PowerPC MacIntosh Book: The inside Story on the New RISC-Based MacIntosh - Stephan Somogyi - Paperback

The PowerPC Macintosh Book tells the inside story of the revolutionary new RISC-based Macintosh computers. This book tells you everything you need to know about the new Power Macintosh line: Why the new PowerPC chip family is so important, what's different and what's the same as 68k-based Macs, how to upgrade, and more. Starting with a brief history of the PowerPC family's development by Apple, IBM, and Motorola, the book introduces the Power Macintosh hardware and software and moves on to introduce members of the PowerPC family of microprocessors. It explains the advantages of RISC technology and the differences from CISC technology. The book also provides extensive coverage of the Power Macintosh operating system features, discussing toolbox acceleration, mixed mode, native QuickDraw, native QuickTime, and Virtual Memory. You'll learn about the Power Mac's highly compatible 68k emulator as well as Insignia Solutions' SoftWindows emulator for the Power Macs. The book also explains the Power Macs' design in detail, illuminating such Power Mac hardware features as: Level 2 Cache NuBus Direct Memory Access (DMA) The Power Macintosh I/O Subsystems The high-performance video and AV cards GeoPort and more. This is crucial information that every user, manager, and developer should know to get the most out of Apple's formidable new line of PowerPC-based personal computers: The future of Macintosh is PowerPC. 0201626500B04062001Somogyi, Stephan is the author of 'PowerPC MacIntosh Book: The inside Story on the New RISC-Based MacIntosh - Stephan Somogyi - Paperback' with ISBN 9780201626506 and ISBN 0201626500.