Crossword clues for macintosh
macintosh
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mac \Mac\ prop. n. Shortened form of Macintosh, a brand name for a personal computer; as, the latest Mac has great new features.
Macintosh \Mac"in*tosh\, n.
Same as Mackintosh.
[Trademark.] (Computers) A brand of personal computer featuring an integrated system in which the hardware and system-operating software were designed by or under the control of a single company, the Apple Computer Corporation; among personal computers, distinguished from the IBM-compatible or Intel-based series of computers.
Wiktionary
alt. (context British English) A raincoat. n. (context British English) A raincoat.
WordNet
n. a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric [syn: mackintosh]
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric [syn: mackintosh, mac, mack]
Wikipedia
The Macintosh ( ; (branded as Mac since 1998) is a series of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh computer on January 10, 1984. This was the company's first mass-market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse. This first model was later renamed to "Macintosh 128k" for uniqueness amongst a populous family of subsequently updated models which are also based on Apple's same proprietary architecture. Since 1998, Apple has largely phased out the Macintosh name in favor of "Mac", though the product family has been nicknamed "Mac" or "the Mac" since the development of the first model.
The Macintosh, however, was expensive, which hindered its ability to be competitive in a market already dominated by the Commodore 64 for consumers, as well as the IBM Personal Computer and its accompanying clone market for businesses. Macintosh systems still found success in education and desktop publishing and kept Apple as the second-largest PC manufacturer for the next decade. In the 1990s, improvements in the rival Wintel platform, notably with the introduction of Windows 3.0, then Windows 95, gradually took market share from the more expensive Macintosh systems. The performance advantage of 68000-based Macintosh systems was eroded by Intel's Pentium, and in 1994 Apple was relegated to third place as Compaq became the top PC manufacturer. Even after a transition to the superior PowerPC-based Power Macintosh (later renamed the PowerMac, in line with the PowerBook series) line in 1994, the falling prices of commodity PC components and the release of Windows 95 saw the Macintosh user base decline.
In 1998, after the return of Steve Jobs, Apple consolidated its multiple consumer-level desktop models into the all-in-one iMac G3, which became a commercial success and revitalized the brand. Since their transition to Intel processors in 2006, the complete lineup is entirely based on said processors and associated systems. Its current lineup comprises three desktops (the all-in-one iMac, entry-level Mac mini, and the Mac Pro graphics workstation), and four laptops (the MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Pro with Retina display). Its Xserve server was discontinued in 2011 in favor of the Mac Mini and Mac Pro.
Apple also develops the operating system for the Mac, currently OS X version 10.11 "El Capitan". Macs are currently capable of running non-Apple operating systems such as Linux, OpenBSD, and Microsoft Windows with the aid of Boot Camp or third-party software. Apple does not license OS X for use on non-Apple computers, though it did license previous versions of Mac OS through their Macintosh clone program from 1995 to 1997.
Usage examples of "macintosh".
Many of the programmers and developers who had invented the Macintosh model in the early 1980s had also taken their leave of the company.
But there were no further illicit releases of Macintosh internal software.
Inside the office, Kapor excuses himself briefly to do a little mouse-whizzing housekeeping on his personal Macintosh IIfx.
I leave Kapor and his networking employees struggling cheerfully with the promising intricacies of their newly installed Macintosh System 7 software.
Barlow scowling in a grim Wyoming snowscape, with long black coat, dark hat, a Macintosh SE30 propped on a fencepost and an awesome frontier rifle tucked under one arm, will be the single most striking visual image of the Hacker Crackdown.
The fact is, Macintosh left her a hefty fortune, which I understood was destined for myself.
I understand that you are not wealthy, but Macintosh cannot have left you destitute.
So she got an offer from Macintosh, and married him up in a hurry to escape to Scotland, to hide her sins from the family.
Since she had no idea where Macintosh had sent me, Barry let the matter rest.
CEO, making his keynote address to the Macintosh Expo in San Francisco.
So my two major wishes for the 1990s are that the Macintosh systems designers get back to that future, and that Frank the Vandal gets out of my house.
As I parked the car under the tree Joe Macintosh looked out of the door.
I had a talk about expenses and car hire with Joe Macintosh, who was doing all the bookwork as well as being in charge of diving.
I had slept eight hours, and now Joe Macintosh was at the door and eager to get to grips with the nightlife of the Metropolis.
T-shirt and jeans and took the stairs down to the lobby, where Rutherford Macintosh was waiting for her with his Dolphins cap in one hand and her twenty-dollar bill in the other.