The Macintosh Desktop (DR)
Whether you're running a brand-new Mac with the latest version of Mac OS X installed or you're using an older Mac with Mac OS 8.0, you see the same basic thing when you start up your Mac—the famed Macintosh Desktop. Macs use the desktop metaphor to provide a familiar setting—a desk, essentially—for Mac users to command their machines. At its heart, the Macintosh Desktop works a lot like a desk in the real world. It has a space in which you open folders and work with documents and storage areas where you can organize your documents in folders. You can also use those storage areas to hold other devices that help you do your work, such as a calculator, a spreadsheet, or even a CD player.
On the Macintosh, a specialized ...
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