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What is better for who and why is that? Find out right here!

Source

Both Apple and Microsoft are commercial companies. Though, Mac OSX is based on the Mach kernel, and that is based on the BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) kernel. This means that Apple has some open source influences, since BSD is pretty close to open source.

Goals

Apple’s goal is to provide a simple, functional and good-looking operating system. They have succeeded already, but they are still developing new applications and systems to go with their operating system. They will continue, just like Microsoft, to release operating systems in the future.

Problems?

Mac OSX has a few problems, of which a few are resolved in Snow Leopard (the newest, unreleased operating system from Apple). Users have problems going from Windows to OSX. This is because a lot of things simply aren’t compatible. Apple is working on support for common Windows files to resolve that issue. Also, OSX doesn’t support as much hardware as Windows does. OSX also seems to be behind when it comes to application development.

Conclusion

OSX is the preferred operating system when it comes to graphics design, web design and everything else related to media development. OSX is efficient, fast, and powerful and therefore allows users to use their Mac to the fullest extent.

A lot of media related companies, for example news papers, web design companies, advertising companies, etc, all use Macs. Macs are also suitable for simple home use, from text editing to browsing the internet, from playing a game to developing one. On a Mac, everything is possible.