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href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://www.bing.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bing.com&lt;/a&gt; and search &lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Computer Guy.co.nr&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>PC</title><link>http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/PC</link><author>montezman123</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/PC</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:59:04 CDT</pubDate><description> 			&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;All this information is from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://www.wikipedia.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;A &lt;b&gt;computer&lt;/b&gt; is a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Machine&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;machine&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; that manipulates &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_%28computing%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Data (computing)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;data&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; according to a list of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_%28computer_programming%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Code (computer programming)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;instructions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The first devices, of a computer, that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century (1940&amp;ndash;1945), although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PC&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#cite_note-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Modern computers are based on tiny &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Integrated circuit&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;integrated circuits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and are millions to billions of times more capable while occupying a fraction of the space&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Embedded computers are small, simple devices that are used to control other devices &amp;mdash; for example, they may be found in machines ranging from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Fighter aircraft&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;fighter aircraft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_robot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Industrial robot&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;industrial robots&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Digital camera&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;digital cameras&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Toy&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;children&amp;#39;s toys&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The ability to store and execute lists of instructions called &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Computer program&quot;&gt;programs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; makes computers extremely versatile and distinguishes them from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Calculator&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;calculators&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%E2%80%93Turing_thesis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Church–Turing thesis&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Church&amp;ndash;Turing thesis&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; is a mathematical statement of this versatility: any computer with a certain minimum capability is, in principle, capable of performing the same tasks that any other computer can perform. Therefore, computers with capability and complexity ranging from that of a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Personal digital assistant&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;personal digital assistant&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; to a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Supercomputer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;supercomputer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; are all able to perform the same computational tasks given enough time and storage capacity.  &lt;br&gt;It is difficult to identify any one device as the earliest computer, partly because the term &amp;quot;computer&amp;quot; has been subject to varying interpretations over time. Originally, the term &amp;quot;computer&amp;quot; referred to a person who performed numerical calculations (a &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Human computer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;human computer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;), often with the aid of a &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculating_device&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mechanical calculating device&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;mechanical calculating device&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The history of the modern computer begins with two separate technologies - that of automated calculation and that of programmability.&lt;br&gt;Examples of early mechanical calculating devices included the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Abacus&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;abacus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Slide rule&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;slide rule&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and arguably the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Astrolabe&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;astrolabe&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Antikythera mechanism&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Antikythera mechanism&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (which dates from about 150-100 BC). &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Hero of Alexandria&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Hero of Alexandria&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (c. 10&amp;ndash;70 AD) built a mechanical theater which performed a play lasting 10 minutes and was operated by a complex system of ropes and drums that might be considered to be a means of deciding which parts of the mechanism performed which actions and when.&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#cite_note-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is the essence of programmability.&lt;br&gt;The &amp;quot;castle clock&amp;quot;, an &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_clock&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Astronomical clock&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;astronomical clock&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; invented by &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Al-Jazari&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in 1206, is considered to be the earliest &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Computer programming&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;programmable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Analog computer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;analog computer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#cite_note-Ancient_Discoveries-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It displayed the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Zodiac&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;zodiac&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentric_orbit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Heliocentric orbit&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;solar&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Lunar orbit&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;lunar orbits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Lunar phase&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;crescent moon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;-shaped &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointer_%28computing%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Pointer (computing)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;pointer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; travelling across a gateway causing &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_operator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Gate operator&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;automatic doors&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to open every &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Hour&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;hour&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#cite_note-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#cite_note-Hill2-5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and five &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Robot&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;robotic&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; musicians who play music when struck by &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Lever&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;levers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; operated by a &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camshaft&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Camshaft&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;camshaft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; attached to a &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_wheel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Water wheel&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;water wheel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The length of &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytime_%28astronomy%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Daytime (astronomy)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;day&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Night&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;night&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; could be re-programmed every day in order to account for the changing lengths of day and night throughout the year.&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#cite_note-Ancient_Discoveries-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;The end of the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Middle Ages&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Middle Ages&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; saw a re-invigoration of European mathematics and engineering, and &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schickard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Wilhelm Schickard&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Wilhelm Schickard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s 1623 device was the first of a number of mechanical calculators constructed by European engineers. However, none of those devices fit the modern definition of a computer because they could not be programmed.&lt;br&gt;In 1801, &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Marie_Jacquard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Joseph Marie Jacquard&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Joseph Marie Jacquard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; made an improvement to the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Loom&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;textile loom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that used a series of &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Punch card&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;punched paper cards&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as a template to allow his loom to weave intricate patterns automatically. The resulting Jacquard loom was an important step in the development of computers because the use of punched cards to define woven patterns can be viewed as an early, albeit limited, form of programmability.&lt;br&gt;It was the fusion of automatic calculation with programmability that produced the first recognizable computers. In 1837, &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Charles Babbage&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Charles Babbage&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was the first to conceptualize and design a fully programmable mechanical computer that he called &amp;quot;The &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_engine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Analytical engine&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Analytical Engine&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;.&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#cite_note-6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Due to limited finances, and an inability to resist tinkering with the design, Babbage never actually built his Analytical Engine.