Mac Computers Could Ride AI Wave or Be Left Behind

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San Francisco: Forty years after igniting a PC revolution, Apple’s Mac is stronger than ever and could reach new glory due to AI computing or be left behind.
Apple launched the Macintosh in 1984 with a history-making television ad pitching the machine as an anti-establishment blow against a dystopian future.
The computer, referred to simply as a Mac, won fans with user-friendly features such as a graphical interface, clickable icons, and a mouse.
“The influence of the Mac is massive,” Futurum Group research director Olivier Blanchard told AFP.
“Every laptop and every PC (personal computer) has tried to emulate the Mac and its success.”
Macs became the preferred choice for Apple fans, along with artists, filmmakers, and other creative professionals.
Windows-powered computers, however, dominated business workplaces with lower-cost machines that synced with ubiquitous productivity tools like databases or spreadsheets made by Microsoft and others.
More recently, Apple has been making inroads in business, getting help from iPhone lovers using their smartphones for work and Macs becoming more compatible with programs used on the job.
The Mac’s market has expanded to “basically everyone,” Dag Spicer, senior curator at the Silicon Valley Computer History Museum, told AFP at an exhibit to mark its anniversary.