Apple Macintosh - Hardware

The Macintosh differs in several ways from personal computers which run Microsoft Windows. Both the hardware and bundled software, including the operating system, are manufactured by Apple Computer, whereas Microsoft supplies any original equipment manufacturers including Dell, HP and IBM with the software, and makes the hardware using a wider range of components. This results in a limited choice of Mac models, against a huge variety of Windows-based PCs; however, it reduces conflict between software and hardware and has helped Apple's reput ...

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The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Apple Computer that run the Macintosh operating system ("Mac OS"). Named after the McIntosh apple, the original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984. It was the first commercially successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface (“GUI”) and mouse instead of the then-standard command line interface. Following the Macintosh's introduction, Apple continued production and development of its Apple I ...

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• Apple Macintosh - Current product line
• Apple Macintosh - History
• Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction
• Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era
• Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline
• Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings
• Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models
• Apple Macintosh - Hardware
• Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture
• Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity
• Apple Macintosh - Software
• Apple Macintosh - Operating system
• Apple Macintosh - Software history
• Apple Macintosh - Advertising
• Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry
• Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics
• Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms
• Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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The current Macintosh product family uses many hardware components; among these are PowerPC processors, which were co-developed by Apple, IBM, and Motorola, and are currently produced by IBM and Freescale, a former division of Motorola. As of January 2006, Intel x86 processors are in Macs as well. All Macintosh models ship with 512MB RAM as standard, and as of October 12, 2005, the iMac G5 ships with the Apple Mighty Mouse, a touch-sensitive optical mouse with a miniature clickable trackball-like device that is produced by Apple. Current Mac ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Litigation, Apple Macintosh - Notes

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The current Macintosh product family uses many hardware components; among these are PowerPC processors, which were co-developed by Apple, IBM, and Motorola, and are currently produced by IBM and Freescale, a former division of Motorola. All Macintosh models ship with 512MB RAM as standard, and as of October 12, 2005, the iMac G5 ships with the Apple Mighty Mouse, a two-button mouse produced by Apple. Current Macintosh computers use the ATI Radeon or nVidia GeForce series chips for graphics and include either a Combo Drive, a DVD player and C ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction. The Macintosh project started in early 1979 with Jef Raskin, an Apple employee, who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer. In September 1979, Raskin was given permission to start hiring for the project, and he began to look for an engineer who could put together a prototype. Bill Atkinson, a member of the Lisa team—which was developing a similar but higher-end computer—introduced him to Burrell Smith, a service technici ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Litigation, Apple Macintosh - Notes

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Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction. The Macintosh project started in early 1979 with Jef Raskin, an Apple employee, who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer. In September 1979, Raskin was given permission to start hiring for the project, and he began to look for an engineer who could put together a prototype. Bill Atkinson, a member of the Lisa team—which was developing a similar but higher-end computer—introduced him to Burrell Smith, a service technici ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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The Macintosh differs in several ways from personal computers which run Microsoft Windows. Both the hardware and bundled software, including the operating system, are manufactured by Apple Computer, whereas Microsoft supplies any original equipment manufacturers including Dell, HP and IBM with the software, who make the hardware using a wider range of components. This results in a limited choice of Mac models compared to a huge variety of Windows-based PCs; however, it reduces conflict between software and hardware and has helped Apple's rep ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Litigation, Apple Macintosh - Notes

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Since the introduction of the Macintosh 128K in 1984, Apple has struggled to gain a significant share of the personal computer market. At first, the Macintosh lacked software, resulting in disappointing sales in 1985, when consumers realized that more software was available for the IBM PC. By 1985, only 500,000 Macs had been sold. Jobs had originally predicted that five million units would be sold within two years; sales eventually crossed the two million mark in 1988, and three years later, the installed base finally reached five million. B ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Litigation, Apple Macintosh - Notes

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Apple Macintosh - Operating system. Main article: Mac OS history The Macintosh operating system was originally known as the System Software or more simply System. With the release of System 7.6, the official name became Mac OS. From 2001, the “classic” Mac OS was phased out in favor of the new BSD Unix-based Mac OS X. Apple had offered another UNIX system, A/UX, for its Macintosh servers earlier, but without much success. The Mac OS operating system is widely considere ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Litigation, Apple Macintosh - Notes

