Apple Mac OS X vs Microsoft Windows
Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows are two of the most widely
used desktop operating systems. Apple's Mac OS X is more commonly known as just
simply: "OS X" and is derived (forked) from a BSD variant OS - it is
now being customised and developed by Apple Computer for their own line of PCs,
often referred to as "Macs." Windows is developed by Microsoft for
any PC (including Apple's). For a comparison between Macs and other PCs, visit Mac vs PC.
[edit] Releases
OS X and Windows both have a long
line of releases in their history. The X in OS X stands for 10, signifying the
10th major release of the Mac operating system. Within the Mac OS X line-up,
there have been incremental sub-versions named after felines. Windows began
with 1.0, following the numeric system until 3.1, after that Version NT 3.51,
NT 4 and Windows 2000 for the enterprise and Windows 95,98 and Millenium
Edition for personal uses. Both lines merged again starting from desktop
oriented Version Windows XP, followed by Windows Vista, and the current Windows
7. Besides there are server-releases named Windows 2003 and 2008 for enterprise
and Windows Home Server 2011 for personal use.
[edit] Market
Share
The percentage of the market held by
either OS is unclear. According to one source, Windows has a market share of
91.8% compared to OS X with 7.3% [1].
Also, sales numbers do not
necessarily reflect actual usage levels of various operating systems. Most new
PCs are purchased with Windows installed, but users may opt to change or
upgrade to a different OS. Additionally, some argue that Apple computers have a
slightly longer lifespan, which could mean that sales of Apple computers do not
accurately reflect their current usage levels compared to Windows computers.
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