OS Wars: Choosing the right one
Everyone likes a good “I’m a Mac/I’m a PC” commercial, but how do you really decide on which of the current operating systems will you purchase? All the major ones now run on Intel chips, so the playing field has leveled quite a bit. Running multiple operating systems on each computer you own, be it a Mac or a PC, is no big deal these days. So, why choose just one?
The field may have leveled, but it’s not flat. The OSs still differ in many ways, not all of which are on the surface. We help average users—people with enough tech savvy to install and an own OS and serve as tech support to friends and family, even if they don’t consider themselves tech gurus. How do they choose between Mac “Leopard” (Mac OS 10.5.1 after the first automatic update), Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista (pre-Service Pack 1), and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon (Linux)? Easy. Let us pick for you.
Well, whadiya wanna do. Each OS has its drawbacks. I’ve worked on Mac’s, PC’s, Windows, Linux and no one has the
complete solution. I found the Mac to be the computer that the newbie wants. Practically, the user never seems to learn anything from the Mac and the user is held in check by Mac’s stranglehold on the distirbution. PC’s are more cost efficient. They have a much broader range of software choices in Os’s, as well as, third party software ,and if you need help the availability of tech’s is very widespread. The virus issue can be greatly mitigated in PC’s and the amount of technical advance is much faster in the PC market. Consider the advancement of the Linux distro’s. I rest my case.
Mac
(no relation to Apple)
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