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Apple

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:17:18 GMT

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The apple is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of the species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. It is a small deciduous tree reaching 5-12 m tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple oval with an acute tip and serrated margin, slightly downy below, 5-12 cm long and 3-6 cm broad on a 2-5 cm petiole. The flowers are produced in spring with the leaves, white, usually tinged pink at first, 2.5-3.5 cm diameter, with five petals. The fruit matures in autumn, and is typically 5-9 cm diameter (rarely up to 15 cm). The centre of the fruit contains five carpels arranged star-like, each carpel containing one or two (rarely three) seeds.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/95apple.jpeg/180px-95apple.jpeg
==See also==
[[Apple Inc]]

MacFormat

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:09:11 GMT

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MacFormat is a UK-based computer magazine aimed at Mac users. It is published by Future Publishing.
Each issue of the magazine includes a free DVD filled with Mac programs and utilities.
The magazine has a blog style website with news, reviews and information taken from the magazine (as well as content written specially for the website). There is also a forum based on free software PHPBB2.
MacFormat's website will be absorbed into Future Publishing's new Tech.co.uk web portal.
==Editorial Team==
*'''Editor''': ''Graham Barlow''
*'''Deputy Editor''': ''Russell James''
*'''Reviews Editor''': ''James Ellerbeck''
*'''Disc Editor''': ''Simon Holland''
*'''Advertising Manager''': ''Ben Pearson''
==External links==
[[http://www.macformat.co.uk/ MacFormat]] official website

MacFormat

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:08:58 GMT

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MacFormat is a UK-based computer magazine aimed at Mac users. It is published by Future Publishing.
Each issue of the magazine includes a free DVD filled with Mac programs and utilities.
The magazine has a blog style website with news, reviews and information taken from the magazine (as well as content written specially for the website). There is also a forum based on free software PHPBB2.
MacFormat's website will be absorbed into Future Publishing's new Tech.co.uk web portal.
==Editorial Team==
*'''Editor''': ''Graham Barlow''
*'''Deputy Editor''': ''Russell James''
*'''Reviews Editor''': ''James Ellerbeck''
*'''Disc Editor''': ''Simon Holland''
*'''Advertising Manager: ''Ben Pearson''
==External links==
[[http://www.macformat.co.uk/ MacFormat]] official website

MacFormat

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:06:00 GMT

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MacFormat is a UK-based computer magazine aimed at Mac users. It is published by Future Publishing.
Each issue of the magazine includes a free DVD filled with Mac programs and utilities.
The magazine has a blog style website with news, reviews and information taken from the magazine (as well as content written specially for the website). There is also a forum based on free software PHPBB2.
MacFormat's website will be absorbed into Future Publishing's new Tech.co.uk web portal.
==Editorial Team==
Editor: Graham Barlow
Deputy Editor: Russell James
Reviews Editor: James Ellerbeck
Disc Editor: Simon Holland
Advertising Manager: Ben Pearson
==External links==
[[http://www.macformat.co.uk/ MacFormat]] official website

Pc kid

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:01:19 GMT

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==Definition==
A colloquial term for 'stupid person'
==Origin==
PC computers which are believed to be 'rubbish' or 'technically challenged'.
==Uses==
One uses the term PC kid when another person has made an obvious mistake or is being 'annoying'.
==Common Examples==
[[Tim]]

Yusuf

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:29:04 GMT

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==Introduction==
I am probably the biggest [[Mac]] fan there has ever been. I have converted [[Tim]] from PC to [[Mac]] although he is a [[PC Kid]].

Apple inc

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:25:42 GMT

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL, LSE: ACP, FWB: APC) is an American consumer electronics corporation with worldwide annual sales in its fiscal year 2006 (ending September 30, 2006) of US$19.3 billion.[3] Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple develops, sells, and supports a series of personal computers, portable media players, computer software, and computer hardware accessories. The company's best-known products include the Macintosh line of personal computers, its Mac OS X operating system, and the iPod line of portable media players. For the iPod and its related iTunes software Apple sells audiobooks, games, music, music videos, TV shows,[4] and movies in its online iTunes Store. Apple has also recently announced that they will market a smartphone, to be called the iPhone.

