1. Windows 7
1.1. Pros:
1.1.1. New Connecting to Wi-Fi networks, has become more streamlined and easy.
1.1.2. What is teached in school to us
1.1.3. More Applications
1.2. Cons:
1.2.1. Limited Usage, Not free
1.2.2. Not stable, BSOD
1.2.3. Does not have good applications
1.3. http://blog.hafees.com/news/windows-7-beta-will-shutdown-in-every-two-hours-from-today/
2. Linux: Ubuntun
2.1. Pros:
2.1.1. Frequent updates
2.1.2. Community Support
2.1.3. Free software and open source
2.2. Cons:
2.2.1. Many crashes, unstable
2.2.2. Hardware not standard
2.2.3. Not many companies make programs for Linux.
2.3. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20002478-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
3. OS Definition:
3.1. What is an Operating System
3.1.1. NIn computing, an operating system (OS) is software (programs and data) that provides an interface between the hardware and other software. The OS is responsible for management and coordination of processes and allocation and sharing of hardware resources such as RAM and disk space, and acts as a host for computing applications running on the OS. An operating system may also provide orderly accesses to the hardware by competing software routines. This relieves the application programmers from having to manage these details.ew node
3.2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system
4. Google: Chromium
4.1. http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os
4.2. Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web. Here you can review the project's design docs, obtain the source code, and contribute
5. Apple, OS X
5.1. Pros:
5.1.1. Targeted less by viruses and spyware
5.1.2. Easy to install and east installation of Apps.
5.2. Cons:
5.2.1. Expensive
5.2.2. you have to pay for new hardware