5.0 Solaris 9 (x86)
JNode[44] – JavaOS successor
2003–02 MorphOS 1.2
ReactOS 0.1.0
2003–03 Windows XP 64-bit Edition 2003[45] MorphOS 1.3
2003–04 Windows Server 2003 eComStation 1.1
2003–05 OpenBSD 3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
2003–06 Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Windows Mobile 2003 OpenVMS 8.0
2003–07
2003–08 Novell NetWare 6.5
MorphOS 1.4
2003–09 HP-UX 11i v2
2003–10 Mac OS X Panther (v10.3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
SUSE Linux 9.0
2003–11 OpenBSD 3.4 Fedora Core 1
2003–12 Linux 2.6.0[46]
2004–01 Linux 2.6.1 ReactOS 0.2.0
2004–02 Linux 2.6.2, 2.6.3
2004–03 Linux 2.6.4 ReactOS 0.2.1
2004–04 Linux 2.6.5 ReactOS 0.2.2
2004–05 OpenBSD 3.5 Linux 2.6.6
Fedora Core 2
2004–06 ReactOS 0.2.3
2004–07 DragonFly BSD 1.0
2004–08 Windows CE 5.x
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Linux 2.6.8 AIX 5.3
eComStation 1.2
2004–09 ReactOS 0.2.4
2004–10 Linux 2.6.9
Ubuntu 4.10
2004–11 OpenBSD 3.6 Fedora Core 3
2004–12 NetBSD 2.0 Linux 2.6.10
2005–01 Solaris 10
ReactOS 0.2.5
2005–02 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 OpenVMS 8.2
2005–03 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Linux 2.6.11
Novell Open Enterprise Server MorphOS 1.4.4
2005–04 Mac OS X Tiger (v10.4) DragonFly BSD 1.2 Ubuntu 5.04 ReactOS 0.2.6
MorphOS 1.4.5
2005–05 Windows Mobile 5.0 OpenBSD 3.7
2005–06 Linux 2.6.12
Fedora Core 4
Debian 3.1
2005–07
2005–08 Linux 2.6.13 ReactOS 0.2.7
MorphOS 1.4.5 Classic
2005–09
2005–10 Linux 2.6.14
Ubuntu 5.10
SUSE Linux 10.0 ReactOS 0.2.8
2005–11 FreeBSD 6.0
OpenBSD 3.8
2005–12 NetBSD 3.0 ReactOS 0.2.9
2006–01 DragonFly BSD 1.4 Linux 2.6.15 Solaris 10 1/06
2006–02
2006–03 Windows Server 2003 R2 Linux 2.6.16
Fedora Core 5
2006–04
2006–05 OpenBSD 3.9 SymbOS
MINIX 3.1.2
2006–06 Linux 2.6.17
Ubuntu 6.06 (LTS) Solaris 10 6/06
2006–07 DragonFly BSD 1.6
2006–08 BS2000/OSD v7.0[47]
ReactOS 0.3.0
2006–09 Windows CE 6.0 Linux 2.6.18 FreeDOS 1.0
OpenVMS 8.3
2006–10 Fedora Core 6
Ubuntu 6.10
Slackware 11.0
2006–11 Windows Vista OpenBSD 4.0 Linux 2.6.19 AmigaOS 4.0
Solaris 10 11/06
2006–12
2007–01 DragonFly BSD 1.8 Bharat Operating System Solutions
2007–02 Windows Mobile 6.0 Linux 2.6.20 Inferno Fourth Edition
2007–03 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ReactOS 0.3.1
2007–04 Linux 2.6.21
Ubuntu 7.04
Debian 4.0
2007–05 iPhone OS 1 OpenBSD 4.1 Fedora 7
2007–06
2007–07 Linux 2.6.22
Slackware 12.0
2007–08 DragonFly BSD 1.10 Solaris 10 8/07
2007–09 iPhone OS 1.1 HP-UX 11i v3
ReactOS 0.3.3
2007–10 Mac OS X Leopard (v10.5) Linux 2.6.23
Ubuntu 7.10 OpenVMS 8.3-1H1
2007–11 Windows Home Server OpenBSD 4.2 Fedora 8
gOS AIX 6.1,
2007–12 NetBSD 4.0
2008–01 Linux 2.6.24 ReactOS 0.3.4
