Apple Macintosh

The Macintosh, or Mac for short, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Apple Computer, Inc.

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Personal computers - Apple Computer

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The current Macintosh line includes a series of desktops (iMac G5, Mac mini, Power Mac G5 and eMac), notebooks (iBook G4 and PowerBook G4), and servers (Xserve G5 and Xserve RAID). These systems are mainly targeted towards the home consumer, education, and creative professional markets, though the Unix-based Xserve G5 has enabled Apple to gain exposure to the enterprise market. In fact, the Xserve RAID is certified to run on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Novell NetWare platforms.

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IMac G5 - Mac mini - Power Mac G5 - EMac - IBook G4 - PowerBook G4 - Xserve G5 - Xserve RAID - Unix - Windows Server 2003 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Novell NetWare

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Macintosh computers are pre-installed with the Mac OS X operating system, a Unix-based system developed by Apple Computer which can only be used on Macintosh computers. The current release of the Macintosh operating system is Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger.

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Mac OS X - Operating system - Unix - Apple Computer - Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger

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The original Macintosh, the Macintosh 128K, was released on January 24, 1984 with the famous 1984 television commercial aired once at the Superbowl, with a series of other advertisements in an expensive advertising campaign. The Macintosh is regarded as being the first personal computer to popularize the use of the graphical user interface at a time when most computers used an operating system with a command line interface.

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Macintosh 128K - January 24 - 1984 - 1984 - Television commercial - Superbowl - Graphical user interface - Operating system - Command line interface

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Today, Apple differentiates their Macintosh line from the competition through the use of innovative industrial design and packaging their systems with the easy-to-use Mac OS X. To complement the Macintosh line, Apple also develops a series of digital media applications (collectively the iLife suite) and a range of software aimed at the creative professional market.

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Mac OS X - ILife

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