Apple Macintosh Computers

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The Macintosh, more generally called the Mac for short, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Apple Computer. Named after the ubiquitous fruit apple "McIntosh", the original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984. 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. Today, the Macintosh is the only family of computers available from Apple, and ranges from the "little" desktop computer Mac mini to the midrange Xserve server. It also includes two series of notebooks : the iBook and the PowerBook. Macintosh systems are mainly targeted towards the home consumer, education, and creative professional markets; however, the Xserve G5 has enabled Apple to gain exposure to the enterprise market as well :) Macintosh computers originally used Mac OS as the operating system. However, from 1999 onward, Apple introduced the new Unix-based Mac OS X ( pronounced "Oh Ess Ten" by Steve Jobs ), finally stopping Mac OS development in 2002. The current version of Mac OS X is Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, and all Macs are sold with it preinstalled. To complement the Macintosh, Apple also has developed a series of digital media applications ( collectively called the "iLife suite" including iWeb and iTunes ) and a range of software aimed at the creative professional market including Final Cut Pro, iWorks ( including Page and KeyNote ), iPhoto, iDvd, and the new born : Aperture ... :) Today, with a new vision of the future, Apple turns towards Intel with a family of Macs based on Intel Core ... MacBook, MacBookPro, iMac and Mac Mini ( all with Intel Core or Intel Core Duo built-in ) :)

Macintosh Computers Fanlisting

Now, you should be aware before continuing your reading ... I am a really true pro Apple ! I won't speak here about Apple Computers hardware technology ( there are many pages around the web about the subject ) but as this is a passionated Apple Fanlisting ,) it's good to remember the importance of Apple and its effects on the technology industry ... :)

Since the beginning of Computing History, the Macintosh platform has introduced many innovations and ideas that had significant effects on the computer industry, especially in the area of communications standards. One of the first was the Macintosh Plus, which successfully introduced the SCSI interface in 1986. The Macintosh IIsi and the Macintosh LC introduced standard audio in and out ports in 1990 today these ports are standard on the large majority of computers. Beginning with the iMac in 1998, Apple made the USB ( Universal Serial Bus ) port a standard and introduced the FireWire port, a high speed data transfer bus that is now included in many media-editing oriented computers. Apple also innovated in the area of networking, beginning with heavy marketing of the existing standard for WiFi, or AirPort and its early implementation in the Macintosh portable lines in 1999. Additionally, the Macintosh platform has set the tone for many of the storage devices that are standard in today's computers. In 1992, the Macintosh IIvx featured the CD-ROM drive as a standard feature, a first for the industry. The iMac, debuting in 1998, was one of the first computers to phase out the floppy disk drive; today, almost no new computers come with one. Finally, the Power Macintosh G4 with its SuperDrive introduced the first easily affordable DVD-R drive in 2001 ...

Apple has also contributed heavily to the field of mobile computing, and many of the features they have added throughout the years to their mobile lines have become standard in today's industries. The PowerBook 100, 140, and 170 set the ergonomic standard for the placement of keyboard in 1991 by moving the keyboard behind a palm rest, rather then right at the bottom of the laptop. Additionally, in 1991 the Powerbook 100 series featured the first built-in pointing device on a laptop : a trackball. The PowerBook Duo also introduced the idea of a dock/port replicator in 1992. One of the most important features ever added to the Macintosh PowerBook lineup was the first true touchpad as a pointing device on a notebook on the PowerBook 500 in 1994; today, an overwhelming majority of laptops rely on the trackpad as their primary pointing device. More recently the PowerBook G4 became the first full-size laptop computer to feature a widescreen display, in 2003 it became the first laptop computer with a 17-inch display, and in 2004, it became the first laptop computer to provide dual-link DVI ...

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Well, well, well ... let's talk about some credits :)

First, This fanlisting is approved by TFL ... Cool isn't it ? lol

I wanted to make these pages a bit more than just a picture inside a layout which would only tell : be a fan ... In fact, I think that every fan of any subject deserves a bit more, more pictures ( when it is possible ) and more texts too. I wanted to make this fanlisting a subject of joyness for all our members :) I still do not know if it's ok but, well, I really hope so.

As shown in the navigation bar, this fanlisting is xhtml and css friendly, and free tables, ( except for the pages including php )

This site has been made on Macintosh computer that we support in many occasions ( of course ) :) So, everything here is optimized for Safari, Camino, Omniweb, Shiira and Firefox users ... This site is not always fully viewable with Explorer ... ( until version 7 we hope so )

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