Mac OS X version 10.1,
code named Puma, is the second
major release of
Mac OS X,
Apple's desktop and server
operating system. It superseded
Mac OS X 10.0 and preceded
Mac OS X 10.2. Version 10.1 was released on September 25, 2001 as a free update for Mac OS X 10.0 users. The operating system was handed out for no charge by Apple employees after
Steve Jobs'
keynote speech at the Seybold
publishing conference in
San Francisco. It was subsequently distributed to
Mac users on October 25, 2001 at
Apple Stores and other
retail stores that carried Apple products. The operating system was better received than Mac OS X 10.0, although critics claimed that the operating system was still lacking some features and was plagued with bugs.