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  • proper noun Plural form of Macintosh.

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Examples

  • At the time, the iPod only worked on Macintoshes running Apple's proprietary operating systems and iTunes 2, the company's latest music software.

    The Apple Evolution 2011

  • Fixing Apple's retail strategy was a priority for Mr. Jobs because Apple's brand had become so weak that mass retailers refused to stock Macintoshes.

    Secrets From Apple's Genius Bar: Full Loyalty, No Negativity Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011

  • The Samascott family orchard grows 60 kinds of apples on 100 acres, including several old standbys like Macintoshes and Golden Delicious, as well as other more exotic heirloom strains such as the pink-fleshed Scarlet Surprise, and the oddly-ribbed Caville Blanc.

    Richard Schiffman: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Here's the Latest! Richard Schiffman 2012

  • Macintoshes were especially hard hit as they are early.

    Boids 2010

  • Fixing Apple's retail strategy was a priority for Mr. Jobs because Apple's brand had become so weak that mass retailers refused to stock Macintoshes.

    Secrets From Apple's Genius Bar: Full Loyalty, No Negativity Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011

  • The Samascott family orchard grows 60 kinds of apples on 100 acres, including several old standbys like Macintoshes and Golden Delicious, as well as other more exotic heirloom strains such as the pink-fleshed Scarlet Surprise, and the oddly-ribbed Caville Blanc.

    Richard Schiffman: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Here's the Latest! Richard Schiffman 2012

  • The first Macintoshes shipped with the designers' and engineers' signatures molded inside the case.

    Steve Jobs and the Coolest Show on Earth David Gelernter 2011

  • The Samascott family orchard grows 60 kinds of apples on 100 acres, including several old standbys like Macintoshes and Golden Delicious, as well as other more exotic heirloom strains such as the pink-fleshed Scarlet Surprise, and the oddly-ribbed Caville Blanc.

    Richard Schiffman: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Here's the Latest! Richard Schiffman 2012

  • Working there in the late 1960s with another programmer, Ken Thompson, Mr. Ritchie developed C while Mr. Thompson developed the original version of Unix, which is the foundation for the operating software of many mainframe computers, Web servers and Apple Macintoshes.

    Pioneer Programmer Shaped the Evolution of Computers Stephen Miller 2011

  • Individuals adore iPhones, iPods, Macintoshes, and iPads, and corporations are belatedly realizing that men and women don't like to be forced to use tools at work that they find mediocre.

    Jonathan Littman: Innovation World Cup Style 2010

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