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{{quote|'''*BONG!*''' "Welcome to Macintosh.''}}
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Much like earlier 80x86 competitors to Windows such as [[UNIX|Linux]], native game ports have mostly died away as a result, replaced with the common CPU architecture's ability to use various types of emulation to run Windows games at a decent speed or simply reboot into Windows using the Boot Camp bootloader software. In particular, a commercial enhancement of Wine [[Punny Name|called Cider]] is bundled into most current Mac game "ports", so native Mac games have been reduced from those ported by third parties to those originally written by [[Multi Platform]] Mac developers, like [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]], [[Id Software|id]], and (in a recent surprise) [[Valve]], bringing [[Steam]] to the Mac.
 
Named after the McIntosh apple, which you can find in the produce section of a grocery store near you. No relation to a Mac(kintosh) coat, Mac(aroni) and Cheese, a McDonald's Big Mac (though you won't believe how often this crops up in [httphttps://viweb.sualizearchive.usorg/viewweb/loucypher20190630191715/0b9eedcf43dd8118d2eb1728ded9d6afhttps://visualhunt.com/browse/ jokes] in both fandom and hater circles alike), [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Big Macintosh]], [[Clifford the Big Red Dog|a blue dog named Mac]], [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends|someone who has a blue imaginary friend]] or somebody on the street yelling "Hey, mac!" to you.
 
See its [http://folklore.org colorful history] here.
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'''2010 Mac Pro'''
 
The latestA top-of-the-line Macintosh, guaranteed to burn a hole in your pocket and your savings account, too.
 
''Processors''
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''[[Mac OS]]''
* OS X 10.4.7 minimum
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ARM Macs=
Starting in 2020 Apple began transitioning away from Intel and to their own in house chips based on ARM Architecture. Speedy yet power efficient, these more custom machines helped differentiate the Mac more against PC competition.
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* ''[[Power Pete]]''
* ''[[Prime Target]]''
* ''[[Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth|Quarterstaff: Tomb Of Setmoth]]''
* ''[[Realmz]]''
* ''[[Scarab of Ra]]''
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''(titles / franchises with installments also OS X-compatible marked with an asterisk)''
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* ''[[Abuse_(video_game)|Abuse]]'' *
* ''[[The Adventures of Willy Beamish]]''
* ''[[Afterlife]]''