| Macintosh (Mac) A range of single user, 32-bit manufactured by {Apple Computer, Inc.} originally based on the family and a proprietary . The Mac was Apple's successor to the . The project was proposed by some time before 's famous visit to . Jobs tried to scuttle the Macintosh project and only joined it later because he wasn't trusted to manage the project. The was notable for popularising the , with its easy to learn and easy to use metaphor. The is now officially called Mac OS. The first Macintosh, introduced in January 1984, had a , 128K of , a small screen, and one built-in drive with an external slot for one more, two and a four-voice sound generator. This was all housed in one small plastic case, including the screen. When more memory was available later in the year, a 512K Macintosh was nicknamed the "Fat Mac." The standard Macintosh screen is 72 (making one = one ), exactly half the 144 dpi resolution of the ancient printer. The Mac Plus (January 1986) added expandability by providing an external port for connecting , , and other high-speed devices. The Mac SE (March 1987) had up to four megabytes of , an optional built-in 20 megabyte hard disk and one internal expansion slot for connecting a third-party device. The Mac II (March 1987) used the faster with a 32-bit . In 1994 based Macs, , were launched, and in 1999, the . See also , . {Brock Kyle's Macintosh Guide Book (http://www.everymac.com/)}. (2000-02-05) |
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