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Get a Mac. Matt Forero CIS55 Section 022. The Operating System. Mac OS X is the most advanced operating system in the world Fluid GUI that focuses on simplicity One release for all users. Features in OS X 10.4. Parental Controls Plug and Play Aqua GUI Dashboard Widgets Spotlight
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Get a Mac. Matt Forero CIS55 Section 022
The Operating System • Mac OS X is the most advanced operating system in the world • Fluid GUI that focuses on simplicity • One release for all users
Features in OS X 10.4 • Parental Controls • Plug and Play • Aqua GUI • Dashboard Widgets • Spotlight • Exposé
Compatibility • Macs are the only computers capable of running Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Vista • Macs run Microsoft Office • Easy to transfer all of your music, photos, and videos over via USB or Firewire cable • Apple computers now featureIntel Processors
Design • Apple engineers are constantly at work pushing the limits of current technology • Kicked off with the 1999 iMac • Come on… the iPod! Bam!
Fun right out of the box! • iTunes • Garageband • iPhoto • iChat • iMovie • iDVD • Safari
More Reasons • Viruses? Not on a Mac. • “People who are interested in making good software should make their own hardware.” -Seymour Cray • It just works.
Sources • Apple. 28 March. 2007. Apple Inc. 1 April 2007. <http://www.apple.com/getamac/>. • Apple 4th Quarter Sales Figures. 4 January. 2007. Seeking Alpha. 1 April 2007. <http://ce.seekingalpha.com/article/23494>. • Cell Phone Makers Could Learn From Apple. 28 March. 2007. Mac News Network. 1 April 2007. <http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/03/28/emi.on.iphone.at.ctia/>. • Apple Unveils 8-Core Processing on the Mac Pro. 4 April. 2007. Mac Publishing, LLC. 4 April 2007. <http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/03/28/emi.on.iphone.at.ctia/>. Get a Mac!