which platform is betterlinux or windows or is it MacOS?
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It depends on which Hardware platform it runing and which application runs on it. \n-If you want use your PC to surf the internet and play games. Windows is your choice.\n-If you wanna have play with internet applications or you wanna have better control of your PC by yourself, try Linux.\n-If your PC is iMac or Macbook, of course MacOS!
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I do, on my Macs, and, in my PCs that run http://pclinuxos.com
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No.Linux is not as user- friendly as windows.
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Linux for working and Windows for gaming.\n\nLinux is also somewhat good for games, but I am too cheap to pay for cedega =[\n\nI have both on my desktop and both on my laptop.
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Personally, I prefer Ubuntu. It's easy to use and very stable, for servers or for the desktop. I think there's even a version specific for servers, but I'm not sure on that.
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It depends on what you want to do. Windows machines are good for games, productivity, etc. Macs are good for video, audio, photos, etc. But macs can run windows now, because they're based on intel processors.
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simple answer ... linux ...
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a pc, mac is dumb lol, but a pc, is way better
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Download from http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25411
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Windows is fine. Linux is fun. Check out www.puppylinux.com. and be prepared to be amazed by what a tiny os running from RAM can do. If that doesn't peak your curiosity just stick to windows.
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Screw Windows, get a Mac!
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Your question is flawed. It assumes that no one is switching from Windows to Mac OS or Linux, which is very definitely (and verifiably) not the case. You mentioned that in your question because you didn't know any better, which is forgivable. But it just so happens that that goes one step beyond answering your question.\n\n"Why don't people switch to Mac OSX or Linux?"\nMany Windows users know only what they have heard about these two operating systems and have never used either. They don't challenge what they hear because they don't want to try anything new (to them), don't want to have to learn something new, or for any number of the following reasons which they believe to be correct.\nAbout Mac OS X, they hear:\n1. Mac OS will only run on specific - overly expensive - hardware directly supported by Apple; and\n2. Software support for Mac OS is highly lacking\n\nAbout Linux, they hear:\n1. Linux is not ready for the desktop; you have to be a geek to use it\n2. There are very few drivers available for Linux and the hardware support sucks\n3. There are very few programs written for Linux\n4. Linux isn't really more secure, it's just that fewer people use it so fewer problems have been found\n5. Linux is not compatible - you will lose all your documents and not be able to communicate with your Windows friends\n6. Linux TCO is more expensive than Windows TCO\n\nRead some of the answers here and tell me if I got it spot on. These are the reasons people are saying. But do you notice a pattern emerging? You ask why people use Windows instead of something else and instead of saying why people use Windows, they say why they don't use something else.\n\nThe reason that people repeat these rumors is that they know no better. Why I call them rumors is because they are flawed - if not in fact then in logic - and often originate from Microsoft of Microsoft funded research. (Many people refer to this as FUD.)\n\nWithout getting too far away from the question, I do intend to address some of those claims and provide links to interesting info you might find. In the end, it's up to the person what OS they will use - if you want to use Windows, use it, but to say that the reason you use X is because you don't use Y is flawed.\n\nSo to answer the question, you don't know why people don't switch to Mac OS and Linux because you haven't heard or read too much that they do. But, let me assure you, they do. All it takes is looking on Yahoo news or just about anywhere else to tell you that.\nAs for why Windows is popular, it could have something to do with Microsoft's control of the media, or that they make better products (which many people will attest to), or it could be from anticompetetive practices [1].\n\n\nSo back to those fun fun claims about Mac OS and Linux: Mac OS is only supported running on Apple supported hardware. The fact is that if you have a compatible architecture, you can run Mac OS on it (that doesn't say anything for "hardware compatibility" - your ability to use your hardware). If you can get a computer with compatible hardware, you can run Mac OS. The fact that Apple is switching to Intel as their CPU provider makes that switch all the easier.\n\nApple's software support is not all that lacking. Some games and duplicative or useless programs are not available for Mac, but more of the largest software companies support their software on Macs. To name a few of many: Microsoft, Adobe / Macromedia, Id Software, Blizzard Entertainment, etc.\n\n"dude have you tried buyiing mac compatible games?? there are, like, 3 or so..."\nLet me count some: every game in the Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo series, including World of Warcraft; most games made by Id Software, including Doom 3; every game made by Bungie (now Microsoft), including Halo; every version of Unreal Tournament since about UT2k or perhaps earlier; many games made by Electronic Arts,
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Linux is far easier to use in many respects(IMO). I truly believe you will get equal responses on this subject (1&#92;2 Linuux, 1/2 BSD)
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What operating system are you using?
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Definitely they conflict.\n\nFor example:\n\nLinux, and Windows.\n\nLinux walks all over windows when it comes to being efficient, and secure, the speed and dependability is no doubt far more advanced.\n\nOn the other hand Windows is far more user friendly, and is geared toward the typical computer user.\n\nI really don't think anything needs to  be resolved, windows fits the needs of the basic user, and Linux fits the needs of an advanced user.
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Ask.\nJust tell us what Windows version...and. Voila!
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YABASIC (Yet Another BASIC).  They have versions for both Windows and UNIX environments.