Both Apple and IBM are large international companies offering a wide range of software and hardware. IBM has a range of software for Mac OS X such as their Lotus Symphony but they have discontinued other titles such as their XL C/C++ Compiler Advanced Edition for Mac OS X.
Not directly but it is easy enough to get software of the same brand that is compatible for each type and it is possible for each to save data in a format so that it can be used on the other type. So while they are not directly compatible it is possible for them to do a lot of work together.
No, Mac OS is only compatible with Apple computers
IBM compatible was a term used in the eighties to describe personal computers that could run PC-DOS the IBM operating software. These days the term is redundant.
DOS, which stands for Disk Operating System.
Windows works with IBM machines, though Windows '98 is incredibly obsolete at this time.
yes
All three companies produce computers that are compatible with many products created by IBM.
Technically, the only computers that can be called "IBM Computers" are the ones that have been manufactured and/or sold by IBM. However, the "IBM Compatible Computers" are those that have been built in accordance with the IBM Standard. IBM created the original PC then turned it over to the "open architecture" community to be built by anyone who wants to follow those standards. IBM Compatible computers are the "PC" including the Laptop PC. Pretty much just about anything that's not "Apple".
There are two main types of desktop or notebook computers: * IBM Compatible PC * Apple PC An IBM compatible PC is the traditional computer. It is the most common computer used in homes and offices around the globe. The typical operating systems for an IBM compatible PC are Microsoft Windows (the most common), or Linux (a free and open source unix type OS, originaly only for the very geeky, but now gaining popularity) An Apple computer is a computer made by Apple Computers, inc and runs a version of the Mac OS
IBM no longer produces hardware that is compatible with Windows '98 but it will run on a recent Apple computer within the Virtual Box software. (See links below)
No, nothing on ADLS is compatible with a mac. It has something to do with Java not working on apple computers.
Ones made by apple.
all of them
One can purchase a Blackberry that is compatible for Mac Computers directly from Blackberry via phone or internet, as well as from retailers such as Amazon.