The company was known as Apple Computer, Inc. for its first 30 years of existence, but dropped "Computer" from its corporate name on January 9, 2007.[5] The name change, which followed Apple's announcement of its new iPhone smartphone and Apple TV digital video systems, is representative of the company's ongoing transition into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers.[6]

Apple operates over 170 retail stores in the United States, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom. Apple has confirmed a store in Sydney, Australia.[7] The stores carry most of Apple's products as well as many third-party products and offer on-site support and repair for Apple hardware and software. In January 2007 plans for Apple's first retail store in Australia leaked following the DA approval of plans for a 3-storey outlet on 367 George St in Sydney's CBD; for which Apple began advertising positions in February. The company has over 20,000 permanent and temporary employees worldwide, some of which staff the retail stores, and other who design the products.[8]

For a variety of reasons, ranging from its philosophy of comprehensive aesthetic design to its countercultural, even indie roots as a company that differentiates itself from the rest of the industry by “thinking different,” Apple has cultivated a customer base that is unusually devoted to the company and its brand.=
==History==
The Apple II microcomputer, introduced in 1977, was a hit with home users. In 1983, Apple introduced the Lisa, the first commercial personal computer to employ a graphical user interface (GUI), which was influenced in part by the Xerox Alto. Lisa was also the first personal computer to have the mouse. In 1984, the Macintosh was introduced, furthering the concept of a user-friendly graphical user interface. Apple's success with the Macintosh became a major influence in the development of graphical interfaces elsewhere, with major computer operating systems such as Commodore Amiga, and Atari ST, appearing on the market within two years of the introduction of the Macintosh.

In 1991, Apple introduced the PowerBook line of portable computers. The 1990s also saw Apple's market share fall as competition from Microsoft Windows and the comparatively inexpensive IBM PC compatible computers that would eventually dominate the market. In the 2000s, Apple expanded its focus on software to include professional and prosumer video, music, and photo production solutions, with a view to promoting their products as a "digital hub". It also introduced the iPod, the most popular digital music player in the world.
==Current Products==
Apple introduced the Apple Macintosh family in 1984 and today makes consumer, professional, and educational computers. The Mac mini is the company's consumer sub-desktop computer, introduced in January 2005 and designed to motivate Windows users to switch to the Macintosh platform. The iMac is a consumer desktop computer that was first introduced by Apple in 1998, and its popularity helped save the company. The iMac is similar in concept to the original Macintosh in that the monitor and computer are housed in a single unit. It is now in its third major design iteration, and has been upgraded by times (including a switch to Intel processors) using the same design. The Power Mac brand was replaced in 2006 with the Mac Pro, featuring two 64-bit dual-core Xeon "Woodcrest" processors, available in speeds of 2, 2.66 and 3 GHz. The Mac Pro is capable of supporting up to 4 x 750GB HDD's for a total of 3 terabytes of internal hard disk space and has 8 DIMM slots for up to 16GB of RAM. On its promotional website, Apple says that the "Mac Pro not only completes the Mac transition to Intel processors but delivers advanced performance, workstation graphics, and up to 4.9 million possible configurations." Apple's server range includes the Xserve, a dual core, dual processor 1U server, and the Xserve RAID for server storage options.

Apple introduced the iBook consumer portable computer as a companion to the iMac; it is Apple's lowest-cost portable computer. The iBook brand was replaced on May 16, 2006 with the MacBook featuring the Intel Core Duo processor, 13 inch widescreen, and available black color on the high-end model. The MacBook Pro is the professional portable computer alternative to the MacBook. The MacBook Pro is marketed as being intended for professional and creative users and replaced the PowerBook models, which was introduced in 1991.

In 2001, Apple introduced the iPod digital music player and currently sells the iPod (with video), available in 30 and 80 GB models; the iPod nano, available in 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB models; and the iPod shuffle, available in a 1 GB model. Apple also re-released the U2 Special Edition iPod in a 30 GB capacity on June 6, 2006 with a distinctive all black enclosure, a red clickwheel, and engraved band members autographs on the back. On July 13, 2006, Apple teamed up with Nike to introduce the Nike+iPod Sports Kit enabling runners to sync and monitor their runs with iTunes and the Nike+ website.

