Apple Macintosh

An iMac. Unlike most computers, it has a computer system with the screen inside it.

The Apple Macintosh or just Mac is a line of personal computers made by the American company Apple Inc. The Macintosh was one of the first computers in which the people could use a mouse for pointing on a screen which had icons. This new way of working with a computer (interface) was known as graphical user interface. It was this feature of the Macintosh that made it so popular.

History

Processor history

The Apple–Intel transition was when Apple changed the CPU of Macintosh computers from PowerPC processors to Intel x86 processors.^[1]^[2] It was announced at the 2005 World Wide Developers Conference.^[1]^[3] Steve Jobs announced it.

Macintoshes were different than other personal computers for many years based on their central processing unit (CPU). At the start, Macs used Motorola 68000 chips instead of Intel chips. Later, Macs used PowerPC chips. In 2006, Macs started to use Intel chips. In 2020, Macs started to use Apple Silicon chips. Today, Macs are sold with Apple M1 chips.

Macintoshes

	Compact (portable)	Consumer (end user)	Professional
Desktop	Mac Mini	iMac	Mac Pro; Mac Studio
Portable (MacBook)	MacBook	MacBook Air	MacBook Pro
Server	Mac Mini (server)	Mac Mini (server)	Mac Pro (server)

Software

The Mac does not have the Windows operating system installed on it. It has its own range of operating systems, known as macOS. The newest operating system is known as “Sonoma". Macs can run both Windows and macOS at the same time with help of a program called “Boot Camp”, which comes on every Intel-based Mac.

In general, Macintosh computers cost more than other computers of the same speed.

Apple Macintosh Media

Steve Jobs and Macintosh computer, January 1984, by Bernard Gotfryd - edited
Macintosh Portable
Powerbook 100 - Illustration by myself from Photography by myself.
Apple Mac worldwide quarterly sales Q1 2006 - Q4 2023
The Power Mac G4 Cube advanced Apple's industrial design culture and manufacturing processes.
The Dual USB "Ice" iBook represents a design shift away from color, toward white polycarbonate.
The "Sunflower" iMac G4 is an industrial design innovation.
Steve Jobs unveiled the first MacBook Air at Macworld 2008.
The 2013 Mac Pro was controversial among professional users. One of the reasons was the lack of internal expandibility due to the absence of expansion slots or the like, which was a side-effect of the exotic and compact design (height c. 25 cm).