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  3. About Mac

    Macintosh, or for newer models, Mac, is a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI) rather than a command line interface.

    The idea for a personal computer appropriate for the ordinary consumer dates to the late 1970s and an Apple development team was established in 1979. After the success of the original Macintosh in 1984, the company quickly established market share only to see it dissipate in the 1990s as Microsoft came to monopolize personal computing. Apple consolidated multiple, consumer-level desktop models into the 1998 iMac, which sold extremely well and saw the brand name revitalized. Current Mac systems are mainly targeted at the home, education, and creative professional markets. They are the upgraded iMac and the entry-level Mac mini desktop models, the workstation-level Mac Pro tower, the MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops, and the Xserve server.

    Production of the Mac is based on 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 Macs. Apple exclusively produces Mac hardware, choosing internal systems, designs, and prices. Apple does use third party components, however; current Macintosh CPUs use Intel's x86 architecture (formerly the AIM alliance's PowerPC and originally Motorola's 68k). Apple also develops the operating system for Macs, currently Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard". This is in contrast to most IBM compatible PCs, where multiple vendors create hardware intended to run another company's software. The modern Mac, like other personal computers, is capable of running alternative operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, and Microsoft Windows, the latter of which is considered to be the Mac's biggest competitor.

  6. Quotes about Mac

    1. “ Desktop virtualization is enabling the adoption of virtual work styles by giving enterprises the ability to deliver virtual desktops and applications to users wherever they are located and on whatever device they choose: PC, Mac, Smartphone, tablet or thin client. Our customers are seeing the clear benefits of using Citrix XenDesktop with Wyse thin client computing products, as part of a holistic virtual computing strategy, because they are able to reduce the cost of managing endpoints in their own infrastructure while still giving users choices and flexibility. ”
      Sumit Dhawan in Wyse and Citrix Jointly Drive Cloud Client Computing Into the Mainstream Leading Organizations Rewarded With Improved Security, Management, User Experience and TCO
    2. “ As Macs become more and more prevalent in the workplace, there is a growing need for Mac users to run Windows applications that are essential to their business. ”
      Laura DiDio in Parallels takes Mac virtualisation into the enterprise
    3. “ About 46% of those who participate in the BYOD programme choose a Mac. ”
      In Steve Jobs' workplace revolution

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