What is macOS?
macOS [www.apple.com/macos/] is an operating system developed by Apple, designed to run on Apple's hardware, which are called "Mac" computers. This is different from Windows, Linux, and BSD, which can both run on any PC. Consequently, usually we say there are "PCs" and there are "Macs," and the PCs run Windows, and the Macs don't. Note, however, that it's possible to run macOS on a PC, although this practice is not support by Apple, such system is said to be a hackingtosh1. This is likely due to Mac being an abbreviation for Macintosh.
Quotes
macOS is the operating system that powers every Mac. It lets you do things you simply can’t with other computers. That’s because it’s designed specifically for the hardware it runs on — and vice versa. macOS comes with an entire suite of beautifully designed apps. It works hand in hand with iCloud to keep photos, documents, and other stuff up to date on all your devices. It makes your Mac work like magic with your iPhone and other Apple devices. And it’s been built from the ground up with privacy and security in mind.
https://www.apple.com/by/macos/what-is/ (accessed 2024-09-18)
A Hackintosh is any non-Apple Intel-based computer that has been “hacked” to run Mac OS X. Although not supported by Apple, or anyone else for that matter, the underlying hardware architecture of a Mac is essentially the same as that of any modern Windows PC. Put this in front of a good hacker, and the challenge is too sweet to ignore: “let’s see if we can turn this baby into a Mac.
https://genewilburn.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/dell-mini-10v-hackintosh/ (accessed 2024-09-18)
The Macintosh computer was released in January of 1984, with 128K RAM of memory. It quickly became obvious that this was insufficient, so eight months later Apple released an updated version, un-officially referred to as the 'Fat Mac'. It has 512K RAM, four times as much.
Before the Macintosh, all computers were 'text-based' - you operated them by typing words onto the keyboard. The Macintosh is run by activating pictures (icons) on the screen with a small hand-operated device called a "mouse". Most modern-day computers now operate on this principle, including modern Apple computers and most others which run the Microsoft Windows operating system.
https://oldcomputers.net/macintosh.html (accessed 2024-09-18)
Observations
Spelling: macOS is stylized macOS (with lower case mac) instead of being spelled MacOS.
References
- https://genewilburn.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/dell-mini-10v-hackintosh/ (accessed 2024-09-18) ↩︎
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