&lt;br&gt;Large-scale automated data processing of punched cards was performed for the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census,_1890&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;United States Census, 1890&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;U.S. Census in 1890&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabulating_machine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Tabulating machine&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;tabulating machines&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; designed by &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Herman Hollerith&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Herman Hollerith&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and manufactured by the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_Tabulating_Recording_Corporation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which later became &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IBM&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;IBM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. By the end of the 19th century a number of technologies that would later prove useful in the realization of practical computers had begun to appear: the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Punch card&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;punched card&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra_%28logic%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Boolean algebra (logic)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;Boolean algebra&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Vacuum tube&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;vacuum tube&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (thermionic valve) and the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Teleprinter&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;teleprinter&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;During the first half of the 20th century, many scientific computing needs were met by increasingly sophisticated &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Analog computer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;analog computers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which used a direct mechanical or &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Electricity&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;electrical&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; model of the problem as a basis for &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Computation&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot;&gt;computation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. However, these were not programmable and generally lacked the versatility and accuracy of modern digital computers PC are also used for business not so much Mac computers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;All this information is from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://www.wikipedia.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Create A Site</title><link>http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Create+A+Site</link><author>montezman123</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Create+A+Site</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:37 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;ol&gt;  &lt;li&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://www.wetpaint.com/wiki?zone=cyoGo&quot; 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rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Weebly&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Weebly&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;  &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;There are more sites at &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;amp;q=create+a+web+site&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;sa=N&amp;amp;tab=iw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Google Search/Create a web site&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Google Search/Create a web site&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Apple Mac</title><link>http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Apple+Mac</link><author>montezman123</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Apple+Mac</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:24:29 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;All this information is from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://www.wikipedia.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Macintosh&lt;/b&gt;, commonly nicknamed &lt;b&gt;Mac&lt;/b&gt; is a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_name&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Brand name&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;brand name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; which covers several lines of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Personal computer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;personal computers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; designed, developed, and marketed by &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Inc.&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Apple Inc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_128K&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh 128K&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh 128K&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was released on &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;January 24&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;January 24&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;1984&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;1984&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_(computing)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mouse (computing)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;mouse&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface&quot; 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Through the second half of the 1980s, the company built market share only to see it dissipate in the 1990s as the personal computer market shifted towards &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IBM PC compatible&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;IBM PC compatible&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; machines running &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MS-DOS&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MS-DOS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Microsoft Windows&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Microsoft Windows&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Apple consolidated multiple consumer-level desktop models into the 1998 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IMac G3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;iMac&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; all-in-one, which sold extremely well and saw the Macintosh brand revitalized. Current Mac systems are mainly targeted at the home, education, and creative professional markets. They are: the aforementioned (though upgraded) iMac and the entry-level &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_mini&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac mini&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac mini&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Desktop computer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;desktop models&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workstation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Workstation&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;workstation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;-level &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac Pro&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac Pro&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; tower, the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MacBook&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MacBook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MacBook Air&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MacBook Air&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MacBook Pro&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MacBook Pro&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Laptop&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;laptops&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Xserve&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Xserve&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_(computing)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Server (computing)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;server&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Production of the Mac is based on a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_integration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Vertical integration&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;vertical integration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; model in that Apple facilitates all aspects of its &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Hardware&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;hardware&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and creates its own &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Operating system&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;operating system&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; that is pre-installed on all Macs. This is in contrast to most &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IBM PC compatible&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;IBM compatible PCs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, where multiple vendors create hardware intended to run another company&amp;#39;s software. Apple exclusively produces Mac hardware, choosing &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer#Components&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Desktop computer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;internal systems&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Industrial design&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;designs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and prices. Apple does use third party components, however; current Macintosh &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Central processing unit&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;CPUs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; use &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Intel&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Intel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_architecture&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;X86 architecture&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;x86 architecture&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Previous models used the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_alliance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;AIM alliance&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;AIM alliance&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerPC&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerPC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and early models used &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motorola&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Motorola&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68k&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;68k&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;68k&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Apple also develops the operating system for Macs, currently &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS X&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.5&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;10.5 &amp;quot;Leopard&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. The modern Mac, like other personal computers, is capable of running alternative operating systems such as &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Linux&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Linux&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;FreeBSD&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;FreeBSD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Microsoft Windows&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Microsoft Windows&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, the latter of which is considered to be the Mac&amp;#39;s biggest competitor.The Macintosh project started in the late 1970s with &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Raskin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Jef Raskin&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Jef Raskin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, an Apple employee, who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer. In September 1979, Raskin was authorized to start hiring for the project, and he began to look for an engineer who could put together a prototype. