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  Adobe - Photoshop : For Macintosh
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www.adobe.com /support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=Macintosh   (558 words)

  
  Macintosh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Macintosh was officially announced on January 22, 1984, with the now-famous 1984 Super Bowl commercial directed by Ridley Scott.
Macintoshes include two standard data transfer ports: USB, standardized in 1998 with the iMac; and FireWire, a technology developed by Apple to support higher-performance devices; while USB is ubiquitous today, FireWire is mainly reserved for high-performance devices such as hard drives or video cameras.
The Macintosh II featured a full 32-bit Motorola 68020 processor, but the Mac ROMs at the time contained software that only supported 24-bit memory addressing, therefore using only a fraction of the chip's memory addressing capabilities unless a software patch were applied.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apple_Macintosh   (7572 words)

  
 Apple Macintosh: Tutte le informazioni su Apple Macintosh su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Il Macintosh, detto comunemente Mac (la Apple Computer non ha mai ufficialmente cambiato il nome della linea di prodotti, ma piuttosto sembra accettare entrambe le versioni), deve il suo nome ad una popolare varietà di mela (apple in inglese), la McIntosh.
Macintosh costituisce l'evoluzione dei precedenti modelli di computer quali Apple II (1978) e soprattutto Lisa (1983), che era rivolto a un'utenza professionale ed aveva avuto un successo limitato a causa dell'alto costo.
Il Macintosh ottenne un successo di mercato senza precedenti, grazie al suo approccio amichevole (user-friendly) e alla facilità d'uso.
www.encyclopedia.it /a/ap/apple_macintosh.html   (681 words)

  
 Macintosh - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Fans of Macintosh are very well known for their inability to admit the fact that a Macintosh is still a computer just like any other computer and is still prone to the same kinds of problems.
They insist on referring to a Macintosh PC as a Macintosh, never related to the word "PC," as if the Macintosh were something other than a "Personal Computer," which it is by definition.
Macintosh computers tend to run pushing 2,000 dubloons, the extra thousand dollars or 'food for a year', that you would spend on a comparable PC ensures your place in the elite Apple clique, and also ensures that your computer will still work in six months time.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Macintosh   (1393 words)

  
 Houston MacIntosh: Attitudes and Experiences of Psychoanalysts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
MacIntosh surveyed psychoanalysts, asking questions regarding homosexual patients and changes in sexual orientation.
In response to a column written by Isay (1992), MacIntosh wanted to learn about the attitudes and experiences of psychoanalysts who work with homosexual patients.
I have assumed that although there may be some degree of general agreement, every psychoanalyst probably has his or her own unique operational definition of these terms.
www.newdirection.ca /research/macintosh.htm   (729 words)

  
 Profile: Mac 128K
Early 128Ks simply said "Macintosh" on the back, while later ones were marked "Macintosh 128K" to distinguish them from the Macintosh 512K.
Macintosh was destined to change the face of computing forever - it not only created the Mac look and feel, it also inspired Microsoft Windows and several other windowing interfaces.
The Macintosh was replaced by the 512K in October.
www.lowendmac.com /compact/128k.shtml   (1630 words)

  
 Introduction to Macintosh Security   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
On the whole, print and file sharing issues on the Macintosh are not usually subject to the same types of security holes found in some other operating systems' file sharing arrangements.
One exception is that in some earlier versions of the Macintosh operating system, if you choose to enable file sharing, the guest account (without a password) was given both read and write access by default.
For pre-OS X Macintosh users: Although the University of Illinois has not site-licensed the Macintosh version of F-Secure's SSH client, MacSSH is a freeware alternative.
www.cites.uiuc.edu /security/macintro.html   (1174 words)

  
 The Original Macintosh
The Macintosh was introduced on January 24, 1984, so the staff of Byte was working with late prototypes or early production units when they wrote these articles, which include a long interview with the Macintosh development team.
The goal of the Macintosh project was to bring the concepts and technology of the $10,000 Lisa to a much broader audience, mostly by figuring out how to adapt it to a far less costly computer.
Once they became available, Apple released the Macintosh 512K in September 1984.) The operating system and programs had to be completely recreated for the low-RAM footprint of the Mac, since the Lisa OS alone required more RAM than the Mac had.
www.lowendmac.com /tech/macintosh.html   (3310 words)

