Macintosh

Macintosh refers to a range of personal computers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. in Cupertino?, California, and commonly called Macs.

Obviously, we need a lot of information here from Mac aficionados!

(incomplete, possibly with errors) List of Models of Macs, grouped by CPU

68000

• Macintosh
• Fat Mac (upgraded version of original Macintosh)
• Mac Plus
• Mac SE
• Mac Portable

68020

• Mac II

68030

• Mac IIc
• Mac IIfx
• PowerBook? 100, 165, 190

68040

• Quadra
• PowerBook? 500 series

PowerPC 601

• Power Mac 6100
• Performa 6116

PowerPC 603

PowerPC 604

G3

• iMac
• iBook
• G3 Tower

G4 (with Altivec)

• G4 Tower

(to come) Notes on Macs as popularizer of GUIs in consumer PCs

See also MacOS, and Motorola 68000, the CPU originally used in Macs.

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Another sense of macintosh, or mackintosh, is a type of raincoat invented by the Scot Charles Macintosh (1766-1843).

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A particular species of apple fruit is the McIntosh, not spelled the same as the computer. See McIntosh.

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Links:

• [Apple's web site]
• [Jef Raskin's take on the invention of the Macintosh Computer]

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