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Atkinson&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Bill Atkinson&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Bill Atkinson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, a member of Apple&amp;#39;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Lisa&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Lisa&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; team (which was developing a similar but higher-end computer), introduced him to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrell_Smith&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Burrell Smith&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Burrell Smith&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, a service technician who had been hired earlier that year. Over the years, Raskin assembled a large development team that designed and built the original Macintosh &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Hardware&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;hardware&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Computer software&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;software&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;; besides Raskin, Atkinson and Smith, the team included &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Espinosa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Chris Espinosa&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Chris Espinosa&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Hoffman&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Joanna Hoffman&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Joanna Hoffman&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Crow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;George Crow&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;George Crow&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Manock&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Jerry Manock&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Jerry Manock&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Susan Kare&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Susan Kare&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Hertzfeld&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Andy Hertzfeld&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Andy Hertzfeld&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kottke&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Daniel Kottke&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Daniel Kottke&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Smith&amp;rsquo;s first Macintosh board was built to Raskin&amp;rsquo;s design specifications: it had 64 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobytes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Kilobytes&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;kilobytes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; (KB) of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_Access_Memory&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Random Access Memory&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;RAM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, used the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motorola&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Motorola&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_6809&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motorola 6809&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;6809E&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Microprocessor&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;microprocessor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and was capable of supporting a 256&amp;times;256 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Pixel&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;pixel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Black-and-white&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;black-and-white&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphics&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Raster graphics&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;bitmap&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; display. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Tribble&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Bud Tribble&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Bud Tribble&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, a Macintosh programmer, was interested in running the Lisa&amp;rsquo;s graphical programs on the Macintosh, and asked Smith whether he could incorporate the Lisa&amp;rsquo;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68000&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motorola 68000&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Motorola 68000&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; microprocessor into the Mac while still keeping the production cost down. By December 1980, Smith had succeeded in designing a board that not only used the 68000, but bumped its speed from 5 to 8 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Megahertz&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;megahertz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; (MHz); this board also had the capacity to support a 384&amp;times;256 pixel display. Smith&amp;rsquo;s design used fewer RAM chips than the Lisa, which made production of the board significantly more cost-efficient. The final Mac design was self-contained and had the complete &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickDraw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;QuickDraw&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;QuickDraw&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; picture language and interpreter in 64 Kb of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-only_memory&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Read-only memory&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;ROM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; - far than most other computers; it had 128 KB of RAM, in the form of sixteen 64 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Kilobit&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;kilobit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; (Kb) RAM chips &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Solder&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;soldered&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; to the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motherboard&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;logicboard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Though there were no memory slots, its RAM was expandable to 512 KB by means of soldering sixteen chip sockets to accept 256 Kb RAM chips in place of the factory-installed chips. The final product&amp;#39;s screen was a 9-inch, 512x342 pixel &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochrome&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Monochrome&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;monochrome&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; display, exceeding the prototypes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Apple_Macintosh_Desktop.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;The original 1984 Mac OS desktop featured a radically new graphical user interface. Users communicated with the computer not through abstract lines of code but rather using a metaphorical desktop that included items that the user was already familiar with.&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Apple_Macintosh_Desktop.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The original 1984 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_history&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS history&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; desktop featured a radically new &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Graphical user interface&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;graphical user interface&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Users communicated with the computer not through abstract lines of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Source code&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;code&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; but rather using a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_metaphor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Desktop metaphor&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;metaphorical desktop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; that included items that the user was already familiar with.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The design caught the attention of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Steve Jobs&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Steve Jobs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, co-founder of Apple. Realizing that the Macintosh was more marketable than the Lisa, he began to focus his attention on the project. Raskin finally left the Macintosh project in 1981 over a personality conflict with Jobs, and the final Macintosh design is said to be closer to Jobs&amp;rsquo; ideas than Raskin&amp;rsquo;s.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; After hearing of the pioneering GUI technology being developed at &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_PARC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Xerox PARC&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Xerox PARC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, Jobs had negotiated a visit to see the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Xerox Alto&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Xerox Alto&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; computer and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Smalltalk&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Smalltalk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; development tools in exchange for Apple stock options. The Lisa and Macintosh user interfaces were partially influenced by technology seen at Xerox PARC and were combined with the Macintosh group&amp;#39;s own ideas.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Jobs also commissioned industrial designer &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmut_Esslinger&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Hartmut Esslinger&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Hartmut Esslinger&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; to work on the Macintosh line, resulting in the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_language&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Snow White design language&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Snow White&amp;quot; design language&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;; although it came too late for the earliest Macs, it was implemented in most other mid- to late-1980s Apple computers.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; However, Jobs&amp;rsquo; leadership at the Macintosh project was short-lived; after an internal power struggle with new CEO &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sculley&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;John Sculley&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;John Sculley&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, Jobs angrily resigned from Apple in 1985, went on to found &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;NeXT&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;NeXT&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, another computer company, and did not return until 1997&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_128k&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh 128k&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh 128k&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was announced to the press in October 1983, followed by an 18-page brochure included with various magazines in December.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; The Macintosh was introduced by the now famous US$1.5 million &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Ridley Scott&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Ridley Scott&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; television commercial, &amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(television_commercial)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;1984 (television commercial)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;1984&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-appleconfidential2-5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; The commercial most notably aired during the third quarter of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVIII&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Super Bowl XVIII&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Super Bowl XVIII&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; on &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;January 22&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;22 January&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;1984&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;1984&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and is now considered a &amp;quot;watershed event&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and a &amp;quot;masterpiece.