Editing Mac OS 8 (section)

== Reception ==
While CNET's initial review of Mac OS 8 was more circumspect,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mac OS 8 has arrived |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/mac-os-8-has-arrived/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012233152/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/mac-os-8-has-arrived/ |url-status=live }}</ref> its editorial staff named it one of the best products of 1997 in their year-end roundup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 30, 1997 |title=Best of '97: CNET looks back at the year's top products |url=http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Special/Best97/ss07.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990423133943/http://www.cnet.com:80/Content/Reviews/Special/Best97/ss07.html |archive-date=April 23, 1999 |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=CNET}}</ref> ''MacHome Journal'' said "OS 8 is a substantial upgrade with greatly enhanced capabilities, particularly for Power Macs. It isn't simply a minor bug fix, as the fractional upgrades to System 7 have been, so it should be high on your list of scheduled software purchases".<ref>{{cite web|first=Alan|last=Stafford|url=http://www.machome.com/Features/OS8.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19971211195133/http://www.machome.com:80/Features/OS8.html|title=8 is Great:Mac OS 8|website=MacHome Journal|archivedate=December 11, 1997|accessdate=April 18, 2025}}</ref>