OS shoot-out: Windows vs. Mac OS X vs. Linux
The Mac's been on a roll, both due to its highly regarded Mac OS X Leopard operating system and to an unhappy reception for Microsoft's Windows Vista. The result: For the first time in memory, the Mac's market share has hit 9.1 percent, according to IDC data, and Windows' market share has dipped below 90 percent. (Linux distributions make up the rest.)
But can either Mac OS X or Linux be more than a niche OS? After all, Windows runs practically everything, from widely used productivity apps such as spreadsheets to highly niche applications such as chemical modeling. Mac OS X and Linux simply don't have the app base that Windows does. Of course, the fact you can run Windows on a Mac or Linux system, thanks to Parallels Desktop and EMC VMware Fusion, lets you have your cake and eat it too.
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I can teach a 9 year old...
I bet I can teach a 9 year old (admittedly a sharp one) to put Linux on a computer and set it up. It's not exactly hard to do. Some of these journalists make setting up Linux seem more difficult than it is to create sensationalism for their blog/article. How come I never have all the difficulties when installing it? I'm not exactly the most savvy of Linux users, but it almost sets itself up for me, every time. Admittedly, I use Mandriva or PCLinuxOS, which, to me, are much easier to install and setup than Ubuntu ever wished it could be, but I've installed Ubuntu before (Linux Mint a few months ago), without much trouble at all. I call bull!