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-masterpiece-7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;i&gt;1984&lt;/i&gt; used an unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the Macintosh (indicated by her white &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_top&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Tank top&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;tank top&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; with a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Pablo Picasso&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Picasso&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;-style picture of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Computer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Apple&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;rsquo;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Macintosh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Macintosh&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; computer on it) as a means of saving humanity from &amp;quot;conformity&amp;quot; (&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(1984)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Big Brother (1984)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Big Brother&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-cellini-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[9]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; These images were an &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allusion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Allusion&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;allusion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;George Orwell&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;George Orwell&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;s noted novel, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Nineteen Eighty-Four&quot;&gt;Nineteen Eighty-Four&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, which described a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Dystopia&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;dystopian future&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; ruled by a televised &amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(1984)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Big Brother (1984)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Big Brother&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;For a special post-election edition of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Newsweek&quot;&gt;Newsweek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; in November 1984, Apple spent more than US$2.5 million to buy all 39 of the advertising pages in the issue.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[10]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Apple also ran a &amp;ldquo;Test Drive a Macintosh&amp;rdquo; promotion, in which potential buyers with a credit card could take home a Macintosh for 24 hours and return it to a dealer afterwards. While 200,000 people participated, dealers disliked the promotion, the supply of computers was insufficient for demand, and many were returned in such a bad shape that they could no longer be sold. This marketing campaign caused CEO John Sculley to raise the price from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;United States dollar&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;US$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;1,995 to US$2,495 (adjusting for inflation, about $5,000 in 2007).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-Worst_Business-10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[12]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Two days after the 1984 ad aired, the Macintosh went on sale. It came bundled with two applications designed to show off its interface: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacWrite&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MacWrite&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MacWrite&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPaint&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MacPaint&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MacPaint&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Although the Mac garnered an immediate, enthusiastic following, it was too radical for some, who labeled it a mere &amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Toy&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;toy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&amp;quot; Because the machine was entirely designed around the GUI, existing text-mode and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_interface&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Command line interface&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;command-driven applications&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; had to be redesigned and the programming code rewritten; this was a challenging undertaking that many &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Software developer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;software developers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; shied away from, and resulted in an initial lack of software for the new system. In April 1984 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Microsoft&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Microsoft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiPlan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MultiPlan&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MultiPlan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; migrated over from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MS-DOS&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MS-DOS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, followed by &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Microsoft Word&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Microsoft Word&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; in January 1985.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-hotwyu-12&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[13]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; In 1985, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Software&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Lotus Software&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Lotus Software&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; introduced &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Jazz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Lotus Jazz&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Lotus Jazz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; after the success of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_1-2-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Lotus 1-2-3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Lotus 1-2-3&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; for the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IBM PC&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;IBM PC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, although it was largely a flop.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-13&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[14]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Apple introduced Macintosh Office the same year with the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(television_commercial)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Lemmings (television commercial)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;lemmings ad&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Infamous for insulting its own potential customers, it was not successful.[11]In 1985, the combination of the Mac, Apple&amp;rsquo;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserWriter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;LaserWriter&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;LaserWriter&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; printer, and Mac-specific software like Boston Software&amp;rsquo;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPublisher&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MacPublisher&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MacPublisher&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_PageMaker&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Adobe PageMaker&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Aldus PageMaker&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; enabled users to design, preview, and print page layouts complete with text and graphics&amp;mdash;an activity to become known as &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_publishing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Desktop publishing&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;desktop publishing&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Initially, desktop publishing was unique to the Macintosh, but eventually became available for &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IBM PC compatible&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;IBM PC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; users as well. Later, applications such as Macromedia FreeHand, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuarkXPress&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;QuarkXPress&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;QuarkXPress&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Adobe Photoshop&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Adobe Photoshop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Adobe Illustrator&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Adobe Illustrator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; strengthened the Mac&amp;rsquo;s position as a graphics computer and helped to expand the emerging desktop publishing market.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The limitations of the first Mac soon became clear: it had very little memory, even compared with other personal computers in 1984, and could not be expanded easily; and it lacked a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Hard disk drive&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;hard disk drive&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; or the means to attach one easily. In October 1985, Apple increased the Mac&amp;rsquo;s memory to 512 KB, but it was inconvenient and difficult to expand the memory of a 128 KB Mac. In an attempt to improve connectivity, Apple released the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Plus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh Plus&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh Plus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; on &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;January 10&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;January 10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;1986&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;1986&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; for US$2,600. It offered one &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Megabyte&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;megabyte&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; of RAM, expandable to four, and a then-revolutionary &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;SCSI&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;SCSI&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; parallel interface, allowing up to seven peripherals&amp;mdash;such as hard drives and scanners&amp;mdash;to be attached to the machine. Its &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_drive&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Floppy drive&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;floppy drive&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was increased to an 800 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Kilobyte&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;KB&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; capacity. The Mac Plus was an immediate success and remained in production until &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;October 15&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;October 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;1990&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;1990&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;; on sale for just over four years and ten months, it was the longest-lived Macintosh in Apple&amp;#39;s history.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-14&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[15]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Other issues remained, particularly the low processor speed and limited graphics ability, which had hobbled the Mac&amp;rsquo;s ability to make inroads into the business computing market. Updated Motorola CPUs made a faster machine possible, and in 1987 Apple took advantage of the new Motorola technology and introduced the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_II&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh II&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh II&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, which used a 16 MHz &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68020&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motorola 68020&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Motorola 68020&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; processor. The primary improvement in the Macintosh II was Color &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickDraw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;QuickDraw&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;QuickDraw&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; in ROM, a color version of the graphics language which was the heart of the machine. Among the many innovations in Color QuickDraw were an ability to handle any display size, any color depth, and multiple monitors.