Essays Tagged: "Macintosh"

Apple Computers (short)

puter was the Lisa named after Steve Jobs baby child. For their next computer they came up with the Macintosh. But some of their ideas were taking from the company Xerox for their color and mouse and ...

(1 pages) 102 0 3.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Apple, the computer of "Yesterday?".

the best computer yet it did not set well with the general public however it was the model for the Macintosh 128k. The Macintosh 128k integrated the new Motorola 68000 chip, and had an amazing eight ... me corrupt and caused Steve Wozniak to quit, and Apple computers to split in half. One half was the Macintosh side and the other was strictly Apple. As a result Steve Jobs lost his job (levey 138). Th ...

(3 pages) 176 2 1.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

The Start of the PC Industry

crosoft product. The same happened with DOS, and much of the Windows interface is borrowed from the Macintosh one.2. BASIC was originally run on mainframes and through Gates's and Allen's efforts it c ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Xerox PARC

ntly in use can be traced back to PARC, including: The graphical user interface: such as the Macintosh and Windows operating systems. Ethernet: a common method of linking PCs together an ...

(2 pages) 42 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Apple and the Mac

stance scroll bars, menus, etc. There are also some confusing elements - for example, on the Macintosh dragging a floppy disk icon into the waste basket ejects it, and doesn't, as one might exp ... s of the project which had been running in parallel to the Lisa, and which Steve Jobs now led - the Macintosh.________________________________________7.3 Developing the Macintosh ...

(6 pages) 119 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

AOL Goes Far East

"Q-Link" for one of the first computer: "The Commodore". In October 1989, AOL service launched for Macintosh and Apple II and in 1991 Quantum Computer services adopted a new name: America Online, Inc ...

(7 pages) 44 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

A brief history of computer.

sylvania. Atahis computer could make calculation a thousand times faster than earlier devices." The Macintosh must be running system software version 7.5 or higher and be equipped with a drive that su ... ange.1 Save your Windows file to a 3.5-inch floppy disk or a CD-ROM.2 Insert the floppy disk in the Macintosh floppy disk drive.3 Copy the files directly to the Macintosh.Note You can easily move file ...

(1 pages) 3032 0 2.2 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

The next step towards achieving the goal of becoming a successful technical professional?

assess myself and figure out what I need to do in order to accomplish my goals. I plan on buying a Macintosh in order to familiarize myself with a new kind of operating system experience and run new ...

(1 pages) 12 0 3.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

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producing defective products. According to a commercial aired in 1999, Apple claims the need for a Macintosh for all types of businessman. This commercial is geared towards criticism of Microsoft's n ... Khan5 Windows operating system installed by him recently. It proposes that a Macintosh is an answer to all such problems created by a Windows 95 operating system. The commercial ...

(6 pages) 28 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Apple Computer Inc.: Passion, Design And The Futur

e took a personal interest in the development of new products, including the Lisa and the legendary MacIntosh, with its graphical interface and 3.5 inch floppy disk.The passion Apple is so famous for ... nd 3.5 inch floppy disk.The passion Apple is so famous for was clearly evident in the design of the MacIntosh. Project teams worked around the clock to develop the machine, in addition to its innovati ...

(5 pages) 125 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

To find the pixels per square inch of each monitor

els per square inch for each screen.I measured five different computer screens. The first one was a MacintoshiMac. Its resolution was (800)(600) and it's monitor length was (9)(11.5). I multiplied the ... tiplied the numbers then divided and the pixels per square in.was 4,637.68.The second monitor was a Macintosh laptop Powerbook. Its resolution was (640)(480) and its length was (8.5)(6.3). This gave m ...

(1 pages) 2083 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Brief History of Microsoft and Apple

Microsoft, known for the Windows Operative System and Apple, known now for the iPod player and the Macintosh. It is interesting to see that not everything "created" by these two companies are really ... e rights of using the GUI and the mouse driver on their new computers.In 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh computer which had also a GUI that made the computer easy to operate. Unfortunately in 198 ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Apple case

second quarter profits tremendously.The favorable iPod brand perception had also increased sales of Macintosh computers. So iPod gives the company access to a whole new series of segments that buy int ... computers, they were effectively giving away the product.Apple's products and services include the Macintosh line of desktop and notebook computers, the iPod digital music player, the Xserve G5 serve ...

(3 pages) 52 2 5.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Bus ECO 360 Supply and Demand

bs said at the time, "The investment is an attempt to revitalize Apple, which has seen sales of the Macintosh plummet and its market share implode."During this difficult period, Apple's market share d ... Retail Stores12444With its cash on hand, no debt, and a diverse product line, including the Macintosh PC and Laptop computers, iPod/iTunes combo, and Airport wireless network equipment (the la ...

(4 pages) 15 1 0.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Apple Case Study

. Apple's PCs relied on proprietary designs that only Apple could produce. When Apple developed the Macintosh, it was very easy to use, had an industrial design, and technical elegance. People craved ... the global market. Has Steve Jobs finally solved Apple's long-standing problems with respect to the Macintosh business?When Steve Jobs retook the helm of Apple in 1997, Apple was facing a series of lo ...

(10 pages) 162 0 3.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Discuss Durkheim's association of egoistic suicide with modern society and obligatory altruistic suicide with pre- modern society

s commonly considered to be understood as an individual act for ones own personal reasons or as Ian Macintoshes’ puts it “ the term suicide is applied to any death which is the direct or ind ... direct or indirect result of a positive or negative act accomplished by the victim himself “ (MacIntosh, I. 1997). Durkheim along with MacIntosh refute this idea and believe that suicide should ...

(4 pages) 14 0 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

In the Late 70

e of a protocol stack is TCP/IP, the standard for communication over the internet, or AppleTalk for Macintosh computers.Protocols specifically work with ONLY the layer above and below them. They recei ... computers running different operating systems to communicate with each other easily, such as having Macintosh computers on a Windows NT network.Communications Between StacksWhen a message is sent from ...

(11 pages) 44 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

It is argued that the Activity Based Costing approach produces more accurate product cost information. Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this statement.

the management in terms of the financial situation of the company, this lead to decline in profit (Macintosh, N.B.).Therefore the changing corporate environment and problems with the traditional cost ... of product, batches of product, production sustaining resources and facility sustaining resources" (Macintosh, N.B.). It is argued by some experts that ABC is simply an extension of departmental alloc ...

(9 pages) 67 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

I was asked to write a research paper on a new technology and how it can benefit you overall.

sical design, and features, Apple scored 839."(Sage, 2012) Even though I've never been a big fan of Macintosh, I would have to agree that Apple has almost perfected the cell phone. Throughout this pap ...

(5 pages) 4 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology