Geek Fact for May 13th

By Judy Novotny / 05/13/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1991, Apple released Macintosh System 7.0.

System 7 was too large to work comfortably from a floppy disk so it was the first version of the Macintosh operating system to require a hard drive. It was also the first Apple operating system to be available on CD although it shipped on floppy disks initially.

Read more about System 7 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_7

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.