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In it's continued rise to power, Apple has changed a number of things in their design, supply and ability to please the consumer. The latest change is just as amazing and has, for some made Apple Macs a household name. The use of Intel Core Duo chips in their latest line of iMacs and high end desktops has boosted sales by allowing many people to run Windows in native mode on their computers, just as easily as they run OS X. The sleek, modern designs, serial ata drives, DDR memory and fast optical drives coupled together with high end video cards gives the mac an edge against the fastest of PC computers. Coupled with this is a case that can't be matched by any PC manufacturer. In effect, particularly in the US, the Mac is king.
Ease of connectivity still surpasses that of Windows based PC computers. With OS X, Apple Mac machines can be connected direct to the internet straight out of the box. The hardest part is keying in your ISP's details, which you're guided through by Apple's novel approach to human interaction. Unlike windows, we've alwasy liked the fact that Apple Engineers think about how users will interact with their computers and then design the software around this.
The Apple Mac is now synonymous with beauty, elegance and a synergy with anybogy's home or office environment. It's been a long road for it's CEO, Steve Jobs, who's had to transform the Company over a short space of 10 years.