Like a huge tidal wave, the IBM-PC swept into the land of personal computers and of all the over 40 types of personal computers that existed before the IBM-PC only four survived its path. The survivors are the: 1) Macintosh, 2) Amiga, 3) Falcon and other TOS compatibles and 4) RiscPC

Macintosh

Company	Apple Computer
Year marketed	1984. For historic details visit this site: http://www.apple-history.com/index.html
CPU	PowerPC
Operating System	MacOS. Next generation OS is known as MacOS X
Models	iMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube

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The Mac (alias for Macintosh) is the most successful of the survivors and occupies second place as the most popular personal computer. It is the classic example of a proprietary system and Apple does not permit clones. Many consider the Mac a superior than the PC and for years a war has existed between Mac and PC clone users about this issue.

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