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Friday 2 September 2011

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Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista vs. Windows XP


Windows Vista has changed all that. Never has a Microsoft operating system been greeted with such a lack of enthusiasm from consumers and businesses alike. Whether it's because of Vista's confusing array of versions, its hefty hardware requirements, its driver issues or its invasive security features, users are resisting the upgrade to Vista and considering other options, from Mac OS X to Linux to just sticking with Windows XP, thank you very much.
Suddenly, the OS wars have a new relevance.

research the terms

1)booting (also known as booting up) is a bootstrapping process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system.
2)Gui - isThe most commonly have meat or fish as their primary ingredient, but may in some cases also comprise grilled vegetables or other vegetarian ingredients
3)linux-is a computer operating system which is based on free and open source software. Although many different varieties of Linux exist, all are Unix-like and based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel created in 1992 by Linus Torvalds.
4)Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) for their Macintosh line of computer systems.
5)ms-dos is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface (GUI), in particular by various generations of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
6)multitasking the apparent simultaneous performance of two or more tasks by a computer's central processing unit.
7) N2O, a gas commonly referred to as "nitrous" or "NOS" in vehicle racing.
8)OS (NOS) is an informal name for the operating system in many Nokia mobile phones. These are informal names, there is no such product or trademark, though the term "Nokia OS" is used in official Nokia communications.
9)System software is computer software designed to operate the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software.
10)Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with documents.
11) Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix) is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna.
12)Utility software is a kind of system software designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain the computer. A single piece of utility software is usually called a utility or tool.
13)Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft. Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces.
14)Windows CE is a distinct operating system and kernel, rather than a trimmed-down version of desktop Windows.[5] It is not to be confused with Windows Embedded Standard which is an NT-based componentized version of desktop Microsoft Windows.
15.)Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and mobile devices.