This report will look at the contrast and differing functionality between the two operating systems, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows 2000.

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Battle of the Operating Systems

Introduction

This report will look at the contrast and differing functionality between the two operating systems, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows 2000. It will give details of arguments for both systems and look at areas such as Installation, Interface, Hardware compatibility and Internet support incorporating networking, multitasking, file management and utilities. The report will also include feedback on the comparisons between the systems from CNET.com.

It is important to understand that the Mac OS X system is produced by and will work only with Apple Mackintosh machines, whereas Microsoft have developed their operating system to work with most independent made computers and do not produce their own hardware in order to run the operating systems and software that they develop.

First of all though we need to understand what is an Operating System (OS) and Network Operating System (NOS) so that within the report we can look at the different functionalities of the two OS systems in question.

OS and NOS

What is OS? - OS is the Operating System that all computers have nowadays and it enables the PC to function by doing two main things which