2008–02 Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 DragonFly BSD 1.12
FreeBSD 7.0
2008–03 Singularity 1.1
2008–04 Windows Mobile 6.1
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Linux 2.6.25
Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS)
2008–05 OpenBSD 4.3 Fedora 9
Slackware 12.1 Solaris 10 5/08
OpenSolaris 2008.05
BS2000/OSD v8.0A
2008–06 SUSE Linux 11.0 MorphOS 2.0
ReactOS 0.3.5
2008–07 iPhone OS 2 DragonFly BSD 2.0 Linux 2.6.26
2008–08 STOP 6.5
ReactOS 0.3.6
2008–09 iPhone OS 2.1 AmigaOS 4.1
z/OS V1R10
MorphOS 2.1
2008–10 Linux 2.6.27
Ubuntu 8.10
Android 1.0 Solaris 10 10/08
OKL4 3.0
2008–11 iPhone OS 2.2 OpenBSD 4.4 Fedora 10 Singularity 2.0
ReactOS 0.3.7
Genode 8.11[48]
2008–12 Linux 2.6.28
Slackware 12.2 MorphOS 2.2
OpenSolaris 2008.11
2009–01
2009–02 DragonFly BSD 2.2 Debian 5.0
Android 1.1 ReactOS 0.3.8
2009–03 Linux 2.6.29
2009–04 NetBSD 5.0 Ubuntu 9.04
Android 1.5 ReactOS 0.3.9
2009–05 Windows Mobile 6.5
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 OpenBSD 4.5 Solaris 10 5/09
2009–06 iPhone OS 3 Linux 2.6.30
Fedora 11
Palm webOS 1 AmigaOS 4.1
OpenSolaris 2009.06
2009–07 ReactOS 0.3.10
2009–08 Mac OS X Snow Leopard (v10.6) Slackware 13.0 MorphOS 2.3
2009–09 iPhone OS 3.1 DragonFly BSD 2.4 Linux 2.6.31
Android 1.6
2009–10 Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2 OpenBSD 4.6 Ubuntu 9.10
Android 2.0 Solaris 10 10/09
MorphOS 2.4
2009–11 FreeBSD 8.0 Fedora 12
openSUSE 11.2
2009–12 Linux 2.6.32 ReactOS 0.3.11
2010s
Year–month Windows Apple BSD Linux Others
2010–01 Android 2.1 AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 1
2010–02 Linux 2.6.33
2010–03
2010–04 iPhone OS 3.2 DragonFly BSD 2.6 Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 2
2010–05 OpenBSD 4.7 Linux 2.6.34
Fedora 13
Android 2.2 eComStation 2.0
2010–06 iOS 4 MorphOS 2.5
OpenVMS 8.4
2010–07 openSUSE 11.3
2010–08 Linux 2.6.35
2010–09 iOS 4.1 Solaris 10 9/10
AIX 7.1
2010–10 Windows Phone 7 DragonFly BSD 2.8 Linux 2.6.36
Fedora 14
Ubuntu 10.10 MorphOS 2.6
ReactOS 0.3.12
2010–11 iOS 4.2 NetBSD 5.1
OpenBSD 4.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
2010–12 Android 2.3 MorphOS 2.7
2011–01 Linux 2.6.37
2011–02 Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Debian 6.0
Android 3.0
2011–03 Windows CE 7.0 iOS 4.3 Linux 2.6.38
openSUSE 11.4 ReactOS 0.3.13
2011–04 Windows Home Server 2011 DragonFly BSD 2.10 Ubuntu 11.04
Slackware 13.37
2011–05 OpenBSD 4.9 Linux 2.6.39
Fedora 15
Android 3.1 AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 1 (for Classic)
eComStation 2.1
2011–06 iOS 5 Google Chrome OS (first shipped) 9front
2011–07 Mac OS X Lion (v10.7) Linux 3.0
Android 3.2
HP webOS 3 AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 3
2011–08