At the Macworld Conference & Expo in January 2007, Steve Jobs revealed the long anticipated iPhone, a convergence of an Internet-enabled smartphone and video iPod. The iPhone combines a 2.5G quad band GSM and EDGE cellular phone with features found in hand held devices, running a scaled-down versions of Apple's Mac OS X, with various applications such as Safari Web browser, email and navigation. The initial iPhone features a 3.5 inch touch screen display, Bluetooth, WiFi (both "b" "g" and the newest "n") and comes in 4 GB and 8 GB models. The iPhone is scheduled to be available first for the Cingular Wireless network, in the United States, pending FCC approval.[33]

Additionally at the conference, Jobs demonstrated the Apple TV, (previously known as the iTV), a set-top video device intended to bridge the sale of content from iTunes with high-definition televisions. The device links up to a user's TV and syncs, either via WiFi or a wired network, with one computer's iTunes library and streams from an additional four. The Apple TV incorporates a 40GB hard drive for storage and includes outputs for HDMI and component video, and plays video at a maximum resolution of 720p.

Apple sells a variety of computer accessories for Macintosh computers including the AirPort wireless networking products; Apple Cinema HD Display and Apple Displays computer displays; Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Mouse computer mice; the Apple Wireless Keyboard computer keyboard and the Apple USB Modem. The Apple wireless mouse was replaced by the wireless Mighty Mouse.
==Software==
Apple develops its own operating system to run on the Macintosh, Mac OS X. Apple also independently develops computer software titles for its Mac OS X operating system. Much of the software Apple develops is bundled with its computers. An example of this is the consumer-oriented iLife software package which bundles iDVD, iMovie HD, iPhoto, iTunes, GarageBand, and iWeb. For presentation and page layout, iWork is available, which includes Keynote and Pages. Both iTunes and a feature-limited version of the QuickTime media player are available as free downloads for both Mac OS X and Windows.

Apple also offers a range of professional software titles. Their range of server software includes the operating system Mac OS X Server; Apple Remote Desktop, a remote systems management application; WebObjects, Java Web application server; and Xsan, a Storage Area Network file system. For the professional creative market, there is Aperture for professional RAW-format photo processing; Final Cut Studio, a video software package, as well as Final Cut Express HD, a cut-down version, for SD and HD video editors; Logic Pro, a comprehensive music toolkit, and Logic Express, its prosumer cousin; and Shake, an advanced effects composition program.

Apple also offers online services with .Mac which bundles .Mac HomePage, .Mac Mail, .Mac Groups social network service, .Mac iDisk, .Mac Backup, .Mac Sync, and Learning Center online tutorials.
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Apple inc

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:23:46 GMT

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL, LSE: ACP, FWB: APC) is an American consumer electronics corporation with worldwide annual sales in its fiscal year 2006 (ending September 30, 2006) of US$19.3 billion.[3] Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple develops, sells, and supports a series of personal computers, portable media players, computer software, and computer hardware accessories. The company's best-known products include the Macintosh line of personal computers, its Mac OS X operating system, and the iPod line of portable media players. For the iPod and its related iTunes software Apple sells audiobooks, games, music, music videos, TV shows,[4] and movies in its online iTunes Store. Apple has also recently announced that they will market a smartphone, to be called the iPhone.

The company was known as Apple Computer, Inc. for its first 30 years of existence, but dropped "Computer" from its corporate name on January 9, 2007.[5] The name change, which followed Apple's announcement of its new iPhone smartphone and Apple TV digital video systems, is representative of the company's ongoing transition into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers.[6]

Apple operates over 170 retail stores in the United States, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom. Apple has confirmed a store in Sydney, Australia.[7] The stores carry most of Apple's products as well as many third-party products and offer on-site support and repair for Apple hardware and software. In January 2007 plans for Apple's first retail store in Australia leaked following the DA approval of plans for a 3-storey outlet on 367 George St in Sydney's CBD; for which Apple began advertising positions in February. The company has over 20,000 permanent and temporary employees worldwide, some of which staff the retail stores, and other who design the products.[8]