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The Macintosh II marked the start of a new direction for the Macintosh, as now, for the first time, it had an open architecture, with several expansion slots, support for color graphics, and a modular break-out design similar to that of the IBM PC and inspired by Apple&amp;rsquo;s other line, the expandable Apple II series. It had an internal hard drive and a power supply with a fan, which was initially fairly loud.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[16]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; One third-party developer sold a device to regulate fan speed based on a heat sensor, but it voided the warranty.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[17]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Later Macintosh computers had quieter power supplies and hard drives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;In September 1986 Apple introduced the Macintosh Programmer&amp;#39;s Workshop, or &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPW&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MPW&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MPW&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; that allowed software developers to create software for Macintosh on Macintosh, rather than cross-developing from a Lisa. In August 1987 Apple unveiled &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;HyperCard&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;HyperCard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and introduced &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiFinder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MultiFinder&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MultiFinder&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, which added cooperative multitasking to the Macintosh. In the Fall Apple bundled both with every Macintosh.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Alongside the Macintosh II, the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_SE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh SE&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh SE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was released, the first &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Macintosh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Compact Macintosh&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;compact Mac&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; with a 20 MB internal hard drive&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[18]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-lemSE-18&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[19]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and one expansion slot. The SE also updated &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Manock&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Jerry Manock&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Jerry Manock&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and Terry Oyama&amp;#39;s original design and shared the Macintosh II&amp;#39;s &lt;i&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_language&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Snow White design language&quot;&gt;Snow White&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; design language, as well as the new &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Desktop_Bus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Desktop Bus&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Apple Desktop Bus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; (ADB) &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mouse#Apple_Desktop_Bus_Mouse_.28G5431.2FA9M0331.29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Mouse&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;mouse&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Keyboard#Apple_Keyboard_.28M0116.29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Keyboard&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; that had first appeared on the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIGS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple IIGS&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Apple IIGS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; some months earlier.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;In 1987, Apple spun off its software business as &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claris&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Claris&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Claris&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. It was given the code and rights to several applications that had been written within Apple, notably MacWrite, MacPaint, and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacProject&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MacProject&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MacProject&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. In the late 1980s, Claris released a number of revamped software titles; the result was the &amp;ldquo;Pro&amp;rdquo; series, including MacPaint Pro, MacDraw Pro, MacWrite Pro, and FileMaker Pro. To provide a complete office suite, Claris purchased the rights to the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informix_Wingz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Informix Wingz&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Informix Wingz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsheet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Spreadsheet&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;spreadsheet&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; on the Mac, renaming it &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claris_Resolve&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Claris Resolve&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Claris Resolve&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and added the new presentation software &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claris_Impact&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Claris Impact&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Claris Impact&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. By the early 1990s, Claris applications were shipping with the majority of consumer-level Macintoshes and were extremely popular. In 1991, Claris released &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleWorks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;AppleWorks&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;ClarisWorks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, which soon became their second best-selling application. When Claris was reincorporated back into Apple in 1998, ClarisWorks was renamed AppleWorks beginning with version 5.0.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[20]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;In 1988, Apple &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;sued&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Microsoft and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Hewlett-Packard&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Hewlett-Packard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; on the grounds that they infringed Apple&amp;rsquo;s copyrighted GUI, citing (among other things) the use of rectangular, overlapping, and resizable windows. After four years, the case was decided against Apple, as were later &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_court_of_appeals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;United States court of appeals&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;appeals&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Apple&amp;rsquo;s actions were criticized by some in the software community, including the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Free Software Foundation&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Free Software Foundation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; (FSF), who felt Apple was trying to monopolize on GUIs in general, and boycotted GNU software for the Macintosh platform for seven years.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-20&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[21]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-21&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[22]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;With the new &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68030&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motorola 68030&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Motorola 68030&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; processor came the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_IIx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh IIx&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh IIx&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; in 1988, which had benefited from internal improvements, including an on-board &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management_unit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Memory management unit&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MMU&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. It was followed in 1989 by a more compact version with fewer slots (the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_IIcx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh IIcx&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh IIcx&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;) and a version of the Mac SE powered by the 16 MHz 68030 (the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_SE/30&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh SE/30&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh SE/30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, breaking the existing naming convention to avoid the name &amp;quot;SEx&amp;quot;). Later that year, the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_IIci&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh IIci&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh IIci&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, running at 25 MHz, was the first Mac to be &amp;ldquo;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_memory_management#32-bit_clean&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS memory management&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;32-bit clean&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;,&amp;rdquo; allowing it to natively support more than 8 MB of RAM, unlike its predecessors, which had &amp;ldquo;32-bit dirty&amp;rdquo; ROMs (8 of the 32 bits available for addressing were used for OS-level &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_(computing)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Flag (computing)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;flags&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;). &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_7_(Macintosh)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;System 7 (Macintosh)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;System 7&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was the first Macintosh operating system to support 32-bit addressing.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[23]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Apple also introduced the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Portable&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh Portable&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh Portable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, a 16 MHz 68000 machine with an active matrix &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active-matrix_liquid_crystal_display&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Active-matrix liquid crystal display&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;flat panel display&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; that was &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlight&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Backlight&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;backlit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; on some models.