In the next lines we are talking about the most important points everyone should know about mac.
The most important features and characteristics of Mac :
First:
Apple is the first to make and use the mouse:
First to know the real value of the Macintosh we should go back a little to early and mid nineties ... Let's start with something very important which is the mouse
Mouse:
The mouse was first discovered from the beginning for Apple. Where the idea of a completion of the indicators using the pointing device concept for researchers from PARC of Xerox Corporation so Apple decided to adopt the idea, the manufacture and marketing of the first mouse to the general public.
Since that time the mouse has become almost compulsory for all computers and specially for apple computers. The prices of this mouse ranged from 70 and 130 dollars in 1995 , also apple company created alternatives such as The Trackball mouse which used roaming the ball as in ordinary mouse but the ball is at the top so no need to move the mouse.
Also mac was the first to use the joystick which is used till now for computer games .
Second:
Apple computers were the first to use the following hardware and the following components:
- ADB: Apple Desktop Rus - special only for Macintosh and accept connection of 25 species of external devices Peripherical devices.
-Cache: a living memory to help relieve pressure on the processor, or hard disk Hard disk started worth Ko256 ... so that the Mac is equipped with memory ROM containing fixed information which is mac toolbox with capacity of more than 4Mo which is necessary to work the system and is different from the hard drive because it is an integrated circuit microchip on the motherboard .
-The CD-ROM: cd room readers became a classic thing of mac since the first computers mac manufactured, these cd rooms had the dual and quad-speed 2x & 4x and even 6x. And have the ability to read all kinds of disks, even some of the disks used by Windows.
-RISC technology: this was used in making processors with special cach memory.
-Ethernet Card: this was the second device by apple used to connect to other computers in a LAN network or to the internet and also to the APPLETALK network. And mac started from the ninties to sell its devices with internal modem included .
-Floppy DIsks: 3.5 "HD 1.44Mo were used by apple befor any other pc manufacturers .
-SCSI connexion technology: was used for hard drives.
-INFRAred: This technology is used with the Mac since the beginning of the connection between the local computer network and exchange of information and was inspiring to the idea of a local network with short distances to dispense with cables.
Example of the remarkable development of the Macintosh computer industry since the beginning of the nineties.
So this computer, which drove Apple to the market on March194 who was called Power Mac 8100/80 and here is detailed information about it:
General information:
Processor PowerPC601 --- clock's speed: 80MHz ------ rate in MIPS: 29 ------ Screen resolution support: 1024x768
color number: lot of millions with integrated video ------ display surface: from 13 "until 21"
Operating system incorporate on CD: system 7.1.2 enabler powerMac ..
Specifications:
RAM min 4Mo max 264Mo SIMM 72pins -------- Time RAM Acces: 80ns
RAM Connectors: 08 setup 2 by 2 ---------- VRAM: standard 2 Mo on Card
NuBus Connectors: 3 ------ PDS connctors: 01 occupated --------- SCSI Transfert rate: 5 Mo per second
Power supply: 200 watts --------- Bus width: 40 MHz .32 bits/64bits ----------- FPU: integrated
MMU: integrated ----------- ROM size: 4Mo ------ Cache level 2: 256Ko in option.
Storage devices:
Hard disk 250Mo to 1 Go internal or internal --------- Floppy Disk 3.5 ": 1.4 Mo
CD_Rom: 2x internal or external ---------- Serial Port: 02 for printer, mouse & other device
ADB ports, only for Mac: 01 ---------- - sound input port: 01 stereo for microphone
sound output: stereo -------- Network interface: LocalTalk / EtherTalk.
So this computer, which drove Apple to the market on March194 who was called Power Mac 8100/80 and here is detailed information about it:
General information:
Processor PowerPC601 --- clock's speed: 80MHz ------ rate in MIPS: 29 ------ Screen resolution support: 1024x768
color number: lot of millions with integrated video ------ display surface: from 13 "until 21"
Operating system incorporate on CD: system 7.1.2 enabler powerMac ..
Specifications:
RAM min 4Mo max 264Mo SIMM 72pins -------- Time RAM Acces: 80ns
RAM Connectors: 08 setup 2 by 2 ---------- VRAM: standard 2 Mo on Card
NuBus Connectors: 3 ------ PDS connctors: 01 occupated --------- SCSI Transfert rate: 5 Mo per second
Power supply: 200 watts --------- Bus width: 40 MHz .32 bits/64bits ----------- FPU: integrated
MMU: integrated ----------- ROM size: 4Mo ------ Cache level 2: 256Ko in option.
Storage devices:
Hard disk 250Mo to 1 Go internal or internal --------- Floppy Disk 3.5 ": 1.4 Mo
CD_Rom: 2x internal or external ---------- Serial Port: 02 for printer, mouse & other device
ADB ports, only for Mac: 01 ---------- - sound input port: 01 stereo for microphone
sound output: stereo -------- Network interface: LocalTalk / EtherTalk.
For those who know the meaning of this information can appreciate how apple was in the highest development level while microsoft was still filling computers with information of DOS . This time and from its inception apple knew the mouse , video, CD audio, windows, menus,Drop / pull Down Menu .
Third:
Apple was the first to use techniques of the Multimedia.Note that Microsoft software prior to 1995 was still very primitive compared to Mac applications .. Microsoft was testing its product at the stage of the new Windows 3.x, which was not considered yet operating system and was used in modern technologies such as the Multimedia .
Macintosh computers also were equipped with the most important outlet Port / Slot / Connector to connect the various devices on the market. This integrates with the package of programmes and applications programmed specifically for Mac computers such as ..
- QuickTime (1991 by Apple) for viewing AudioVisual Files
- UickDraw 3D (for Graphical Design) & QuickDraw GX (for Desktop Publishing)
- Open Transport: for the Macintosh "AppleTalk" network, it offers the MacTCP to the Ethernet managment
- PowerTalk: for E-mail on Mac
- Plain Talk: for the speech synthese & recognition ....
- UickDraw 3D (for Graphical Design) & QuickDraw GX (for Desktop Publishing)
- Open Transport: for the Macintosh "AppleTalk" network, it offers the MacTCP to the Ethernet managment
- PowerTalk: for E-mail on Mac
- Plain Talk: for the speech synthese & recognition ....
Fourth:
Having a strong processor with high speed doen`t mean that your computer performance is excellent.
programs and operating systems with high efficiency so as not to affect the speed of the computer and its operation , the only that acheived that consensus at this point is APPLE because they got the only programs that are designed to fit with its computers.
APPLE great processor needs a flexxible and compatible programs not to affect its performance in high speed. This was achieved in all versions of Mac operating systems and another dazzling MacOS X system commensurate with the last production for the Apple Mac, MAC G4.
MAC systems contain very effective programs such as Now Startup Manager / Conflict Catcher / Extention Manager ... There is also an important program provided by APPLE which is SOS disk which could solve the problem of damaged system files, He is like a set Symantec Norton Utilities & Central Point Mac Tools.