For a variety of reasons, ranging from its philosophy of comprehensive aesthetic design to its countercultural, even indie roots as a company that differentiates itself from the rest of the industry by “thinking different,” Apple has cultivated a customer base that is unusually devoted to the company and its brand.=
==History==
The Apple II microcomputer, introduced in 1977, was a hit with home users. In 1983, Apple introduced the Lisa, the first commercial personal computer to employ a graphical user interface (GUI), which was influenced in part by the Xerox Alto. Lisa was also the first personal computer to have the mouse. In 1984, the Macintosh was introduced, furthering the concept of a user-friendly graphical user interface. Apple's success with the Macintosh became a major influence in the development of graphical interfaces elsewhere, with major computer operating systems such as Commodore Amiga, and Atari ST, appearing on the market within two years of the introduction of the Macintosh.

In 1991, Apple introduced the PowerBook line of portable computers. The 1990s also saw Apple's market share fall as competition from Microsoft Windows and the comparatively inexpensive IBM PC compatible computers that would eventually dominate the market. In the 2000s, Apple expanded its focus on software to include professional and prosumer video, music, and photo production solutions, with a view to promoting their products as a "digital hub". It also introduced the iPod, the most popular digital music player in the world.
==Current Products==
Apple introduced the Apple Macintosh family in 1984 and today makes consumer, professional, and educational computers. The Mac mini is the company's consumer sub-desktop computer, introduced in January 2005 and designed to motivate Windows users to switch to the Macintosh platform. The iMac is a consumer desktop computer that was first introduced by Apple in 1998, and its popularity helped save the company. The iMac is similar in concept to the original Macintosh in that the monitor and computer are housed in a single unit. It is now in its third major design iteration, and has been upgraded by times (including a switch to Intel processors) using the same design. The Power Mac brand was replaced in 2006 with the Mac Pro, featuring two 64-bit dual-core Xeon "Woodcrest" processors, available in speeds of 2, 2.66 and 3 GHz. The Mac Pro is capable of supporting up to 4 x 750GB HDD's for a total of 3 terabytes of internal hard disk space and has 8 DIMM slots for up to 16GB of RAM. On its promotional website, Apple says that the "Mac Pro not only completes the Mac transition to Intel processors but delivers advanced performance, workstation graphics, and up to 4.9 million possible configurations." Apple's server range includes the Xserve, a dual core, dual processor 1U server, and the Xserve RAID for server storage options.

Apple introduced the iBook consumer portable computer as a companion to the iMac; it is Apple's lowest-cost portable computer. The iBook brand was replaced on May 16, 2006 with the MacBook featuring the Intel Core Duo processor, 13 inch widescreen, and available black color on the high-end model. The MacBook Pro is the professional portable computer alternative to the MacBook. The MacBook Pro is marketed as being intended for professional and creative users and replaced the PowerBook models, which was introduced in 1991.

In 2001, Apple introduced the iPod digital music player and currently sells the iPod (with video), available in 30 and 80 GB models; the iPod nano, available in 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB models; and the iPod shuffle, available in a 1 GB model. Apple also re-released the U2 Special Edition iPod in a 30 GB capacity on June 6, 2006 with a distinctive all black enclosure, a red clickwheel, and engraved band members autographs on the back. On July 13, 2006, Apple teamed up with Nike to introduce the Nike+iPod Sports Kit enabling runners to sync and monitor their runs with iTunes and the Nike+ website.

At the Macworld Conference & Expo in January 2007, Steve Jobs revealed the long anticipated iPhone, a convergence of an Internet-enabled smartphone and video iPod. The iPhone combines a 2.5G quad band GSM and EDGE cellular phone with features found in hand held devices, running a scaled-down versions of Apple's Mac OS X, with various applications such as Safari Web browser, email and navigation. The initial iPhone features a 3.5 inch touch screen display, Bluetooth, WiFi (both "b" "g" and the newest "n") and comes in 4 GB and 8 GB models. The iPhone is scheduled to be available first for the Cingular Wireless network, in the United States, pending FCC approval.[33]

Additionally at the conference, Jobs demonstrated the Apple TV, (previously known as the iTV), a set-top video device intended to bridge the sale of content from iTunes with high-definition televisions. The device links up to a user's TV and syncs, either via WiFi or a wired network, with one computer's iTunes library and streams from an additional four. The Apple TV incorporates a 40GB hard drive for storage and includes outputs for HDMI and component video, and plays video at a maximum resolution of 720p.

