Реферат: Macintosh Vs Ibm Essay Research Paper The

the Macintosh would take advantage of the hardware s capabilities as well as the hardware

taking advantage of the Operating System. So with this interconnected system it would be faster

than a system not made to take advantage of every little thing in a piece of hardware.

Apple Macintosh Mouse

With the both companies in heated competition, the pressure was on for them to come out with

things that the other did not have. Apple came through very strongly in this area. They created

many devices that are used in many computers today. In 1984 Apple created the first GUI

(Graphical User Interface) this also brought about folders or directories, long file names, drag

and drop, and the trash can. All these devices are used in the more popular operating system

for the IBM-Compatible computer called Windows 95. Apple also created the mouse, which is as

common as the keyboard. One thing that helps the IBM-Compatible in the hardware area, is all

the third party developers. With the Apple computer, only Apple had the rights to develop

hardware for their computers. With IBM-Compatibles anyone can develop hardware for it, thus

we have many innovative accessories and hardware for the IBM-compatibles. One of the more

interesting devices for the IBM-compatible computers, that was featured at the 1997 Comdex

show in Vegas was a speaker system. It looks like a giant plastic dome that is placed above

your head pointing down towards you, and allows stereo sound to be heard only by the person

directly underneath it. One company that was showing it in action was Creative Labs, which is a

maker of Sound Cards and usually sets the standard for them. They had many computers

networked together and were running a popular game of 1996 called Quake, which is a first

person action game. They had put the dome shaped speakers above each computer station and

it allowed each player to hear what was going on around them, but it would not make any outside

noise or interfere with the person playing right next to them.

Installing a card can be very easy

One of the latest things with computers these days is Plug n Play. It was meant to alleviate the

fear of people upgrading their computer themselves, even though some people will always pay

someone big time money to do it. If you are afraid of opening your computer it is strongly

suggested that you have a professional do it, for they have been doing that sort of thing for

years, and they know exactly what they are doing as well as what to do if they encounter any