THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER
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he Macintosh
computer is commonly referred to as a “Mac”. apple personal computers has
produce a power mac, an Mac and a power mac g5. the operating system of the power mac g5 or g5 has undergone revisions. each major version also has a name:
os x version 10.2x jaguar; version 10.3.x is panther, and the version 10.4.x is
tiger. the apple power mac personal computers
(the g5 and the g5) have two processors (for parallel processing)
instead of just one, and there is space inside the personal computers to
upgrade to 4 hard disks in raid array to give more power to the personal
computers functioning as a server. Sometimes the personal computers tower is
called a “box” which is a slang word for “the personal computers”. You could
say, “there are two processors inside the box.
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here is
software specially designed for the power mac personal computers to help move files from windows 98,
me, or 2000 system (xp is to listed on the box) to the Mac of x. this software
is called move to mac and is a product of Detto technology. i found my copy of the
shrink-wrapped software on a shelf at a large fry’s electronics store. a lot of
personal computers software can be purchased using a credit card with a secure
connection over the web, then downloading the software to your own personal
computers. I prefer having a CD or other disk with the software on the disk.
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he Macintosh
has excelled in the commercial graphics and publishing industries and thousands
of people prefer a Mac for home use rather than a PC. the PC personal computers
currently have a much greater market share and there are millions in use in
homes and businesses throughout the word. when you attend college the college
will specify which type of personal computers, Mac or PC, will be in use at the
college for faculty and students. Some colleges use just Mac personal computers
in campus buildings and for the faculty. (In the following paragraphs I use to
mean “operating system”)
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rior to the
Macintosh operating system the Macs used an operating system based upon a
single processor (personal computers CPU) which processed data and ran
applications using what was called cooperative multitasking. Cooperative
multitasking allowed programs to sometimes take control of the central
processing unit. now with the newer Macintosh operating system, of 10.2x
(jaguar) and later versions there is a Unix-like kernel in the operating
system, two processors and the central processing unit processed data with
symmetric multiprocessing (uses both CPU or “chips” to process data) and it
uses per-emotive multitasking, not allowing any application to take control of
the central processing units
