Macbook vs windows pc The Ultimate Showdown

Apple launched the first Macintosh with a graphical user interface and mouse control, and the now notorious "1984" Super Bowl commercial. This $2,495 computer had a 9-inch black and white screen and revolutionized the way people used computers with its user-friendly approach.

Apple introduced the PowerBook 100, 140 and 170, which set the expression of laptops with current form and the keyboard to the back of the laptop with an area of palm rest. The PowerBook 170 was also the first Mac laptop to have an active matrix LCD screen.

Steve Jobs came back to Apple and started ironing out the product line. The company was near bankruptcy but began to focus on design excellence and user experience which would define future products.

Apple introduced the PowerBook G4 with a revolutionary titanium case making it incredibly thin (1 inch) and light (5.3 lbs). It featured a 15.2-inch widescreen display and it became a status symbol in the creative industries.

Apple switched from powerpc to Intel processors and added the "MacBook" name. The MacBook Pro replaced PowerBook and the consumer MacBook replaced iBook. This Intel transition led to dramatic improvements in performance, as well as software compatibility.

Steve Jobs pulled the MacBook air from a manila envelope, introducing the world's thinnest laptop at 0.76 inches. Despite some initial criticism for the lack of ports, it redefined the design for an ultrabook and had an impact on the entire industry.

The MacBook Pro with Retina display was launched with a resolution of 2880*1800, which set new standards for the quality of the screen. This was Apple's dedication to high-DPI displays on all products.

Apple introduced a controversial feature called the touch bar and replaced the function keys with a dynamic OLED strip. While innovative, it was met with mixed reviews and eventually the function keys were returned to traditional keys.

Apple introduces the M1 chip; moving from Intel to custom ARM-based silicon. This revolutionary move provided never-before-seen performance-per-watt, fanless, 15-20 hour battery life, which changed the expectations for laptops.

The M3 chip family (M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max) continued Apple's dominance in silicon technology with 3nm process technology, added GPU performance improvements, and up to 128GB unified memory, making MacBook a winner in professional markets.

IBM introduced the Personal Computer (PC) with MS-DOS - the open architecture which would dominate computing. Unlike Apple's closed system, the open design of IBM's PC gave several manufacturers the opportunity to produce machines that were compatible with each other.

Microsoft launched Windows 1.0, which introduced the graphical interface to the DOS-based PCs. Though primitive when compared to Mac, it provided the basis for the eventual dominance of Windows in the personal computing world.

Windows 3.0 became the first really successful version selling over 10 million copies. It introduced Program Manager, File Manager, improved graphics, and made PCs more user friendly and competitive with Mac.

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