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Which generation of PowerBooks introduced trackpads?
second
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What was Apple's Mac OS X based on?
Darwin and NEXTSTEP
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Who did Apple make Maverick free to?
everyone running Snow Leopard or later
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What computers is Maverick compatible with?
most Macs from 2007 and later
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What brought better multi display support to Mac?
Mavericks
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When was Mavericks introduced?
2013
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What desktop did Apple release after the discontinued Power Macintosh G3?
Power Mac G4 Cube
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Why were sales of the Power Mac G4 Cube slow?
too expensive
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What did the Power Mac G4 have trouble overcoming after they dropped their price and upgraded their hardware?
earlier perception
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When was the Power Mac G4 discontinued?
July 2001
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How did the actual sales of the G4's compare to the sales expectations?
one third of expectations
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Historically, what is near-absent in Mac OS X compared to Microsoft Windows?
malware and spyware
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When did Mac OS X experience a large increase in malware attacks?
early 2011
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How was Mac's malware seen by many Mac users in 2011?
an increasing problem
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What were Apple support staff initially instructed not to assist with concerning malware?
the removal
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How many users were affected by the increase in malware?
100,000
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What was the market share of OS X in North America by March 2011?
slightly over 14%
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Being positioned as a higher end PC, what is it misleading to compare the Mac to?
a budget PC
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Apple has remained profitable since what time?
Steve Jobs' return
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According to market research, who does Apple draw it's customer base from?
a higher-income demographic
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Whose return to Apple resulted in the company's reorganization?
Steve Jobs
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Who refused to lower the profit margins on Mac computers in 1989?
Jean-Louis Gassée
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What problem rocked the PC industry in 1989?
a component shortage
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What did the component shortage of 1989 force Allan Loren to do with Macs?
cut prices
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Who was Allan Loren?
Apple USA head
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When was Microsoft Windows 3.0 released?
May 1990
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What did Apple begin to eliminate in 2002?
CRT displays
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Why was the new iMac G4 considerably more expensive than the G3?
higher cost of the LCD technology
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Who did Apple create the more affordable eMac in April 2002 for?
the education market
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What was the main problem with the eMac's CRT?
relatively bulky and somewhat outdated
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After Apple's failed desktop sales, what products drove their sales growth?
the iPod portable music player and iTunes music download service
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In 2009, how many Macs sold were laptops?
seven out of ten
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What has helped Macs more directly compete with Windows on price and performance?
The use of Intel microprocessors
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In 2010, what did Apple receive before other PC manufacturers?
Intel's latest CPUs
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What are the top-selling form factors of the Mac platform today?
MacBooks
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What is the name of the most inexpensive Mac offered?
Mac Mini
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What did Apple consolidate in 1998?
its multiple consumer-level desktop models
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What all-in-one product was created in 1998 through Apple's consolidations?
iMac G3
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What did the iMac G3 do to the Mac reputation?
revitalized the brand
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When was Mac's Xserve server discontinued?
2011
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What took the place of Mac's Xserve server?
Mac Mini and Mac Pro
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Why did Raskin leave the Apple team in 1981?
over a personality conflict with Jobs
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According to Andy Hertzfeld, whose idea is the final Mac design closer to?
Jobs
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What did Steve Jobs offer Xerox to visit and see their latest technology?
Apple stock options
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Whose technology influenced the user interfaces of the Lisa and Macintosh?
Xerox PARC
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What caused Steve Jobs to resign from Apple in 1985?
an internal power struggle
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What did Jobs state that he expected Macintosh to become?
the third industry standard
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How many applications were widely available during Macintosh's introduction?
Only about ten
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How many companies did Apple promise were develping products for the new computer?
79
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How many Macintoshes had Apple sold after one year?
280,000
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How many databases did Apple have available the first year?
two
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Whose technology did Apple take advantage of when introducing the Macintosh II?
Motorola
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What powered the Macintosh II?
a 16 MHz Motorola 68020 processor
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How much did the Macintosh II sell for?
$5500
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What marked the start of a new direction for Macintosh?
The Macintosh II
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What was the Macintosh II's new modular design similar to?
the IBM PC
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When Microsfot Windows 3.0 was released, what was it commonly said to not be as good as?
Macintosh
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Who was Microsoft Windows 3.0 commonly said to be good enough for?
the average user
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What was responsible for the drop in Apple's margins in 1989?
a component shortage
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Who made the decision in 1989 to cut prices on Mac computers?
Apple USA head Allan Loren
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What was Microsoft Windows 3.0's performance comparable to?
Macintosh platform
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What did Intel unsuccessfully try to push Apple to migrate to?
Intel chips
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Which platform did Apple choose to use?
Motorola 68040
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Who first rolled out Pentium processors in 1993?
Intel
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How far behind was Macintosh set back compared to the new IBM compatibles?
a generation
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When did Apple abandon Motorola CPU's?
1994
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What color was Apples new iMac, which was introduced in 1998?
Bondi blue
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What did the iMac replace most of Apple's standard connections with?
two USB ports
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What did the iMac replace the floppy disk drive with?
a CD-ROM drive
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What did the iMac need to use in order to write CDs or other media?
external third-party hardware
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How many iMac units sold in the first 139 days?
800,000
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When did Apple discontinue the use of PowerPC microprocessors?
2006
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Who announced the capability to run Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac in 2006?
a group of hackers
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How did hackers release their software for running Windows on Macs?
for download on their website
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When did Apple announce software that would allow Windows XP to be run on Intel-based Macs?
April 5, 2006
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What is the name of the software that Apple introduced for running Windows XP?
Boot Camp
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Who was initially reluctant to embrace mice with multiple buttons and scroll wheels?
Apple
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What was the name of the 1st multiple button mouse introduced by Apple?
Mighty Mouse
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How many buttons did the Mighty Mouse have?
four
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What did Apple introduce to take the place of a physical scroll wheel in 2009?
multi-touch gesture recognition
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What Apple mouse 1st used multi-touch gesture recognition?
Magic Mouse
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What type of software began to emerge following the release of Intel-based Macs?
third-party platform virtualization
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At what speed do programs such as VirtualBox allow Microsoft Windows to run on Macs?
at near native speed
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What is possible to run by using Boot camp, even though it is not condoned by Apple?
the Linux operating system
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What do Macs lack that makes them unable to run many legacy PC operating systems?
the A20 gate
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What has been the best-selling ultra-portable over Windows Ultrabooks in the U.S.?
MacBook Air
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What earned the title as best all-around subnotebook/ultraportable?
MacBook Air
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What did the Air receive before other PC manufacturers?
Intel's latest CPUs
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Through 7/1/13, what percentage of all Ultrabook sales in the U.S. were MacBook Airs?
56
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When was the competetive pricing of MacBooks especially effective?
when rivals charged more for seemingly equivalent Ultrabooks
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What is another term for anti-aircraft warfare?
counter-air defence
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NATO defines anti-aircraft warfare as measures to reduce what?
the effectiveness of hostile air action
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Barrage balloons are an example of what type of weapons system?
passive measures
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What is the primary effort been for most countries when it comes to anti-aircraft warfare?
homeland defence
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What does NATO ascribe naval air defence as?
anti-aircraft warfare
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What is the Russian term for air defence?
Protivovozdushnaya oborona
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How is the Russian term for air defence abbreviated?
PVO
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What are the AA systems called in Russian?
zenitnye
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What is air defence called in French?
DCA
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What is the generic term for an airplane or rocket in French?
aéronef
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