  
 Macintosh from FOLDOC
The Macintosh user interface was notable for popularising the graphical user interface, with its easy to learn and easy to use desktop metaphor.
The first Macintosh, introduced in January 1984, had a Motorola 68000 CPU, 128K of RAM, a small monochrome screen, and one built-in floppy disk drive with an external slot for one more, two serial ports and a four-voice sound generator.
The standard Macintosh screen resolution is 72 dpi (making one point = one pixel), exactly half the 144 dpi resolution of the ancient Apple Imagewriter dot matrix printer.
foldoc.org /foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Macintosh   (520 words)

  
 Using Electric 1-4: Macintosh Installation
On the Macintosh, use the program MacGzip to un-zip the file, and MacTar to un-tar the file.
Beware of Macintosh line-feed conventions, which are different from those on other operating systems.
Qt is the only fully-working solution, but unfortunately it is not free on the Macintosh (it is actually quite expensive).
www.staticfreesoft.com /manual/text/chap01-04.html   (876 words)

  
 #Macintosh on DALnet
DalNet's #macintosh was founded in May 1996 by a group of Mac users to offer assistance to other Mac users in a time where Apple and Macintosh friendly places online where few and far between.
With the vast amount of information available online that wasn't back in the early days of #macintosh we don't do as much tech support as we used to, but new users and long time users alike are welcome to stop by ask a question or just hang out and have fun.
#macintosh is located on the DALnet IRC network.
www.macpower.org /dalmac   (420 words)

  
 What is Macintosh computer? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh features a graphical user interface (GUI) that utilizes windows, icons, and a mouse to make it relatively easy for novices to use the computer productively.
This means that all applications that run on a Macintosh computer have a similar user interface.
The success of the Macintosh GUI led heralded a new age of graphics-based applications and operating systems.
www.webopedia.com /TERM/M/Macintosh_computer.html   (570 words)

  
 What is Macintosh? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: Mac
- The Macintosh (often called "the Mac"), introduced in 1984 by Apple Computer, was the first widely-sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI).
Many of the user interface ideas in the Macintosh derived from experiments at the Xerox Parc laboratory in the early 1970s, including the mouse, the use of icons or small visual images to represent objects or actions, the point-and-click and click-and-drag actions, and a number of window operation ideas.
The Macintosh has its own operating system, Mac OS which, in its latest version is called Mac OS X.
searchsmb.techtarget.com /sDefinition/0,,sid44_gci212509,00.html   (323 words)

  
 Macintosh
Macintosh OS X, 9, OS 8, OS 7, and OS 6 are desktop operating systems made by Apple Computer that run on Motorola/IBM PowerPC and Motorola 680x0.
The Macintosh is the computer of choice in academic settings because schools simply don’t have the budgets to replace their entire hardware every year or two (there are still more Apple IIs in use in schools than any other computer, with the Macintosh being second).
The Macintosh used to be the only computer that had a useful lifespan of more than three years.
www.osdata.com /kind/mac.htm   (3383 words)

  
 Apple Macintosh Encyclopedia Article @ 216.92.11.26   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This page contains quite a lot of relevant information about Apple Macintosh.
Those of you with Apple Macintosh computers may have to search a little harder for adequate recipe software, but you should be happy to know that there is...
The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K "Fat Mac".
216.92.11.26 /encyclopedia/Apple_Macintosh   (7628 words)

  
 Macintosh Security Site - Security for Mac Platform MacOS X Security Firewalls Desktop Network Security secure mac os x ...
Macintosh computers for the longest time have allowed for users while in front of the console to boot from another device by connecting it and holding down key(s) during startup bypassing all security.
LittleSecrets allows Macintosh (X) users to store their 'little secrets' in a encrypted format using 448 bit cipher block chaining blowfish algorithm.
Protect Your Mac from Hackers and Viruses is a article which informs Macintosh users about security and details the importances of data recovery and loss prevention.
www.securemac.com   (4194 words)

  
 Macintosh/Macintosh 128K   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It is proper to call the Macintosh by Macintosh or Macintosh 128K.
Once the Macintosh 512K came out, it was important to come up with some modified name.
The Macintosh 128K is used today yet for word processing, painting, telecommunications and the like.
www.mac512.com /128k.htm   (731 words)

