Operating System Comparison
The operating system (OS) is the most important program that runs on a computer.
Every general purpose computer must have an operating system to run other programs and
applications. More specifically, an operating system allows a computer's hardware components,
including processors and drives, to communicate with its software components, such as
applications and data instruction sets. In modern personal computers, workstations and other
computing devices, operating systems are components, which computers cannot
function without. Computer operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input
from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on
the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as printers. The performance of the computer
itself also relies in what computer system has been utilized by the computer. There are 3
popular computer systems that our computers these days had been using - The Linux, Windows
and Apple Macintosh Operating System, namely. They have also common and different
features in their ability to be customized support for connectivity for portable media, security,
stability, reliability, ease of management, associated utilities, cost and support for the user.
In terms of their ability to be customized, Linux is the most customizable, because it is
an open source and you can alter the codes for it. DOS can also be an open source, but there is
no GUI to customize. Windows is relatively customizable but not fully. You can mainly just
change the colors and looks of things slightly. In terms of support for connectivity for portable
media, Windows has more connectivity available and expansions available to enable more
connectivity because it is the most popular among the three. In terms in security, Linux is the
most secured OS because of its ability to be customized; viruses would not be able to access
the computer because it wouldn’t be specific. Windows on the other hand is the least secured
among them. In terms of stability, any OS would be stable but also depending on the computer
specifications and numbers of running software. In terms of reliability, Linux is the most reliable
out of the three because it doesn’t need rebooting or crash all of the time. In terms of ease in
management, Windows is probably the easiest to manage because of its tutorials available to
teach users and how most people are taught to use windows. In terms of associated utilities,
windows has the most associated utilities developed by Microsoft and many other companies In
terms of cost, Apple Macintosh is the most expensive while Linux is free of charge. Lastly in
terms of support for the user, there is most support available for windows, with a help section
actually in the OS and with many websites and books and other sources.
Based on the comparison in the previous paragraph, I would definitely encourage for the
University of Southeastern Philippines’ Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering to use the
Windows as its official operating system because of its advantages that are mentioned which
are very much desired in the practice of the degree.
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