Really Sorry, think I posted this in the wrong place!Hi all, its my first time posting here.
Im at college in England and have been set a piece of coursework asking me to find Advantages and Disadvantages in different operating systems. The specific systems are:
Windows
Windows NT
Unix
Macos
I also have to discuss the specific use of each.
Any help would be greatfully recieved thankyou!
ps, I did find an old topic on your site about this but it hadnt been touched in nearly two years.
Thanks again.
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You have a good overview already. However, advantages and disadvantages of a particular O/S may be something that depends on the situation at hand...
The windows versions have shown a tendency to become bloated during transition from 3.11 - 9X - NT - 2k - XP, and the hardware demands increase dramatically between say NT4 and XP. If you are in a position to disregard the hardware issues totally, you may take advantage of the newer, supposedly more refined XP, otherwise you'll be cheating yourself of computing power running XP on "older" hardware.
In some situations, the pricing may be an important factor. I understand you are supposed to pay a license fee for the right to use MS software. To some people or organisations this price tag is not negligible.
The MAC OS:s preceding OS X, are not stable by any standards. They are like driving a sleek and powerful car with a sealed hood. Very nice until they act up, at which point you're left to your two feet. Their advantage is the sophisticated GUI, their disadvantage is the fact that the GUI is all there is. (more or less).
If "Unix" includes the Linux siblings, you're looking at power and versatility, unfortunately combined with a baffling complexity.
Cheers
/RID
windows 98 95 me
home usres
windows NT 2000
small and medium networkes & professional workstations
microsoft claims it will work smooth with huge networks
in reality the situation is different
novell
all range of networks
unix ( unlimited as long as you got the hardware to support it )
enterprises and very very large networks ( unlimited as long as you got the hardware to support it )
mac os
Professional graphics workstations
Business Accounts
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by: 0renPosted on 2002-10-15 at 13:41:03ID: 7335411
windows 98 95
easy to use more or less
all kind of softwares games etc , etc everything
good for games
support almost all kind of pc hardware
doesnt need a lot of disk space to run
unstable
no security
win 95 doesnt support USB
windows NT
A little bit more dificult to use then 95 98
unless you are using it for buisness dont use it
much more secure then 98 95
Much more stable then 98 95
will not support many devices like scanners etc etc
no USB
win 2000
Multi Users Operating system
plug and play OS
support USB , firewire ,usb 2
Support Much more hardware then NT but still not all of it
More stable then NT
Easy to use
good security if you know how to apply it
great as part of network
Consume alot of system resources
takes a lot of space on your hard drive
stable
windows XP
Multi Users Operating system
All the above without the bad things
support mant devices
Backward compatibility to NT 98 95 ( not perfect )
Security same as the W2K with service pack 3
Consume alot of system resources
takes a lot of space on your hard drive
great for game multimedia
more stable the the others
Unix
Stable
Stable
Multi Users Operating system
Stable
Much more difficult to learn then Windows
Most of the tasks are being done using shell ( Command Line )
Stable
Multi tasking operating system
Unless you are using linux or open bsd unix you will need
a non X86 based hardware
Stable
Secure buit you must be aguru to do it
Stable
Mac os
Very intuitive
Great graphics
Stable
Doesnt have as much programs not hardware as windows