Apple sells a variety of computer accessories for Macintosh computers including the AirPort wireless networking products; Apple Cinema HD Display and Apple Displays computer displays; Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Mouse computer mice; the Apple Wireless Keyboard computer keyboard and the Apple USB Modem. The Apple wireless mouse was replaced by the wireless Mighty Mouse.
==Software==
Apple develops its own operating system to run on the Macintosh, Mac OS X. Apple also independently develops computer software titles for its Mac OS X operating system. Much of the software Apple develops is bundled with its computers. An example of this is the consumer-oriented iLife software package which bundles iDVD, iMovie HD, iPhoto, iTunes, GarageBand, and iWeb. For presentation and page layout, iWork is available, which includes Keynote and Pages. Both iTunes and a feature-limited version of the QuickTime media player are available as free downloads for both Mac OS X and Windows.

Apple also offers a range of professional software titles. Their range of server software includes the operating system Mac OS X Server; Apple Remote Desktop, a remote systems management application; WebObjects, Java Web application server; and Xsan, a Storage Area Network file system. For the professional creative market, there is Aperture for professional RAW-format photo processing; Final Cut Studio, a video software package, as well as Final Cut Express HD, a cut-down version, for SD and HD video editors; Logic Pro, a comprehensive music toolkit, and Logic Express, its prosumer cousin; and Shake, an advanced effects composition program.

Apple also offers online services with .Mac which bundles .Mac HomePage, .Mac Mail, .Mac Groups social network service, .Mac iDisk, .Mac Backup, .Mac Sync, and Learning Center online tutorials.
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Apple inc

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:22:34 GMT

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Mac

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:16:05 GMT

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#redirect[[macs]]

HFMS

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:14:54 GMT

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==Definition==
An abbrieviation for Hello Fellow Mac Supporter
==Origin==
[[Yusuf]] and [[Tim]] or [[Macs]]

Mac

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:37:04 GMT

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The best Computer in the world Place holder

Yusuf

Mod Yusuf — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:36:36 GMT

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==Introduction==
I am probably the biggest [[Mac]] fan there has ever been. I have converted [[Tim]] from PC [[Mac]]

Pc kid

Mod Yusuf — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:03:12 GMT

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A PC kid is a colloquial term for 'stupid person'. It has derrived from PC computers which are believed to be 'rubbish' or 'technically challenged'. One uses the term PC kid when another person has made an obvious mistake or is being 'annoying'.

Pc kid

Mod Yusuf — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:02:53 GMT

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==Introduction==
A PC kid is a colloquial term for 'stupid person'. It has derrived from PC computers which are believed to be 'rubbish' or 'technically challenged'. One uses the term PC kid when another person has made an obvious mistake or is being 'annoying'.

Macs

Mod Yusuf — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:27:46 GMT

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==Introduction==
The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple. Named after the McIntosh variety of apple, the original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984. It was one of the first commercially successful personal computers to use a graphical user interface (GUI) and mouse instead of the then-standard command line interface. The current range of Macintoshes varies from Apple's entry level Mac mini desktop, to a mid-range server, the Xserve. Macintosh systems are mainly targeted at the home, education, and creative professional markets. Production of the Macintosh is based upon a vertical integration model in that Apple facilitates all aspects of its hardware and creates its own operating system that is pre-installed on all Macintoshes. This is in contrast to PCs pre-installed with Microsoft Windows, where one vendor provides the operating system and multiple vendors create the hardware. (In both cases, the hardware can run other operating systems; modern Macintoshes, like PC's, are capable of running operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD and Windows.)

