No durple is not the same as MAC. However Durple can be used with a MAC system.
The apple mac name of IEEE 1394 interface is FireWire.
Mac GUI
Mac OS has a graphical user interface (GUI).
The IEEE 1394 interface is also know as "Firewire" on an Apple Mac.
mac OS 9 is the previous Apple Macintosh Operating System version, before Mac OS 10, or X as it has been advertised as. Mac OS 9 does not utilize the 'aqua' look of the modern mac interface, but instead uses a chunky grey interface. http://www.iindigo3d.com/macosmacos9.jpg for a preview of the interface of mac OS 9
On a Linux machine, the MAC address for an interface can be found in the /sys/class/net/<interface>/address file, where <interface> is the name of the network interface (like eth0 or wlan0). Additionally, the MAC address can also be viewed using the ip link show <interface> command. For IPv6 specifically, while the MAC address itself doesn't change, it can be used to generate the Interface Identifier in the IPv6 address format.
Their essentially the same. The biggest difference is using of the Control("apple key") on the Mac with using the Ctrl key in Windows when using shortcuts
No, MAC addresss and IP address are not the same. MAC addresses are "hard-coded" into the Network Interface Card (NIC) and only ID that individual card. The IP address is software generated and ID's both the network and the individual host.
GUI (pronounced "gooey") = Graphical User Interface
A MAC address is useful if you want the router to always provide the same IP address to the same network interface, or if you want to provide a service, such as a PXE boot image, to a specific computer regardless of its IP address.
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Mac is short for Macintosh, the first computer with a graphical user interface in 1984 made by Apple.