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-23&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[24]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; The following year the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_IIfx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh IIfx&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh IIfx&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, starting at US$9,900, was unveiled. Apart from its fast 40 MHz &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68030&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motorola 68030&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;68030&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; processor, it had significant internal architectural improvements, including faster memory and two &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6502&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;MOS Technology 6502&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Apple II-era CPUs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; dedicated to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input/output&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Input/output&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;I/O&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; processing.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[25]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Windows 3.0&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Microsoft Windows 3.0&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, which began to approach the Macintosh operating system in both performance and feature set, was released in May 1990 and was a usable, less expensive alternative to the Macintosh platform. Apple&amp;#39;s response was to introduce a range of relatively inexpensive Macs in October 1990. The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Classic&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh Classic&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh Classic&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, essentially a less expensive version of the Macintosh Plus, sold for US$999,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-lesscostlyMacClassic-25&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[26]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; making it the least expensive Mac until early 2001. The 68020-powered &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_LC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh LC&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh LC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, in its distinctive &amp;ldquo;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_box_form_factor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Pizza box form factor&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;pizza box&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;rdquo; case, was available for US$1800; it offered color graphics and was accompanied by a new, low-cost 512 &amp;times; 384 pixel monitor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-26&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[27]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_IIsi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh IIsi&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh IIsi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, essentially a 20 MHz IIci with only one expansion slot, cost US$2500.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-27&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[28]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; All three machines sold well,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-28&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[29]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; although Apple&amp;rsquo;s profit margin was considerably lower than on earlier machines.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-lesscostlyMacClassic-25&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[26]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Macintosh_System_7.5.3_screenshot.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;System 7 was the first major upgrade of the Macintosh operating system.&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Macintosh_System_7.5.3_screenshot.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_7_(Macintosh)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;System 7 (Macintosh)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;System 7&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was the first major upgrade of the Macintosh operating system.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The year 1991 saw the much-anticipated release of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_7_(Macintosh)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;System 7 (Macintosh)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;System 7&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32-bit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;32-bit&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;32-bit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; rewrite of the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh operating system&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; that improved its handling of color graphics, memory addressing, networking, and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative_multitasking&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Co-operative multitasking&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;co-operative multitasking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and introduced &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Virtual memory&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;virtual memory&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Later that year, Apple introduced the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Quadra&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh Quadra&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh Quadra&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; 700&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[30]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and 900,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-30&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[31]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; the first Macs to employ the faster &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68040&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motorola 68040&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Motorola 68040&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; processor. They were joined by improved versions of the previous year&amp;rsquo;s top sellers, the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Classic_II&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh Classic II&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh Classic II&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-31&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[32]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_LC_II&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh LC II&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh LC II&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, which used a 16 MHz 68030 CPU.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-32&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[33]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Also during this time, the Macintosh began to shed the &amp;quot;Snow White&amp;quot; design language, along with the expensive consulting fees they were paying to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogdesign&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Frogdesign&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Frogdesign&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, in favor of bringing the work in-house by establishing the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Industrial_Design_Group&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Industrial Design Group&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Apple Industrial Design Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; to establish a new fresh look to go with the new operating system.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-33&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[34]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Powerbook_100_pose.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;The PowerBook 100 (shown here), 140 and 170 introduced a line of professional laptop Macs. They pioneered notebook ergonomics by placing the keyboard behind a palm rest.&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Powerbook_100_pose.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The PowerBook 100 (shown here), 140 and 170 introduced a line of professional laptop Macs. They pioneered notebook &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergonomics&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Ergonomics&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;ergonomics&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; by placing the keyboard behind a palm rest.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;In October 1991, the Macintosh Portable was replaced by the first three models in Apple&amp;rsquo;s enduring &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerBook&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerBook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; range&amp;mdash;the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_100&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerBook 100&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerBook 100&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, a miniaturized Portable; the 16 MHz 68030 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_140&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerBook 140&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerBook 140&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;; and the 25 MHz 68030 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_170&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerBook 170&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerBook 170&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-34&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[35]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; They were the first portable computers with the keyboard behind a palm rest, and with a built-in pointing device (a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackball&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Trackball&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;trackball&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;) in front of the keyboard.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-35&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[36]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;In 1992, Apple started to sell a low-end Mac, the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Performa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh Performa&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Performa&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, through nontraditional dealers. At Apple dealers, a mid-range version of the Quadra series called the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Centris&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh Centris&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh Centris&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was offered, only to be quickly renamed Quadra when buyers became confused by the range of Classics, LCs, IIs, Quadras, Performas, and Centrises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-36&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[37]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Apple also unveiled the miniaturized &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerBook Duo&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerBook Duo&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; range. It was intended to be docked to a base station for desktop-like functionality in the workplace, and was sold until early 1997. In May 1994, Apple released the second-generation PowerBook models, the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_500&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerBook 500&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerBook 500&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; series, which introduced the novel &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackpad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Trackpad&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;trackpad&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Also in 1994, Apple abandoned Motorola CPUs for the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Reduced instruction set computer&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;RISC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; PowerPC architecture developed by the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_alliance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;AIM alliance&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;AIM alliance&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; of Apple Computer, IBM, and Motorola.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-37&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[38]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Power Macintosh&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Power Macintosh&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; line, the first to use the new chips, proved to be highly successful, with over a million PowerPC units sold in nine months.