Original Macintosh computers used the Motorola 68k family of microprocessors, but later models switched to Motorola and IBM's PowerPC range of CPUs in 1994. Apple began a transition from the PowerPC line to Intel's x86 architecture in 2006, which for the first time allowed Macs to run native operating system binaries for the x86 architecture. Current Macintoshes use the Intel Core, Intel Core 2 and Intel Xeon 5100 series microprocessors. All current models of Macintosh come pre-installed with a native version of the latest Mac OS X, which is currently at version 10.4.8 and is commonly referred to by its code name of "Tiger". Apple will be releasing Mac OS X v10.5, codenamed "Leopard", in Spring of 2007.
===History===
[edit] 1979 to 1984: Development

Part of the original Macintosh design team, as seen on the cover of Revolution in the Valley.
Left to right: George Crow, Joanna Hoffman, Burrell Smith, Andy Hertzfeld, a Macintosh, Bill Atkinson, Jerry Manock.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 authorized 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 Apple's Lisa team (which was developing a similar but higher-end computer), introduced him to Burrell Smith, a service technician who had been hired earlier that year as Apple employee #282. Over the years, Raskin assembled a large development team that designed and built the original Macintosh hardware and software; besides Raskin, Atkinson and Smith, the team included Chris Espinosa, Joanna Hoffman, George Crow, Jerry Manock, Susan Kare, and Andy Hertzfeld.

Smith’s first Macintosh board was built to Raskin’s design specifications: it had 64 kibibytes (KiB) of RAM, used the Motorola 6809E microprocessor, and was capable of supporting a 256×256 pixel black-and-white bitmap display. (The final product used a 9-inch, 512x342 monochrome display.) Bud Tribble, a Macintosh programmer, was interested in running the Lisa’s graphical programs on the Macintosh, and asked Smith whether he could incorporate the Lisa’s Motorola 68000 microprocessor into the Mac while still keeping the production cost down. By December 1980, Smith had succeeded in designing a board that not only used the 68000, but bumped its speed from 5 to 8 megahertz (MHz); this board also had the capacity to support a 384×256 bitmap display. Smith’s design used fewer RAM chips than the Lisa, which made production of the board significantly more cost-efficient.[1] The final Mac design was self-contained and had far more programming code in ROM than most other computers; it had 128 KiB of RAM, in the form of sixteen, 64 kilobit (Kb) RAM chips soldered to the logicboard. Though there were no memory slots, its RAM was expandable to 512 KiB by means of soldering sixteen 256 Kib RAM chips in place of the factory-installed chips.

The innovative design caught the attention of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. Realizing that the Macintosh was more marketable than the Lisa, he began to focus his attention on the project. Raskin finally left the Macintosh project in 1981 over a personality conflict with Jobs, and the final Macintosh design is said to be closer to Jobs’s ideas than Raskin’s.[2] After hearing of the pioneering GUI technology being developed at Xerox PARC, Jobs negotiated a visit to see the Xerox Alto computer and Smalltalk development tools in exchange for Apple stock options. The Lisa and Macintosh user interfaces were partially influenced by technology seen at Xerox PARC and were combined with the Macintosh group's own ideas.[3] Jobs also commissioned industrial designer Hartmut Esslinger to work on the Macintosh line, resulting in the "Snow White" design language; although it came too late for the earliest Macs, it was implemented in most other mid- to late-1980s Apple computers.[4] However, Jobs’s leadership at the Macintosh project was short-lived; after an internal power struggle with new CEO John Sculley, Jobs was fired from Apple in 1985, went on to found NeXT, another computer company, and did not return until 1997. Sculley undermined what the Mac team had been trying to do with the price of the Macintosh, when he artificially inflated the Mac’s price from US$1,995 to US$2,495.

===1985 to 1989: The desktop Publishing Era===
1985 to 1989: The desktop publishing era
In 1985, the combination of the Mac, Apple’s LaserWriter printer, and Mac-specific software like Boston Software’s MacPublisher and Aldus PageMaker (superseded by Adobe InDesign) enabled users to design, preview, and print page layouts complete with text and graphics, an activity known as desktop publishing. Desktop publishing was unique to the Macintosh, but eventually became available for PC users as well. Later, programs such as Macromedia FreeHand, QuarkXPress, and Adobe Illustrator strengthened the Mac’s position as a graphics computer and helped to expand the emerging desktop publishing market.

