The operating systems purpose also referred to as the OS is to allow the user the ability to communicate with the computer’s hardware without the OS it basically would be impossible to use your computer. The OS is the software programs that runs on computer’s and manages the hardware and gives the user a place to utilize different applications you may have saved into your computer. The OS gives you the ability to manage and change settings to your very own personal preferences such as the my computer feature on Microsoft word that you click on after clicking the start icon to get into properties, and many other various features similar to that one. All operating systems have evolved over time to perform new operations and to use newer hardware, but all stem from the original OS. Windows is the most common used computer in the U.S supplying about 90% of homes computers with various versions like windows7/vista, windows xp and 2000 still being used by a lot of businesses. Windows is considered the “standard” OS bundled with new PC’s most software and hardware is designed with windows in mind as far as compatibility goes. (Sinoun, 2014)
Windows is designed for PC’s so computer cost can be relatively cheap, but you must purchase the software and update software as newer edition comes out to stay current because you cannot share upgrades legally.
Macintosh are not PC compatible on the other hand and windows nor Linux can run programs on Macs systems, and Mac OS uses its own web browser Safari not the typical Google or Bing as you can see when using an IPhone or such. Unlike windows only about 10% of the U.S population uses Mac for personal use favorite amongst multimedia designers, graphic artist, and musicians. (Education, 2011)
Mac software is only compatible with Apple computers and apple computers are much more expensive than PC’s. One of Macintosh’s main