A Brief Introduction of MacOS

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A Brief Introduction of MacOS

• Cheng-Han Du

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Apple Inc.

• Co-founded by Steven Jobs and Steven Wozniak
• Manufacturing multiple kinds of consumer
  electronics such as desktop, laptop, mobile
  computers, etc.
• Apple gains popularity because of product design.

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Apple Inc.

• Famous products in present day
• Mac (iMac, MacBook)
• iPod
• iPhone

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Computer from Apple

• Originally, Apple PC is not Intel-based.
• PowerPC by Apple, IBM, and Motolora (AIM
  alliance)
• Transition from PowerPC to Intel-based PC

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Classic Mac OS (1 9)

• One of the leading operating system that has a
  GUI (graphical user interface)
• Compatibility Motolora and PowerPC

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Classic Mac OS

• Mac 1 to 7.5

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Classic Mac OS

• Mac 7.6

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Classic Mac OS

• Mac 8 and 9

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Mac OS X

• Mac OS 10.0 Cheetah

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Current Mac OS X 10.5
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Something about Mac OS X

• Unix-based system
• X11
• Some command-line environment is much like what
  can been seen in Unix
• Support Intel-based CPU (not just PowerPC)
• Version 10.5 has Boot Camp to let you install
  Windows in your Intel-based Apple PC.
• However, you cannot install Mac OS X in your PC
  unless it is made by Apple.

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Some Demonstrations