The limitations of the first Mac soon became clear: it had very little memory, even compared with other personal computers in 1984, and could not be expanded easily; and it lacked a hard drive and the means to attach one easily. Although by 1985 the Mac’s base memory had increased to 512 KiB, and it was possible, although inconvenient and difficult, to expand the memory of a 128 KiB Mac, Apple realized that the Mac needed improvement in these areas. The result was the Macintosh Plus, released on January 10, 1986 for US$2,600. It offered one mebibyte (MiB) of RAM, expandable to four, and a then-revolutionary SCSI parallel interface, allowing up to seven peripherals—such as hard drives and scanners—to be attached to the machine. Its floppy drive was increased to an 800 KB capacity. The Plus was an immediate success and remained in production until October 15, 1990; on sale for just over four years and ten months, it was the longest-lived Mac in Apple's history.

The Macintosh II, the first expandable Macintosh.Other issues remained, particularly the low processor speed and limited graphics ability, which had hobbled the Mac’s ability to make inroads into the business computing market. Updated Motorola CPUs made a faster machine possible, and in 1987 Apple took advantage of the new Motorola technology and introduced the Macintosh II, which used a 16 MHz Motorola 68020 processor. This marked the start of a new direction for the Macintosh, as now, for the first time, it had open architecture with several expansion slots, support for color graphics and a modular break out design similar to that of the IBM PC and inspired by Apple’s other line, the expandable Apple II series. Alongside the Macintosh II, the Macintosh SE was released, the first compact Mac with an internal expansion slot (a processor direct slot specific to the machine. The SE shared the Macintosh II's “Snow White” design language, as well as the new Apple Desktop Bus mouse and keyboard that had first appeared on the Apple IIGS some months earlier.

With the new Motorola 68030 processor came the Macintosh IIx in 1988, which had benefited from internal improvements, including an on-board MMU. It was followed in 1989 by a more compact version with fewer slots (the Macintosh IIcx) and a version of the Mac SE powered by the 16 MHz 68030 (the Macintosh SE/30). Later that year, the Macintosh IIci, running at 25 MHz, was the first Mac to be “32-bit clean,” allowing it to natively support more than 8 MiB of RAM, unlike its predecessors, which had “32-bit dirty” ROMs (8 of the 32 bits available for addressing were used for OS level flags). System 7 was the first Macintosh operating system to support 32-bit addressing. Apple also introduced the Macintosh Portable, a 16 MHz 68000 machine with an active matrix flat panel display. The following year the 40 MHz Macintosh IIfx, starting at about US$9,900, was unveiled. Apart from its fast processor, it had significant internal architectural improvements, including faster memory and a pair of dedicated 6502 CPUs for I/O processing.

===Time line of Macintosh Models===
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==Notes about Macintosh Computers==
For many years Apple Macintoshes have fought against PCs about which operating system is the best. Also PCs have claimed to be cheaper than macs, however in a survey in the MacFormat magazine macs are better for money as they do not crash or have viruses.

Macs

Mod Yusuf — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:20:40 GMT

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Macs

Mod Yusuf — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:08:51 GMT

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TechTeam

Mod Yusuf — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:05:32 GMT

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http://techteam.ifastnet.com/site/pics/logo.jpg

TechTeam is the name of a group of people who administrate websites, including this one.

==Sites in the TechTeam group==
*[http://techteam.ifastnet.com TechTeam] Homepage
*[http://www.ultimatesite.co.nr The Ultimate Site]
*[http://editthis.info/ultimatewiki The Ultimate Wiki]
*[http://www.freewebs.com/timthewise/techtestament.html The Tech Testament]
*[http://www.freewebs.com/techbibleexplained/ The Tech Testament Explained]

==Members==
*Founders:
**[[Admin]] (TUS, UC, TUW)
**[[Yusuf]] (TUS, UC, TTE)
**[[David]] (TUS)
*Later Members:
**[[Tim]] (TT)
**[[Ben]] (UC, TUW)

([[Codes]] explained)