2011–09 Windows Phone 7.5
2011–10 Linux 3.1
Ubuntu 11.10
Android 4.0
2011–11 OpenBSD 5.0 Fedora 16
openSUSE 12.1 Solaris 11 11/11
2011–12 AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 4
2012–01 FreeBSD 9.0 Linux 3.2 FreeDOS 1.1
2012–02 DragonFly BSD 3.0 ReactOS 0.3.14
Minix 3.2
2012–03 iOS 5.1 Linux 3.3
Android 4.0.4
2012–04 Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS)
2012–05 OpenBSD 5.1 Linux 3.4
Fedora 17 DexOS
2012–06 BS2000/OSD 9.0
MorphOS 3.0
2012–07 OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) Linux 3.5
Android 4.1
openSUSE 12.2 MorphOS 3.1
AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 5
2012–08
2012–09 Windows Server 2012 iOS 6 Linux 3.6
Slackware 14.0
Qubes OS
2012–10 Windows 8
Windows Phone 8 NetBSD 6.0
OpenBSD 5.2 Ubuntu 12.10 Solaris 11.1
2012–11 DragonFly BSD 3.2 Android 4.2 Haiku R1 Alpha 4
2012–12 FreeBSD 9.1
2013–01 iOS 6.1 Fedora 18 BlackBerry 10
Solaris 10 1/13
2013–02 Windows Phone 7.8
2013–03 openSUSE 12.3
2013–04 DragonFly BSD 3.4 Linux 3.9
Ubuntu 13.04
2013–05 NetBSD 6.1
OpenBSD 5.3 Debian 7.0 ReactOS 0.3.15
MorphOS 3.2
2013–06 Windows CE 8.0 (2013) Linux 3.10
2013–07 Fedora 19
Android 4.3
2013–08
2013–09 iOS 7 FreeBSD 9.2 Linux 3.11 MorphOS 3.3
z/OS Version 2.1
2013–10 Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012 R2 OS X Mavericks (v10.9) Ubuntu 13.10
2013–11 DragonFly BSD 3.6
OpenBSD 5.4 Fedora 19
Slackware 14.1
openSUSE 13.1
Android 4.4
Linux 3.12
2013–12 Fedora 20 MorphOS 3.4
Muen[49] separation kernel
2014–01 FreeBSD 10.0 Linux 3.13
2014–02 ReactOS 0.3.16
MorphOS 3.5
2014–03 iOS 7.1 Linux 3.14
2014–04 Windows Phone 8.1 Ubuntu 14.04 (LTS) Solaris 11.2
2014–05 OpenBSD 5.5
2014–06 DragonFly BSD 3.8 Linux 3.15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 MorphOS 3.6
2014–07
2014–08 Linux 3.16 MorphOS 3.7
2014–09 iOS 8 Minix 3.3
2014–10 OS X Yosemite (v10.10)
iOS 8.1 Ubuntu 14.10
Linux 3.17
2014–11 OpenBSD 5.6
FreeBSD 10.1
DragonFly BSD 4.0 openSUSE 13.2
Android 5.0 ReactOS 0.3.17
2014–12 Linux 3.18
2015–01
2015–02 Linux 3.19
2015–03 iOS 8.2
2015–04 iOS 8.3
watchOS 1 Linux 4.0
Debian 8.0
Ubuntu 15.04 Redox OS
2015–05 BS2000/OSD 10.0
2015–06 iOS 8.4 Linux 4.1 MorphOS 3.9
2015–07 Windows 10 (1507)
2015–08 FreeBSD 10.2 Linux 4.2
2015–09 OS X El Capitan (v10.11)
iOS 9
watchOS 2 NetBSD 7.0 z/OS Version 2.2[50]
2015–10 iOS 9.1
tvOS9 Android 6.0
Ubuntu 15.10 AIX 7.2 [51]
Solaris 11.3[52]
2015–11 Windows 10 November Update (1511)
Windows 10 Mobile (1511) tvOS9.1 Linux 4.3
openSUSE Leap 42.1
2015–12 iOS 9.2
watchOS 2.1
tvOS9.2
2016–01 Linux 4.4 Minix 3.4
2016–02 ReactOS 0.4
2016–03 iOS 9.3
watchOS 2.2
tvOS9.3 OpenBSD 5.9
FreeBSD 10.3 Linux 4.5
2016–04 Ubuntu 16.04 ReactOS 0.4.1
2016–05 Linux 4.6
2016–06 Slackware 14.2
