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What is the difference between Windows, Mac, Unix, Linx?!?
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What kind of question is that. There just different Operating systems. They all work differently but mainly do the same things.
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Yes, but Windows on 10 things you want to do, 8 time crashes.
Linux on 10 things you want to do, 0,000000000000000000000000000001 x 10^-34 crashes. And when crash, crash only the program, not all.

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Marco wrote:Yes, but Windows on 10 things you want to do, 8 time crashes.
Linux on 10 things you want to do, 0,000000000000000000000000000001 x 10^-34 crashes. And when crash, crash only the program, not all.

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I hate linux....
windows XP hardly crashes and when it does you can reboot...
Linux crashed out on me once and I had to format C: cause there was no rebooting....
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strange question indeed, hmm, windows XP is the only one i know so this one is best :mrgreen:
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spaceman-spiff wrote:strange question indeed, hmm, windows XP is the only one i know so this one is best :mrgreen:
It is!
Mainly because there are a lot more programs for windows AND those programs are a lot easier to install... I tried installing icq on linux... it took me like 15minutes..

Linux can be very secure to use as a server though....
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:) Well i've got windows eXPlosion, but at least it doesn't explode in my computer... mine works fine, at the moment. :roll:
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Arundel wrote:What is the difference between Windows, Mac, Unix, Linx?!?
Ahem. /me clears throat, ready for a long detailed explanation

Windows is an operating system available mainly for Intel-based computers. Windows 1.0 was released in the mid-1980s, and ran on top of DOS. Windows 2.x, 3.x, 95, 98 and ME all ran on DOS, but Windows 2000 (based on NT) doesn't.

Ack, I can't be bothered to write this all out... basically, they are all different operating systems. You can't natively run Mac OS on Windows, or Windows on a Mac, as they are built for different processors. There was once an Intel version of Rhapsody (so basically you could run a copy of Mac OS natively on a PC (but not run Mac programs), in a way - see Nathan Lineback's GUI Gallery). Linux and UNIX are available for many different platforms, including Intel and Motorola (PowerPC - which is what Macs use) - Mac OS X is based on UNIX.
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orudge wrote:Windows is an operating system available mainly for Intel-based computers. Windows 1.0 was released in the mid-1980s, and ran on top of DOS. Windows 2.x, 3.x, 95, 98 and ME all ran on DOS, but Windows 2000 (based on NT) doesn't.
(Clear my throat) You forgot Win Xp mate.. :P
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I like this one:

Windows 95 is a 32 bit user interface on top of a 16 bit operating system developed for an 8 bit CPU written by a 2 bit company with not one bit of common sense.
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orudge wrote:
Arundel wrote:What is the difference between Windows, Mac, Unix, Linx?!?
Ahem. /me clears throat, ready for a long detailed explanation

Windows is an operating system available mainly for Intel-based computers. Windows 1.0 was released in the mid-1980s, and ran on top of DOS. Windows 2.x, 3.x, 95, 98 and ME all ran on DOS, but Windows 2000 (based on NT) doesn't.

Ack, I can't be bothered to write this all out... basically, they are all different operating systems. You can't natively run Mac OS on Windows, or Windows on a Mac, as they are built for different processors. There was once an Intel version of Rhapsody (so basically you could run a copy of Mac OS natively on a PC (but not run Mac programs), in a way - see Nathan Lineback's GUI Gallery). Linux and UNIX are available for many different platforms, including Intel and Motorola (PowerPC - which is what Macs use) - Mac OS X is based on UNIX.
Mac OS X, another fine example of how an OS *should* be written. Rock solid, unix based, good gui. (Though I'm using linux more often lately :P)
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I have an very old Apple Mactinthosh .. I guess thats MacOS.. heheheh I only hate the one mouse button.. I prefer 2
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Mati wrote:(Clear my throat) You forgot Win Xp mate.. :P
I didn't specifically mention it, but I was describing how it went from based on DOS to not based on DOS. ;)
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I prefer using Windows over Linux, simply because why complicate something that only needs to be simple?
I don't seem to find WindowsXP very stable though, it crashes less than the Windows 95/98/ME did but it's still pretty bad (for me).
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Windows is definatly the best for me. I tryed redhat 8 but didn't like it. I crashed it twice and then it refused to boot. So I formatted it! :P
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Omnislash wrote:Windows is definatly the best for me. I tryed redhat 8 but didn't like it. I crashed it twice and then it refused to boot. So I formatted it! :P
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Patchman wrote:I like this one:

Windows 95 is a 32 bit user interface on top of a 16 bit operating system developed for an 8 bit CPU written by a 2 bit company with not one bit of common sense.
good indeed, where did you find it :D :D
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spaceman-spiff wrote:
Patchman wrote:I like this one:

Windows 95 is a 32 bit user interface on top of a 16 bit operating system developed for an 8 bit CPU written by a 2 bit company with not one bit of common sense.
good indeed, where did you find it :D :D
Yes I forgot to mention that.... I realy liked this whahahahaha made me laugh.. :mrgreen: :D
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Patchman wrote:I like this one:

Windows 95 is a 32 bit user interface on top of a 16 bit operating system developed for an 8 bit CPU written by a 2 bit company with not one bit of common sense.
haha. I never noticed that! :D
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