Other Operating System
“Mac OS” is the trademarked name for a series of graphical
user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their
Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited
with popularizing the graphical user interface. It is a powerful, easy-to-use
operating system that is popular with professional graphic designers, desktop
publishers and many home users.
One of the latest versions of the Macintosh operating system
is “Mac OS X”, also known as “Tiger”. It provides powerful features such as
“Spotlight” and “Dashboard Widgets”. Spotlight is an advanced search tool that
can rapidly locate files, folders, e-mail messages, addresses and much more.
Dashboard Widgets are specialized programs that constantly update and display
information.
The next version of Mac OS, “Leopard” includes “Boot Camp”
which allows appropriately equipped Apple computers to use both Mac OS and Windows
XP.
UNIX and Linux: UNIX is a powerful multitasking operating
system that was developed in 1969. It was originally designed to run on
minicomputers in network environments. Now, it is also used by powerful
microcomputers and Web servers.
Linux is a popular version of UNIX. It was initially created
as a hobby in 1991 by a graduate student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of
Helsinki in Finland. He allowed free distribution of the operating system code
and encouraged others to modify and further develop the code.
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