Fedora 24
Linux Mint 18
2016–07 Linux 4.7
2016–08 Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607)
Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update (1607) DragonFly BSD 4.6 Android 7.0 ReactOS 0.4.2
2016–09 Windows Server 2016 (1607) macOS Sierra (v10.12)
iOS 10
watchOS 3
tvOS10 OpenBSD 6.0 Linux 4.8
2016–10 iOS 10.1
watchOS 3.1 NetBSD 7.0.2
FreeBSD 11.0 Android 7.1
Ubuntu 16.10
2016–11 Oracle Linux 7.3
Fedora 25
openSUSE Leap 42.2 ReactOS 0.4.3
2016–12 iOS 10.2
tvOS10.1 Linux 4.9
Linux Mint 18.1 FreeDOS 1.2
2017–01
2017–02 Linux 4.10 ReactOS 0.4.4
2017–03 iOS 10.3
watchOS 3.2
tvOS10.2 DragonFly BSD 4.8
NetBSD 7.1
2017–04 Windows 10 Creators Update (1703)
Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update (1703) OpenBSD 6.1 Linux 4.11
Ubuntu 17.04
2017–05 ReactOS 0.4.5
ArcaOS 5.0.0
2017–06 Debian 9.0
Fedora 26
2017–07 Linux 4.12
openSUSE Leap 42.3 BS2000/OSD 11.0
ArcaOS 5.0.1
2017–08 Android 8.0
2017–09 macOS High Sierra (v10.13)
iOS 11
watchOS 4
tvOS11 Linux 4.13 ReactOS 0.4.6
2017–10 Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709)
Windows 10 Mobile Fall Creators Update (1709)
Windows Server 2016 Fall Creators Update (1709) iOS 11.1
watchOS 4.1
tvOS11.1 OpenBSD 6.2
DragonFly BSD 5.0 Ubuntu 17.10
2017–11 Linux 4.14
Fedora 27
2017–12 iOS 11.2
watchOS 4.2
tvOS11.2 Android 8.1 ReactOS 0.4.7
2018–01 Linux 4.15
2018–02 ArcaOS 5.0.2
2018–03 iOS 11.3
watchOS 4.3
tvOS11.3 NetBSD 7.1.2 Genode Sculpt EA
2018–04 Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) OpenBSD 6.3
DragonFly BSD 5.2 Linux 4.16
Ubuntu 18.04 (LTS) ReactOS 0.4.8
2018–05 iOS 11.4
tvOS11.4 Fedora 28
openSUSE Leap 15.0
2018–06 Linux 4.17 Genode Sculpt TC
2018–07 NetBSD 8.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 ReactOS 0.4.9
2018–08 NetBSD 7.2 Linux 4.18
Android 9.0 ArcaOS 5.0.3
2018–09 macOS Mojave (v10.14)
iOS 12
watchOS 5
tvOS12 Genode Sculpt VC[53]
2018–10 Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809)
Windows Server 2019 (1809) iOS 12.1
watchOS 5.1
tvOS12.1 OpenBSD 6.4 Linux 4.19
Ubuntu 18.10
Fedora 29
2018–11 ReactOS 0.4.10
2018–12 DragonFly BSD 5.4
FreeBSD 12.0 Linux 4.20
2019–01
2019–02
2019–03 iOS 12.2
watchOS 5.2
tvOS12.2 Linux 5.0 ReactOS 0.4.11
2019–04 Ubuntu 19.04
Fedora 30
2019–05 Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) iOS 12.3
tvOS12.3 OpenBSD 6.5
NetBSD 8.1

Linux 5.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
openSUSE Leap 15.1
2019–06 DragonFly BSD 5.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1
2019–07 iOS 12.4
watchOS 5.3
tvOS12.4 Debian 10.0
Linux 5.2 ArcaOS 5.0.4
2019–08
2019–09 iOS 13
iOS 13.1
iPadOS 13.1
watchOS 6
tvOS13 Linux 5.3
Android 10.0 ReactOS 0.4.12
2019–10 iOS 13.2
iPadOS 13.2
watchOS 6.1
