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Ya'll are lost on this. Time to plug in HAL.
Ok, OSX is not a Unix based operating system. It is actually based on a clone of BSD that replaces the X windows system with Mac's own proprietary video handling routines. BSD is not Unix - it is Unix like, but it is not Unix. There is a difference.
The BSD operating systems are not clones, but open source derivatives of AT&T's Research UNIX® operating system
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
OSX is soooooooo (o.m.g. sooooo) much better then Windows.
1) OSX is a Unix based operating system.. Its built on the MACH kernel (freebsd, netbsd.. etc).
2) OSX is faster.. My desktop OSX system boots from the BIOS screen to the finder in under 4 seconds. Not like windows FAKE fast boot where things are still loading in the background and you cant do anything... 4 seconds to full functionality.
3) OSX does more with less.. OSX handles memory WAY better then windows. It also requires less HD space.
4) OSX has better built in tools.. TimeMachine. 'Nuf said.
5) OSX is cheaper.. Windows 8 = $100. OSX 10.8 = $20.. OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) = Free Upgrade. (how much would it cost to go from Win7 to 8? $100)
6) OSX is more powerfull.. I can run Windows Programs, Linux and OSX all from one system.
7) OSX is user friendly.. My mom can use OSX.
Don't be bad mouthing an operating system you've never spent some time with .. As somebody who makes a living working with Windows OS's (Both Desktop and Server) i would take OSX any day over Windows.
Uh...
1> Windows is based off of a brand new kernel that was designed from the ground up, taking advantage of all the lessons that were learned from prior operating systems like UNIX and (particularly) VMS.
2> Faster by what measurement? It's nearly impossible to compare two different operating systems in a qualitative way like that because there are so many variables and one thing may simply run better or be ported better to another. Also, some things you need or want are only available on one of the OSes.
3> That's so broad that there's simply no way to prove it. It's ridiculous.
4> I will give you that- out of the box- Mac has some really really nice tools and capabilities that Windows CANNOT hold a candle to. HOWEVER... Windows is the #1 platform in the industry by a LANDSLIDE. And that means that there are faaaaaaaaaaaaar more options available in the market than there are for the Mac.
5> OSX is cheaper... until you consider the hardware you're purchasing from Apple to run it on. BTW, Win8 was a $40 upgrade for Win7 users for quite some time.
6> Uh... yeah, that's just ridiculous. I can do all that on my PC as well. I have VirtualBox and VMware workstation, and have a variety of OSes running in them. I'm running one right now for some work I'm doing.
7> User friendly is all about what you know. I support Macintoshes and I'm constantly banging my head on the desk because they make things so weird. But that's just because I've been doing Windows for 80 million years and I'm not used to it. This argument is ridiculous.
So... what I'm saying... is that your entire post is pretty much ridiculous propaganda hogwash. Except for 1/2 of point 4.
Don't make assertions about things you know very little about.
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We are going WAY off track here... but WTH..
(for the record.. I also worked with Apple as a contractor while OPENSTEP was being converted into what is now OSX)
We are going WAY off track here... but WTH..
Ok, OSX is not a Unix based operating system. It is actually based on a clone of BSD that replaces the X windows system with Mac's own proprietary video handling routines. BSD is not Unix - it is Unix like, but it is not Unix. There is a difference.
What?!?! BSD was started as a derivative of AT&T's UNIX operating system. Way back in the 90's it lost the rights to the name UNIX (In a lawsuit filed by AT&T). A layer will say BSD is not UNIX (only in a legal copyright way). But even on the BSD website it says:
We are going WAY off track here... but WTH..
Ok, OSX is not a Unix based operating system. It is actually based on a clone of BSD that replaces the X windows system with Mac's own proprietary video handling routines. BSD is not Unix - it is Unix like, but it is not Unix. There is a difference.
What?!?! BSD was started as a derivative of AT&T's UNIX operating system. Way back in the 90's it lost the rights to the name UNIX (In a lawsuit filed by AT&T). A layer will say BSD is not UNIX (only in a legal copyright way). But even on the BSD website it says:
The BSD operating systems are not clones, but open source derivatives of AT&T's Research UNIX® operating system
Uh...
1> Windows is based off of a brand new kernel that was designed from the ground up, taking advantage of all the lessons that were learned from prior operating systems like UNIX and (particularly) VMS.
2> Faster by what measurement? It's nearly impossible to compare two different operating systems in a qualitative way like that because there are so many variables and one thing may simply run better or be ported better to another. Also, some things you need or want are only available on one of the OSes.
3> That's so broad that there's simply no way to prove it. It's ridiculous.
4> I will give you that- out of the box- Mac has some really really nice tools and capabilities that Windows CANNOT hold a candle to. HOWEVER... Windows is the #1 platform in the industry by a LANDSLIDE. And that means that there are faaaaaaaaaaaaar more options available in the market than there are for the Mac.
5> OSX is cheaper... until you consider the hardware you're purchasing from Apple to run it on. BTW, Win8 was a $40 upgrade for Win7 users for quite some time.
6> Uh... yeah, that's just ridiculous. I can do all that on my PC as well. I have VirtualBox and VMware workstation, and have a variety of OSes running in them. I'm running one right now for some work I'm doing.
7> User friendly is all about what you know. I support Macintoshes and I'm constantly banging my head on the desk because they make things so weird. But that's just because I've been doing Windows for 80 million years and I'm not used to it. This argument is ridiculous.
So... what I'm saying... is that your entire post is pretty much ridiculous propaganda hogwash. Except for 1/2 of point 4.
Don't make assertions about things you know very little about.
BOOM!
That actually just happened
Sent from my Nexus 5 using manaheim's awesome post
Your right... I don't know what i'm talking about. I've only been a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) since ~1995 (Windows 3.1/Dos 6). I don't know why i spent all those years getting MCPD, MCDBA and MCITP certified in the past (I only hold a MCSD certificate now). We must be talking about a different Windows operating system then the one I've spent the last 20 years developing system drivers and enterprise applications for... my mistake.
(for the record.. I also worked with Apple as a contractor while OPENSTEP was being converted into what is now OSX)