Macintosh refers to a range of
personal computers manufactured by
Apple Computer, Inc. in Cupertino
?,
California, and commonly called Macs.
The GUI operating system, originally simply refered to as the Macintosh operating system, or informally, the Mac OS, officially became the Mac OS.
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
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
G4 (with Altivec)
(to come) Notes on Macs as popularizer of GUIs in consumer PCs
See also MacOS, and Motorola 68000, the CPU originally used in Macs.
Another sense of
macintosh, or
mackintosh, is a type of raincoat invented by the Scot Charles Macintosh (1766-1843).
A particular species of
apple fruit is the
McIntosh,
not spelled the same as the computer. See
McIntosh.
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