Windows XP Analysis Windows XP was produced by Microsoft and released on August 24th‚ 2001 (Wikipedia‚ 2012). Wikipedia (2012) stated‚ Windows XP “was the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel.” Windows XP offers functions other previous versions do not‚ making it a popular operating system. It is the first version with product activation to diminish copying the software illegally. Microsoft XP was named “Whistler”‚ in its conception
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WINDOWS VS LINUX Ali Elreda ENG 352-456 Professor Moylan 3/16/2013 Table of Contents Abstract This article is a comparison between two similar but yet different operating systems Microsoft Windows and Linux. One will have a clear idea about each of these systems and would not find it difficult choosing between them. An operating system is somewhat a software program that connects the users with the hardware of the computer. Without an operating system a computer is useless. There
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LINUX vs. WINDOWS The debate on Windows vs. Linux is truly an on going one with no end in site. Regardless how you come at this juncture you are usually a UNIX supporter or a customer of Microsoft OS and products who are grateful for products of Microsoft. We will in the following paragraphs try to compare the advantages and disadvantages of these different systems. We will give a brief description on the cost of these products‚ what kind of market-share these two systems hold‚ the availability
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LINUX VS WINDOWS LINUX VS WINDOWS LINUX WINDOWS • Linux is an example of Open Source software development and Free Operating System (OS). • Linux can be freely distributed‚ downloaded freely‚ distributed through magazines‚ Books etc. There are priced versions for Linux also‚ but they are normally cheaper than Windows. . • Windows is the family of operating system (OS) from Microsoft‚ which is the most famous OS in the world. • For desktop or home use‚ Windows can be expensive. A single copy
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Windows 7 Unlike Vista‚ which included a number of new applications and an entirely different look and feel than earlier operating systems‚ Windows 7 is meant to be fully compatible with all aspects of Vista. Some upgrades do make Windows 7 preferable to both Windows XP and Vista‚ but some aspects are better in the older versions. The time to boot up and shut down the system as well as the speed at which documents and other files open are much improved in Windows 7. But‚ tasks like video editing
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Windows 7 is the latest release of Microsoft Windows‚ a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers‚ including home and business desktops‚ laptops‚ netbooks‚ tablet PCs‚ and media center PCs.Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22‚ 2009‚ and reached general retail availability on October 22‚ 2009‚less than three years after the release of its predecessor‚ Windows Vista. Windows 7’s server counterpart‚ Windows Server 2008 R2‚ was released at the same
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TERM PAPER TOPIC: - WINDOWS VERSUS LINUX SUBMITTED TO: - SUBMITTED BY:- Mr. Raj Singh Satnam Singh RD1901A21 10902610 Acknowledgement I am very thankful to god who gave me this position to do this type of project. I am thankful to my respected Sir Mr. RAJ SINGH who guided me to do as well as I can do in this term paper. My topic is “WINDOWS VS LINUX” and it is very interesting topic for me. With
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Introduction: Comparisons between the Microsoft Windows and Linux computer operating systems are a long-running discussion topic within the personal computer industry. Throughout the entire period of the Windows 9x systems through the introduction of Windows 7‚ Windows has retained an extremely large retail sales majority among operating systems for personal desktop use‚ while Linux has sustained its status as the most prominent free software operating system. After their initial clash‚ both operating
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Why we should use GNU/Linux Distributions There are various reasons why you should drop Windows and Mac OS X‚ but there are also reasons why you should drop Linux and grab a copy of Windows or an overpriced Macintosh computer. Let’s start with why you SHOULDN’T use GNU/Linux *I know this is a persuasive essay‚ but I won’t be too biased. I have to try them out and compare them before judging which is superior to the other* 1. If you like to play a lot of games. Some people pay up to a thousand
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differences between Windows XP and the recently added to the Windows family‚ Windows Vista. What is the difference you ask? Is the consumer receiving more security and stability with one Software than the other? And most of all‚ why would you want to switch to Windows Vista after the Windows XP appears to have everything I need? The short answer would have to be that there are several reasons why you should upgrade to Windows Vista because where Windows XP lacks‚ Windows Vista makes up
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