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[bentaxle]

Ive been told a mac machine doesnt have a register if its true whoever do they work ,or is some one pulling a very old leg

[fo3nix]

What do you mean by a register?

[Gromit]

Register
Memory location that can be accessed rapidly; it is often built into the computer's central processing unit.
Some registers are reserved for special tasks � for example, an instruction register is used to hold the machine-code command that the computer is currently executing, while a sequence-control register keeps track of the next command to be executed. Other registers are used for holding frequently used data and for storing intermediate results.

Still didn't know the answer, though.

[rojash]

Modern macs use Intel processors identical to those found in PCs. Assuming that you mean a register as described by Gromit, then of course they do, in fact they have a number. Earlier versions of the Mac used processors which had more registers than the Intel processors.

[fo3nix]

If you do mean register by the above definition, then I concur with the above.

Hardware-wise, macs (current, anyway) are no different to windows PCs. They just have a better operating system.

Before they switched to Intel processors they used RISC processors, which as rojash says, had even more registers than x86 class processors.

[bentaxle]

thank you all for the answers I should have known better ,every thing has to have some form of instructions
to work and a place to keep them in ,ah well ile get there in the end ,thanks again

[Buenchico]

Possibly there's some confusion here between 'register' and 'registry'?

The Mac operating system is Unix-based and, in common with all Unix systems, does not have a registry (which makes it far more robust than Windows).

The Windows registry seeks to draw together common elements of various programs. However, by linking programs together, it offers the possibility of producing system conflicts. The registry served a purpose when computer memory was limited and expensive. However, if Microsoft's programmers could start today with a 'blank sheet' it's extremely unlikely that they'd adopt the same concept. Unfortunately, unless they're prepared to produce a new operating system which is totally incompatible with all existing PC software, they're stuck with it.

Chris

[bentaxle]

Thank you for further info ,perhaps thats how the mix up came about ,also thanks again you for the adproxy solution chris