Apple Macintosh computers

E1458

computer hardware platform personal computer line

Apple Macintosh computers are a line of personal computers designed and sold by Apple Inc., known for their distinctive macOS operating system, integrated hardware–software ecosystem, and strong presence in creative and professional markets.

Aliases (19)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer hardware platform → personal computer line →
architecture	Apple silicon → Intel x86-64 → Motorola 68000 family → PowerPC →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
defaultUserInterface	Aqua →
designedFor	creative professionals → education market → general consumers →
developer	Apple Inc. →
fileSystem	APFS → HFS → HFS Plus →
hasPart	LC series → Mac Pro → Mac Studio → Mac mini → MacBook Air → MacBook Pro → Macintosh II series → Macintosh Plus → Macintosh SE → Performa → Power Mac → PowerBook → Quadra series → eMac → iBook → iMac → original Macintosh 128K →
inception	1984 →
introducedFeature	desktop publishing revolution →
knownFor	graphical user interface → industrial design → integrated hardware–software ecosystem → strong presence in creative industries →
manufacturer	Apple Inc. →
marketedAs	Mac → Macintosh →
notableLaunchEvent	1984 Super Bowl commercial →
operatingSystem	Classic Mac OS → macOS →
predecessor	Apple Lisa →
primaryInputDevice	keyboard → mouse →
supports	Unix-based operating system →
usesProcessor	Apple M1 → Apple M2 → Apple M3 →

Referenced by (95)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apple Macintosh Performa series ("Macintosh") → Apple iChat ("Macintosh") → Aqua ("Macintosh") → Classic Mac OS ("Apple Macintosh") → LC Processor Direct Slot ("Apple Macintosh") → Logic Pro ("Intel-based Macs") → Mac OS 8 ("Apple Macintosh") → Mac Pro ("Macintosh") → MacPaint ("Apple Macintosh") → MacWrite ("Apple Macintosh") → Macintosh II series ("Macintosh") → Macintosh LC series ("Macintosh") → Macintosh Quadra ("Macintosh") → Macintosh XL ("Apple Macintosh") → Macworld New York 1999 ("Macintosh") → Mr. T ("Macintosh") → Power Macintosh series ("Macintosh") → QuickDraw ("Macintosh") → System 1 ("Apple Macintosh") → System 1.0 ("Apple Macintosh") → System 3 ("Apple Macintosh") → System 5 ("Apple Macintosh") → System 6 ("Apple Macintosh") → System 7 ("Macintosh") → TeachText ("Macintosh") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) ("Macintosh") →	platform
Mac Pro ("Macintosh") → Macintosh SE ("Apple Macintosh") → Performa 5200CD ("Apple Macintosh") → Quadra series ("Apple Macintosh") →	brand
Apple Lisa ("Apple Macintosh") → Xerox Alto ("Apple Macintosh") → Xerox PARC ("Apple Macintosh") → Xerox Star system ("Apple Macintosh") →	influenced
Macintosh Quadra ("Macintosh") → PowerBook ("Macintosh") → Quadra series ("Macintosh") → iBook ("Macintosh") →	productFamily
Carbon (late transitional API) ("Intel-based Macintosh computers") → Fink ("Intel-based Macs") → NetBSD/mac68k ("Apple Macintosh") → SimpleText ("Macintosh") →	targetPlatform
Bud Tribble ("Apple Macintosh") → Daniel Kottke ("Macintosh") → Steven Paul Jobs ("Apple Macintosh") →	notableWork
Macintosh Plus ("Macintosh") → Macintosh SE ("Macintosh") → Macintosh SE/30 ("Macintosh") →	productLine
Macintosh 128K ("Macintosh") → Macintosh 512K ("Macintosh") → Macintosh Classic ("Macintosh") →	series
AIM alliance → PowerPC → PowerPC G4 →	usedIn
G-DRIVE ("Apple Mac computers") → Thunderbolt ("Mac computers") →	commonlyUsedWith
Atari ST ("Apple Macintosh") → Commodore Amiga 500 ("Apple Macintosh") →	contemporaryWith
Macworld Conference & Expo 2000 ("Macintosh platform") → Macworld New York 1999 ("Macintosh computers") →	focus
Apple Macintosh computers ("MacBook Air") → Apple Macintosh computers ("Power Mac") →	hasPart
Apple Macintosh computers ("Macintosh") → Apple Macintosh computers ("Mac") →	marketedAs
Frog ("Macintosh") →	appliesToProductLine
Frog ("Macintosh platform") →	associatedWithPlatform
Macintosh II series ("Macintosh computers") →	category
Super Bowl XVIII ("Apple Macintosh") →	commercialProduct
AirPort ("Mac computers") →	compatibleWith
IBM PC compatible →	competesWith
AppleTalk ("Macintosh computers") →	designedFor
MFS ("Apple Macintosh") →	developedFor
Mr. T ("Macintosh family") →	family
Apple hardware ("Mac computers") →	includes
Adobe Illustrator ("Apple Macintosh") →	initialReleasePlatform
MacBook Pro ("Mac lineup") →	isPartOf
Steve Jobs ("Macintosh personal computer") →	knownFor
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 ("Intel-based Macs") →	mainFocus
Foxconn ("Apple Mac computers") →	notableProductAssembled
System 4 ("Macintosh computers") →	operatingSystemFor
Mac ("Macintosh") →	originalName
TextEdit ("Mac computers") →	preinstalledOn
Fairbanks Films ("Apple Macintosh") →	producedFor
Apple’s 1984 television commercial ("Apple Macintosh personal computer") →	productAdvertised
Apple Macintosh team ("Apple Macintosh") →	productDeveloped
1984 Super Bowl commercial ("Apple Macintosh") →	productIntroduced
Apple Inc. ("Mac") →	products
SSH ("macOS") →	runsOn
Hypervisor framework ("Intel-based Macs") →	supports
iTunes ("Macintosh") →	supportsPlatform
Cocoa ("Intel-based Mac computers") →	targetEnvironment
Classic Mac OS ("PowerPC Macintosh computers") →	targetHardware
Classic Environment ("Intel-based Macintosh") →	unsupportedPlatform
IEEE 1394 →	usedBy
Joanna Hoffman ("Apple Macintosh") →	workedOn