Friday, October 06, 2006

About Apple Mac Laptops

I have been using a laptop since the year 1999. The initial laptops I had the opportunity to use were bulky, slow and extremely cumbersome to use and operate. But over the years, as the laptop technology got better and better, the laptops too have gotten better.

Now most laptops I had been using were based on the IBM computer, using the windows operating system. But it was in 2003 that I first set my eyes on an Apple Mac laptop.

Now the Apple Mac laptop has been a very strong contender for the top spot in the United States. It is not that popular in other parts of the world, which is where most of my active business is held, but in the United States, the Apple Mac laptop is the undisputed leader. The laptop, which was manufactured and continues to be manufactured by Apple, as always been a favorite of those who were seeking a better and more efficient alternative to the traditional IBM computers and laptops.

The IBM laptops, due to their proliferation and monopolistic grasp of hardware, have always had certain issues. The software is proprietary, the hardware is built as per the demands of the market, and the graphics capabilities are not that attractive. Of course over a course of time, all these issues have been resolved, but it was originally these problems that had users clamoring for an alternative.

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