  
 Macintosh : Software: Macintosh
Elmer - Macintosh shareware, contains the full pool of questions for each of the five exams, and creates sample tests that will vary each time you take them and it will grade your exam.
MacAPRS - Macintosh automatic position reporting system, developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, to track boats and vehicles using GPS and packet radio.
Macintosh SSTV Shareware - SSTV software is now available for the Macintosh computers, for the first time.
www.dxzone.com /catalog/Software/Macintosh   (949 words)

  
 Welcome to Macintosh Sisters
Macintosh Sisters is dedicated to helping all female Macintosh Users regardless of age, occupation or location.
Macintosh Sisters has been in operation since 1990.
We are now pleased to say we have members from just about every country in the world, and that over 60 languages are spoken by our various members.
www.macintoshsisters.org   (188 words)

  
 On-Line Technology Practice Modules - Macintosh
If you are new to Macintosh OS X, this is the place for you to start.
Several problems are listed (just the way they came in to a technology coordinator) and viewers are asked to propose solutions to the problems.
Most people who use both Macintosh and PC computers report that they miss the right-click feature of the PC.
www.internet4classrooms.com /on-line_macintosh.htm   (401 words)

  
 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
The Macintosh can be considered the very first commercially successful computer to use a GUI (Graphical User Interface).
It was replaced later by the Macintosh 512 (the same but with 512 KB RAM) then later, by the Macintosh Plus.
The Macintosh 128 and Macintosh 512 were non-upgradeable, non-expandable in almost all departments, but especially with regard to memory.
www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=271   (330 words)

  
 Mel's Macintosh Universe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Most Macintosh models running on the G3, G4 and G5 Power PC chips still have a lot of life and power in them.
My current Macintosh is an aging but very useful Power Mac G4 "Quicksilver" 733 tower.
It is one of the last dual of the booting Macs, and is the main computer I use whenever I need to be away from my home office.
www.headgap.com /~macstar   (595 words)

  
 Ximbiot cvshome.org Archive (unmaintained): CVS on the Macintosh
CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS.
All of them currently involve running a client on the Macintosh talking to a server running on unix; for example Apple's MkLinux should work fine for a server.
MacCVS 2.x/3.x is a command line client port of CVS which is probably most useful for implementing an external graphical user interface.
ximbiot.com /cvs/cvshome/cyclic/cvs/mac.html   (304 words)

  
 Macintosh in 198
There are a number of Macintosh history sites out there, but I wanted to post some early MacOS screen shots that I thought were interesting.
As the Macintosh boots up it displays a happy macintosh picture to let the user know everything is OK.
I guess this is the Macintosh equivalent of the BSOD.
toastytech.com /guis/macos1.html   (557 words)

  
 Mathematics Archives Macintosh Software
Public domain and shareware software for Macintoshes on the Mathematics Archives has been organized by the mathematics courses in which they can be used.
If you know of any Macintosh programs which are not listed in this collection and which you think are useful in the teaching of mathematics, then write Earl using the form contained in the latter link.
You are invited to submit materials to be stored on the Mathematics Archives; this may include software, reviews of software or teaching materials utilizing technology.
archives.math.utk.edu /software/.mac.directory.html   (308 words)

  
 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
The Macintosh Plus was the first real improvement on the Macintosh 128 (The Macintosh 512 was only a Mac 128 with 512 KB RAM).
This computer would be succeeded in 1988 by the new Macintosh series: the Macintosh SE and the Macintosh II.
However, it stayed in Apple's product line longer than any other Macintosh machine, almost five years, and was on sale until 1990.
www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=282   (206 words)

  
 Macintosh Internet Software at The Mac Orchard - Welcome!
The Mac Orchard is a community resource - a carefully cultivated list of the most vital Internet applications and related resources for Macintosh Internet users, along with Internet software reviews contributed from The Mac Orchard's audience.
These pages represent the most complete, most up-to-date collection of Macintosh Internet applications available anywhere on the Internet.
The news I cover here is limited to items of interest in the Macintosh Internet application space - items that go beyond simple application updates that are handled in the leftmost column of the home page.
www.macorchard.com   (465 words)

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