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-38&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[39]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Despite these technical and commercial successes, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Microsoft&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Microsoft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Intel&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Intel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; began to rapidly lower Apple&amp;#39;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Market share&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;market share&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; with the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Windows 95&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Windows 95&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; operating system and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Pentium&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Pentium&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; processors respectively. These significantly enhanced the multimedia capability and performance of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IBM PC compatible&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;IBM PC compatible&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; computers, and brought Windows still closer to the Mac &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;GUI&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;GUI&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. In response, Apple started the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_clone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Macintosh clone&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Macintosh clone&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; program, by which third-parties manufactured hardware to run Apple&amp;#39;s System 7. This succeeded in increasing the Macintosh&amp;#39;s market share somewhat and provided cheaper hardware for consumers, but hurt Apple financially. As a result, when Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, he ordered that the OS that had been previewed as version 7.7 be branded &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS 8&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS 8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Since Apple had licensed only System 7 to third-parties, this move effectively ended the clone line. The decision caused significant financial losses for companies like Motorola and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Computing_Corporation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Power Computing Corporation&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Power Computing Corporation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, which had invested substantial resources in creating their own Mac-compatible hardware.[40] In 1998, a year after Steve Jobs had returned to the company, Apple introduced an all-in-one Macintosh called the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IMac&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;iMac&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Its translucent plastic case, originally &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondi_blue&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Bondi blue&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Bondi blue&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and later many other colors, is considered an &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Industrial design&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;industrial design&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; hallmark of the late 1990s. The iMac did away with most of Apple&amp;#39;s standard (and usually proprietary) connections, such as &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;SCSI&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;SCSI&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Desktop_Bus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Desktop Bus&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;ADB&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, in favor of two &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Universal Serial Bus&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;USB&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; ports. It also had no internal &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Floppy disk&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;floppy disk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; drive and instead used &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Compact disk&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;compact disks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; for removable storage.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-40&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[41]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; It proved to be phenomenally successful, with 800,000 units sold in 139 days,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-41&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[42]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; making the company an annual profit of US$309 million&amp;mdash;Apple&amp;#39;s first profitable year since &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spindler&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Michael Spindler&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Michael Spindler&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; took over as CEO in 1995.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-42&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[43]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; The &amp;quot;blue and white&amp;quot; aesthetic was applied to the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_G3_(Blue_%26_White)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Power Macintosh G3 (Blue &amp;amp; White)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Power Macintosh&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and then to a new product: the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBook&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IBook&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;iBook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Introduced in July 1999, the iBook was Apple&amp;#39;s first consumer-level laptop computer. More than 140,000 pre-orders were placed before it started shipping in September,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-43&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[44]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and by October it was as much a sales hit as the iMac.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-44&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[45]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Apple continued to add new products to their lineup, such as the Cube,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-45&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[46]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMac&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;EMac&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;eMac&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; for the education market and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_G4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerBook G4&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerBook G4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; laptop for professionals. The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IMac G3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;original iMac&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; used a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_G3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerPC G3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;G3 processor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, but the upgrades to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IMac G4&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;G4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; and then to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IMac G5&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;G5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; chips were accompanied by a new design, dropping the array of colors in favor of white plastic. Current iMacs use aluminum enclosures. On &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;January 11&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;January 11&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2005&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2005&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, Apple announced the release of the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_mini&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac mini&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac mini&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; priced at US$499,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-46&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[47]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; the least expensive Mac to date.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Leopard_Desktop.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.5 &amp;quot;Leopard&amp;quot; is the latest in the long line of Macintosh operating systems, including numerous functionality and appearance changes.&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Leopard_Desktop.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS X&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.5&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;v10.5 &amp;quot;Leopard&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; is the latest in the long line of Macintosh operating systems, including numerous functionality and appearance changes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS continued to evolve up to version 9.2.2, but its dated architecture&amp;mdash;though retrofitted a few times (for example, as part of the PowerPC port, a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanokernel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Nanokernel&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;nanokernel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was added and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_8.6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS 8.6&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS 8.6&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was modified to support &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core_(computing)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Multi-core (computing)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Multiprocessing Services&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; 2.0 in &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_8.6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS 8.6&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS 8.6&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-47&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[48]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;mdash;made a replacement necessary. As such, Apple introduced &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS X&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, a fully overhauled &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Unix&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Unix&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;-based successor to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS 9&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS 9&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, using &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Darwin (operating system)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Darwin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XNU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;XNU&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;XNU&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_kernel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mach kernel&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mach&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; as &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Mac_OS_X&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Architecture of Mac OS X&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;foundations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and based on &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEXTSTEP&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;NEXTSTEP&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;NEXTSTEP&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Mac OS X was not released to the public until September 2000, as the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Public_Beta&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X Public Beta&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Mac OS X Public Beta&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, with an &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Aqua (user interface)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Aqua&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; interface. At US$29.99, it allowed adventurous Mac users to sample Apple&amp;rsquo;s new operating system and provide feedback for the actual release.