Linux Vs Windows 1. Why has Microsoft been so successful with Windows? Windows has been successful with Windows for a number of reasons such as below: * Dominant Operating System/Large Installation Base: Windows was first launched in 1983‚ and has been the most dominant Operating System with a huge market share and installation base. * Enormous plethora of GUIs: Microsoft windows provide a range of features from a step-by-step user interface for novice users to powerful interfaces
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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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Alex Proyas released his new blockbuster I‚ Robot based on the homonymous short story by Isaac Asimov. Both stories tell the viewer a fiction about creatures produced by human beings. These creatures feel itself as a stranger in the society and misunderstood. But even if the stories have the same beginning they are presented in a different way. So the question is: Is the movie I‚ robot the Frankenstein of the 21st century? The future world of I‚ Robot is introduced to the audience through the eyes
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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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of Microsoft and Mac? Windows computers are preferred by many because of how easy they can be to customize. Because of the way their hardware is designed‚ users can replace graphics cards‚ RAM chips‚ CD drives‚ motherboards and other internal hardware at their discretion. Most Mac models‚ on the other hand‚ are difficult to upgrade apart from RAM and a few other basic components. Most changes require a visit to an Apple store. Windows computers are constructed from a number
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history in the making. Fast forward 3 years to October 2008 and we come to a time which has the right to be heralded as a "milestone in the history of Technology". The event? The first Android phone was sold. Now rewind to 1985 when the Microsoft Windows OS was unveiled to the world as the brainchild of Microsoft (partnered with IBM). The world witnessed something that was never seen before-Technology so advanced at that time that the fine line between magic and science appeared to be crossed. If
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No matter how similar the robot started to look‚ and even act like humans‚ they do not exactly mimic the human. The actual face-to-face contact between people is important for people of all ages and if it is interrupted by the robot would not be pretty. In the article "Robots that Care" by Jerome Groopman‚ he discusses how scientists have started to create robots for medical therapy‚ and how it is currently trying to replace Therapist. However‚ the robot is not a good medical therapy for the future
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Some people will say that there is nothing good on TV now days‚ well I for one would have to disagree with them. In today’s world there are just so many shows on that it is hard to say that. At my house we watch a lot of kid programs because we have a 17 month old and a newborn. The kid’s shows we watch have a lot of good qualities that they need to learn at an early age to help further them along with their learning and life’s choices. We like to watch Dora the Explorer or Jake and the Never land
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Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows The operating systems Linux®‚ Macintosh® (Mac) and Microsoft® Windows® are the main software to every computer system to run properly along with other hardware. These operating systems (OS ’s) are very different in several ways‚ but they also have some similarities too. Linux‚ Mac and Windows use memory management‚ process management‚ file management and security management to operate the computer systems correctly
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