Jul 05, 2011 Mac vs Windows. Macintosh and Windows are two different computer systems, and they run on different operating systems. A Mac computer runs on a Unix-based operating system that is designed and sold by Apple. The operating system being used currently for Macs is Mac OS X, and it is designed around graphic interface. Today, Linux is the fully open source UNIX system (as is Free BSD), with many flavors that all share the same kernel. OS X is a blending of open source code and proprietary code. And Windows is wholely proprietary code. Although they all share POSIX compliance, this compliance is limited to the command line tools.
OS X is a BSD Unix based operating system with a GUI which is
more user friendly than Windows for many users. The OS allows for
permissions based accounts, and has better access controls to limit
the spread of malicious software (yes, there are viruses and proof
of concepts which target Apple software), and protects the system
folder from write actions unless a user has administrative
privileges.
The ease of use is often cited as a primary reason for
educational institutions and art related business to defer to
Apples.
Windows is prevalent in business environments, and has differing
architectures based upon which flavor is installed (there are vast
differences between 3.11, 95, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7) and the
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variations would best be researched on a product information site.
Because of the popularity of Windows, malware and viruses are
numerous, and an antivirus program is often the bare minimum that a
user must use to protect their computing resources and data.
No matter the operating system, a best practice to follow is to
always work from a user account with limited privileges and only do
upgrades and installs from within the administrative account's
workspace.