Apple Mac is a brand of personal computers. In actual fact Mac is shorted for 'Macintosh' which is the brand of the computer and Apple are the marketing side of the equation.
The very first 'Mac' came out in 1984. Since then Mac has moved on a bit and is now a popular form of computer for the home, business, education or professional user, selling many 'iMac' PCs. There are also the laptop versions of Macs which are the MacBook, MacBook Pro and now the MacBook Air.
Apple are now offering a service to those people who switch from PC to Mac and will change over all your data from your old PC onto your new Mac computer. The MacBook laptop was first released in May 2006 and has a 13.3" screen as well as a web cam built in, it replaced the previous laptop, iBook G4 and is designed along the same themes. MacBook is available in either black or white with the black costing slightly more than its white counterpart.
Apple also produce the ipod which it bought out in 2001, a popular digital music player. There are now four different version of the ipod available - the ipod shuffle, ipod nano, ipod classic and ipod touch. Ipods are the most popular digital music players today and Apple are collaborating with Nike to bring out a version aimed at the sports field.
The ipod shuffle is the smallest of the ipods available. It has a 1GB storage facility and can store up to 240 songs which can be downloaded from Apples itunes store. It is good to use on the run as it can simply be clipped onto clothing and is very small and light, making it perfect for the gym or out running . It is available in a variety of colours including silver, purple, red, green and aqua to name a few.
The ipod nano is bigger than the shuffle and has a colour screen to enable videos to be watched as well as playing music. It is possible to buy it in either 4 or 8Gb and five different colours.