AppOS

AppOS is an operating system initially created by Apple Inc. during the time Mac OS 7.5.3 was being developed. The OS was announced on June 6, 1996. AppOS was pitched to be a cheaper alternative to Windows and Mac along with an alternative to WinOS. AppOS later became more successful than WinOS (which was discontinued on early 2002) by 1999. It was later superseded by Google's ChromeOS in 2011, leading to AppOS's discontinuation in late 2012. Another factor to AppOS's demise was that sales of the OS decreased after ChromeOS gained popularity.

Versions
AppOS 1.0 (1996)

AppOS 2.0 (1998)

AppOS 3.0 (2000)

AppOS 4.0 (2002)

AppOS 5.0 (2004)

AppOS 6.0 (2006)

AppOS 7.0 (2008)

AppOS 8.0 (2010)

AppOS 9.0 (2012) (Cancelled)