With the release of newer, faster macs the apple computer was left behind. A collection of emulated software for the early macintosh computer, created by apple as the successor to the apple ii series. With the apple ii, users interacted with the machine via a keyboard. Graphics could be cut and pasted from apple ii programs into macpaint documents. How to tell the difference between an apple and a mac. In this video i give a basic introduction to the apple ii system and its internal competition with the mac. As apple framed it, you could buy a pc, or you could buy a mac. Apple s definitive legal battles here are some of the most important, influential, notable, and even downright silly legal battles that apple has been involved in since. It is a software operating system and graphical user interface that was developed by microsoft. The apple ii was very important to apple as a company, then led by ceo mike markkula. The most obvious difference between the apple ii and macintosh was the mouse. Mac line of computers, the ipod music player, the iphone smartphone, and the ipad tablet computer. When commodore dropped out of the personal computer market, it became mostly a twocompany race between apple s macintosh line of computers and the legion of ibmcompatible computers, which were often referred to even by apple as merely pcs.
Two thunderbolt 3 ports four thunderbolt 3 ports force touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressuresensing capabilities. Some of the same items are listed in our ebay store and on several of the apple ii and macintosh facebook groups. Simple, powerful and a new path in computing, the macintoshs graphicsbased operating system changed the face of computing permanently. Macintosh a family of desktop and laptop computers from apple, introduced in 1984. Based on the new 68020 processor, the mac ii was the first 32bit mac although it was not 32bit clean. A platinum sanctuary for old software of the classic mac os era. Brian kersey getty images the operating system has been a longstanding difference between mac and pc. Before that it was a picture of newton under a tree. While the apple i was still available, wozniak began to design the apple ii. It was the first apple and the last to run prodos pc software and apple software on the same platform. However, you could not multitask between mac apps and apple ii. Adtpro is a software program that will transfer entire disk images from apple ii and apple computers to modern computers over one of several communications methods.
For others, theres sheepshaver, a powerpc emulator capable of running mac os 9. The apple system is divided among different types of operating systems. However, the primary difference between these two icons lies in their inventions. First to popularize the graphical user interface gui, the combination of mac hardware and software has provided an ease of use that users have very much enjoyed over the years. It marked a significant improvement on the macintosh plus design and was introduced by apple at the same time as the macintosh ii. It was the success of the apple ii that prompted ibms involvement in the personal computer market. A big, illustrative logo, drawn by apple cofounder ron wayne. He could use color and sound in basic and attach paddles through the expansion slots. The last of the apple ii type computers to be released was the apple gs in 1986.
All contents found on the macintosh repository website is uploaded by fans and is known to be abandonware but if you find ed material on this archive, please let us know and a moderator will remove it. Given the innovative macintosh, apple believed it had discovered a way to reclaim the leadership of the then still young market for personal computers from computer giant ibm. Apple continued to sell apple ii systems alongside the macintosh until terminating the iigs in december 1992 and the iie in november 1993. His vision was a computer very similar to the apple i, but with support for a color display, sound, and greater expandability. Differences between bill gates and steve jobs difference. Eleven things you didnt know about apple this article is more than 6 years old from the design teams obsession with unboxing to satanic pricing and the worlds most unlikely mullet, there is. What is the difference between an apple and a mac computer. Operating systems 10 differences between macs and pcs. In the table below, items that are ready to ship now are listed. Sure the apple ii had more business software, but the c64 wasnt starving. Steve jobs pioneered a series of technologies like the ipod and ipad. Ethernet network with apple ii uthernet, uthernet 2, or lancegs card. The mac mouse allowed the user to point at things on the screen and click to make a selection, the same way a modern mouse works.
