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Mac
Advantages

• Stable and unlikely to crash
• Secure operating system (unlikely to get a virus)
• Pre-installed applications
• More appealing design

Disadvantages

• Expensive computer
• Expensive hardware/software
• Very different for windows users
• Can only use itunes as a music player and an ipod

Windows

Advantages

• Cheaper
• Multiple pieces of media software can be installed
• Easy to use for the common PC user
• Huge user support network
• Easy to manage photos

Disadvantages

• Many viruses are made daily
• The “Blue Screens of Death”
• Slower than Macs

Linux

Advantages

• Most software can be obtained for free on Linux
• Runs on old hardware
• Security is good
• Stable and unlikely to crash

Disadvantages

• Takes time to learn how to use it
• May not support some software
• Higher level of technical ability needed
• Not all hardware is compatible

The History of the Operating system, when and who found it

Microsoft windows is a series of software operating systems. Microsoft had released an operating environment in November 1985.

Microsoft has released these operating systems:

1. MS-DOS
2. Windows 3.0
3. Windows 3.1 and NT
4. Windows 95
5. Windows NT 4.0
6. Windows 98
7. Windows 2000
8. Windows Millennium Edition (me)
9. Windows XP
10. Windows Server 2003
11. Windows Home Server
12. Windows Vista
13. Windows Server 2008
14. Windows 7 (Latest)

Mac OS X is a series of operating systems produced by Apple Inc. It was released in 2002 as the successor  to Mac OS 9.

Mac OS X have released these operating systems:

1. Public Beta: “Kodiak”
2. Version 10.0: “Cheetah”
3. Version 10.1: “Puma”
4. Version 10.2 “Jaguar”
5. Version 10.3 “Panther”
6. Version 10.4 “Tiger”
7. Version 10.5 “Leopard”
8. Version 10.6 “Snow Leopard” (Latest)

Linux is a series of operating systems first released in 1971.

Linux have released these operating systems:

1. Unix
2. GNU
3. MINIX ( Similar to Unix, designed for computer science)