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Ever since the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984 with the 1984 commercial, Apple has been recognized for its efforts towards effective advertising and marketing for the Macintosh. A "Macintosh Introduction" 20-page brochure was included with various magazines in December 1983, often remembered because Bill Gates was featured on page 15.[9] For a special post-election edition of Newsweek in November 1984, Apple spent more than US $2.5 million to buy all of the advertising pages in the issue ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Litigation, Apple Macintosh - Notes

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Apple has introduced a number of innovations in direct relation to the Macintosh 128k that were later adopted by the rest of industry as a standard for the design of computers. Possibly Apple's number-one effect on the industry was the first large-scale use of a graphical user interface in operating system software. Today, almost every mainstream operating system relies on a graphical user interface, and many operating systems still echo the design of the original Macintosh graphical user interface, such as the use of the "double click," "dr ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Litigation, Apple Macintosh - Notes

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Ever since the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984 with the 1984 commercial, Apple has been recognized for its efforts towards effective advertising and marketing for the Macintosh. A "Macintosh Introduction" 20-page brochure was included with various magazines in December 1983, often remembered because Bill Gates was featured on page 15.[8] For a special post-election edition of Newsweek in November 1984, Apple spent more than US $2.5 million to buy all of the advertising pages in the issue ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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Apple Macintosh - Operating system. The Macintosh operating system was originally known as the System Software or more simply System. With the release of System 7.6, the official name became Mac OS. From 2001, the “classic” Mac OS was phased out in favor of the new BSD Unix-based Mac OS X. Apple had offered another UNIX system, A/UX, for its Macintosh servers earlier, but without much success. The Mac OS operating system is widely considered one of the main selling points of the Macintosh platfo ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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Apple has introduced a number of innovations in direct relation to the Macintosh 128k that were later adopted by the rest of industry as a standard for the design of computers. Possibly Apple's number-one effect on the industry was the first large-scale use of a graphical user interface in operating system software. Today, almost every mainstream operating system relies on a graphical user interface, and many operating systems still echo the design of the original Macintosh graphical user interface, such as the use of the "double click," "dr ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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Since the introduction of the Macintosh 128K in 1984, Apple has struggled to gain a significant share of the personal computer market. At first, the Macintosh lacked software, resulting in disappointing sales in 1985, when consumers realized that more software was available for the IBM PC. By 1985, only 500,000 Macs had been sold. Jobs had originally predicted that five million units would be sold within two years; sales eventually crossed the two million mark in 1988, and three years later, the installed base finally reached five million. B ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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The Macintosh differs in several ways from personal computers which run Microsoft Windows. Both the hardware and bundled software, including the operating system, are manufactured by Apple Computer, whereas Microsoft supplies any original equipment manufacturers including Dell, HP and IBM with the software, and makes the hardware using a wider range of components. This results in a limited choice of Mac models, against a huge variety of Windows-based PCs; however, it reduces conflict between software and hardware and has helped Apple's reput ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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There have been many lawsuits centered around the Macintosh. These generally involve copyright infringement of the computer's look and feel. Apple successfully sued eMachines, whose eOne too closely resembled the then-new iMac. Apple also forced Digital Research to alter basic components in its Graphical Environment Manager ("GEM"), almost a direct copy of the Macintosh's. The most important case involving the Macintosh—and some argue in all of computing—is Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.. In 1988, Apple sued Microsoft and ...

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Apple Macintosh, Apple Macintosh - Current product line, Apple Macintosh - History, Apple Macintosh - 1979–84: Development and introduction, Apple Macintosh - 1985–89: The desktop publishing era, Apple Macintosh - 1990–98: Growth and decline, Apple Macintosh - 1999 to the present: new beginnings, Apple Macintosh - Timeline of Macintosh models, Apple Macintosh - Hardware, Apple Macintosh - Processor Architecture, Apple Macintosh - Expandability and connectivity, Apple Macintosh - Software, Apple Macintosh - Operating system, Apple Macintosh - Software history, Apple Macintosh - Advertising, Apple Macintosh - Effects on the technology industry, Apple Macintosh - Market share and demographics, Apple Macintosh - Advantages disadvantages and criticisms, Apple Macintosh - Notable litigation

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