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-48&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[49]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; The initial release of Mac OS X, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.0&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;10.0&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; (nicknamed Cheetah), was released on &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;March 24&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;March 24&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2001&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2001&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Older Mac OS applications could still run under early Mac OS X versions, using an environment called &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_(Mac_OS_X)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Classic (Mac OS X)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Classic&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; (though Apple has since removed Classic from Mac OS X in version 10.5, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.5&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Leopard&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;). Subsequent releases of Mac OS X were &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.1&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;10.1 &amp;quot;Puma&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, (&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_25&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;September 25&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;September 25&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2001&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2001&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;), &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.2&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;10.2 &amp;quot;Jaguar&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, (&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;August 24&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;August 24&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2002&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2002&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;), &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;10.3 &amp;quot;Panther&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, (&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;October 24&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;October 24&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2003&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2003&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;), &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.4&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;10.4 &amp;quot;Tiger&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, (&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;April 29&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;April 29&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2005&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2005&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;) and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Mac OS X v10.5&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;10.5 &amp;quot;Leopard&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; (&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;October 26&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;October 26&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2007&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;). The Intel version of Leopard received certification as a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Unix&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Unix&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; implementation by &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Group&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;The Open Group&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;The Open Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;.&lt;br&gt;Partially because of a failure to produce laptop-ready &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_970&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerPC 970&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;G5 chips&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, Apple &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Intel_transition&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Apple Intel transition&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;discontinued&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; the use of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;PowerPC&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;PowerPC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; microprocessors in 2006. At WWDC 2005, Steve Jobs revealed this transition and also noted that Mac OS X was in development to run both on Intel and PowerPC architecture from the very beginning. All new Macs now use &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_architecture&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;X86 architecture&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;x86 processors&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; made by &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Corporation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Intel Corporation&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Intel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, and some Macs were given new names to signify the switch. Intel-based Macs can run pre-existing PowerPC-based software using an &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Emulator&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;emulator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; called &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(software)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Rosetta (software)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Rosetta&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, although at noticeably slower speeds than native programs, but the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_(Mac_OS_X)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Classic (Mac OS X)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Classic&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; environment is unavailable. With the release of Intel-based Mac computers, the potential to natively run Windows-based operating systems on Apple hardware without the need for emulation software such as &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Virtual_PC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Microsoft Virtual PC&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Virtual PC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; was introduced. In March 2006, a group of hackers announced that they were able to run &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Windows XP&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Windows XP&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; on an Intel-based Mac. The group has released their software as open source and has posted it for download on their website.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh#cite_note-49&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;[50]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; On &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;April 5&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;April 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2006&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2006&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; Apple announced the public beta availability of their own &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Boot Camp (software)&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Boot Camp&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; software which will allow owners of Intel-based Macs to install Windows XP on their machines; later versions added support for &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Windows Vista&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Windows Vista&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;. Starting with Mac OS X 10.5, Boot Camp is now a standard feature.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;In recent years, Apple has seen a significant boost in sales of Macs. Many claim that this is due, in part, to the success of the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;IPod&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;iPod&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Halo effect&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;halo effect&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; whereby satisfied iPod owners purchase more Apple equipment. The iPod &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_player&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Digital audio player&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;digital audio players&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt; have recaptured a brand awareness of the Mac line that had not been seen since its original release in 1984. From 2001 to 2007, Mac sales increased continuously on an annual basis. On &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;October 22&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;October 22&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;2007&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;, Apple released its fourth quarter results, reporting shipment of 2,164,000 Macs&amp;mdash;exceeding the previous company record for quarterly Macintosh shipments by over 400,000.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;All this information is from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://computerguy.wetpaint.comhttp://www.wikipedia.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Games (made on a computer)</title><link>http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Games+%28made+on+a+computer%29</link><author>montezman123</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Games+%28made+on+a+computer%29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:45:31 CDT</pubDate><description> There is no abstract available for this page revision.&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Computer Brands and Hard Drives</title><link>http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Computer+Brands+and+Hard+Drives</link><author>montezman123</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Computer+Brands+and+Hard+Drives</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:05:30 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;There are many different brands of computers, here are &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;some brands and Hard Drives I know of this maybe all but &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;I don&amp;#39;t know.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;HP&lt;/font&gt;   &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Dell&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt; &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;Dell XPS, Insporan. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;(there might be more)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Compaq&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Apple&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt; &lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;MacBook, iMac, MacBook Air, eMac, MacBook Pro. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;(there might be more)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Hard Drives &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;(put your cursor on the picture to identify)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Make Computer Guy Your Home Page</title><link>http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Make+Computer+Guy+Your+Home+Page</link><author>montezman123</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/Make+Computer+Guy+Your+Home+Page</guid><comments>Rename</comments><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:44:12 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Instructions:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Right click on the &lt;i&gt;home&lt;/i&gt; button and scroll &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;down to &lt;i&gt;Add or &lt;u&gt;C&lt;/u&gt;hange Home Page&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;then click the one that says Use this web&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;page as your only home page&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>How To Smash a Computer</title><link>http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/How+To+Smash+a+Computer</link><author>montezman123</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://computerguy.wetpaint.com/page/How+To+Smash+a+Computer</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:44:38 CDT</pubDate><description> There is no abstract available for this page revision.&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>