Apple vintage computer manuals and merchandise for sale ebay. Difference between apple and pc difference between. Despite the introduction of the motorola 68000based macintosh in 1984, the apple ii series still reportedly accounted for 85% of the companys hardware sales in the first quarter of fiscal 1985. Commodore 64 vs apple ii classic computing atariage forums. Get the best deals on apple vintage computer manuals and merchandise and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. There will be fits, spits and cursing as the group prepares to lecture you on the difference between an apple and a mac computer. We have many apple and macintosh items that still need a new home. Mac, short for macintosh, is a computer designed and sold by apple. The emulator ran on a 512k mac and was released in november 1985. Origin of the apple i and apple ii computers low end mac. You must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to trade in for credit or for an apple store gift card. I grew up with the apple ii it was my first ever computer. Apple s flagship gains a better cpu, fpu, and floppy drive, dan knight, mac musings, 2007. Text could be cut and pasted in either direction between the mac and apple ii applications using the clipboard.
Eleven things you didnt know about apple technology. Apple imagewriter ii for apple ii macintosh vintage rare electronics lot. Steve jobs was the founder of apple while bill gates is the founder of microsoft. Apple inc was formerly known as apple computer inc.
Introduced in march 1987, the mac ii was the ultimate expandable mac. Unless were talking embedded or enterprise or laboratory use, thats really all that matters. The mac s killer app took a couple of years to appear as well. The apple iie styled as apple e is the third model in the apple ii series of personal computers produced by apple computer.
I am sure out of that 4365 there are not many left. As a pure marketing decision, apple executives decided to position the computer in the market somewhere inbetween the apple ii home and education, and the high end lisa corporate business. Thats because for a few years, apple licensed the mac operating system to at least five other companies. If youre planning on running the treasures of the past youll find here on real old macintosh hardware from the 90s, you sirmadame, deserve to win an internet. And to top it off, the iix was the first mac that could read dos disks with its internal drive. Macintosh refers to a brand name that covers a series of personal computers developed by apple inc.
Company resources were being diverted to the macintosh division on a large scale. Atari st vs amiga vs apple 2gs vs pc atariage forums. The e in the name stands for enhanced, referring to the fact that several popular features were now builtin that were formerly only available as upgrades or addons in earlier models. I have a apple ii computer complete with apple monitor brown apple bag 2 apple disk drives, software and manuals i am asking 5,000. Apple is the name of the company that produces a computer called macintosh mac. An apple employee and his son try out the mac computers in the kids section of chicagos apple store. Taking the best of the apple ii and the lisa, the combined hardware and software talent of the macintosh team produced the first macintosh computer, the macintosh 128k. Approximately 380,000 ii pluses were sold during its four years in production before being replaced by the iie in 1983. In 1986, aldus released a program called pagemaker, the first desktop publishing app. During the lifetime of the apple ii series over ten years, more than two million were sold. Macintosh article about macintosh by the free dictionary. Iiinamac had key disk copy protection but could be installed on a hard drive or doublesided mac floppy disk. In 1981, ibm had introduced its first pc and seized the apple ii s position of the most successful personal computer within a few months. At the height of its evolution, towards the late 1980s, the platform had the graphical look of a hybrid of the apple ii and macintosh with the introduction of the apple iigs.
The first computer that i bought was a mac but not made by apple. The company that made the biggest gain in market share and was poised to put the squeeze on apple was called power computing, based in round rock, texas, the same town as dell. This was long before the appearance of the 1991 apple iie card for the mac lc. At the height of its evolution, towards the late 1980s, the platform had the graphical look of a hybrid of the apple ii and macintosh with the introduction of the apple. Difference between windows and macintosh tech spirited.
Mac os is a series of graphical user interfacebased operating systems developed by apple inc. Visicalc computerized a ledger, which was a revolutionary idea in 1979. This is the second video on the apple macintosh ii from 1987. Dsk2file, which lets you convert apple ii disks to mac dsk files and viceversa. The apple ii s killer app was the spreadsheet visicalc. With an optional z80 based expansion card the apple ii could even run the popular wordstar and dbase software under the cpm operating system. In other words, they could have sold the mac at least the original 6809 128kb vision of the mac at much closer to apple ii gs prices. Its macintosh or mac line of computers has produced some of the most popular hardware products in the computer industry, including the ipod, iphone, and ipad. Apple produces mac hardware and has its own operating. In this video, the macintosh ii will be started up to demonstrate macos 7.
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