macOS Catalina (v10.15) OpenBSD 6.6 Ubuntu 19.10
Fedora 31
2019–11 Windows 10 November 2019 Update (1909) FreeBSD 12.1 Linux 5.4
2019–12 iOS 13.3
iPadOS 13.3
2020s
Further information: Timeline of free and open-source software
Year–month Windows Apple BSD Linux Others
2020–01 Linux 5.5
2020–02 NetBSD 9.0
2020–03 iOS 13.4
iPadOS 13.4
watchOS 6.2 DragonFly BSD 5.8 Linux 5.6
2020–04 Ubuntu 20.04
Fedora 32 ReactOS 0.4.13
2020–05 Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004) iOS 13.5
iPadOS 13.5 OpenBSD 6.7 OpenVMS 9.0
2020–06 Linux 5.7 ArcaOS 5.0.5
Haiku R1/beta2
2020–07 iOS 13.6
iPadOS 13.6
2020–08 Linux 5.8 ArcaOS 5.0.6
2020–09 iOS 13.7
iOS 14 Android 11
2020–10 Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2) iOS 14.1 NetBSD 9.1
OpenBSD 6.8 Linux 5.9
Ubuntu 20.10

2020–11 macOS Big Sur (v11.0)
2020–12
See also
Comparison of operating systems
List of operating systems
Comparison of real-time operating systems
Timeline of DOS operating systems
Timeline of Linux distributions (Diagram 1992–2010)
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UNIX History – a timeline of UNIX 1969 and its descendants at present
Concise Microsoft O.S. Timeline – a color-coded concise timeline for various Microsoft operating systems (1981–present)
Bitsavers – an effort to capture, salvage, and archive historical computer software and manuals from minicomputers and mainframes of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
A brief history of operating systems
Microsoft operating system time-line
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I'm glad people like them, I detest anything Apple.

Yep. I bought my MacBook Air a couple of years ago and I am a convert.

Not sure what the point was of posting a giant list of not only OSs, but updates to them as well. Apple is currently the largest company by market cap, that puts it in a fairly unique position.

There are a few desktop OS dead ends that were original (AmigaOS, BeOS, RiscOS), some infants (Fuchsia), but almost all current examples all fall into two categories: DOS heritage, or Unix heritage.

Windows is in the DOS heritage category. Windows got an infusion of DEC VMS technology in the 90s courtesy of Dave Cutler (Windows NT has evolved into Win 10).

MacOS, iOS, Linux, BSD Unix, and Android are in the Unix heritage category. These operating systems are running on many more systems than Windows, a trend I think likely to grow. They span everything from small embedded devices and watches to almost every system on the Top 500 supercomputer list.

All the above ignores the numerous dedicated embedded and real-time operating systems, they're interesting as well. Integrity and vxWorks are two heavyweights there.