microsoft window vs macintosh

Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows are two of the most widely used desktop operating systems. Apple's Mac OS X is more commonly known as just simply: "OSX" and is developed by Apple Computer for their own line of PCs, often referred to as "Macs." Windows is developed by Microsoft for any PC (including Apple's).
Releases

OS X and Windows both have a long line of releases in their history. The X in OS X stands for 10, signifying the 10th major release of the Mac operating system. Within the Mac OS X line-up, there have been incremental sub-versions named after felines. Windows began with 1.0, following the numeric system until 3.1 and then switched to NT4. Since then, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 have followed for personal computing, while others, including Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows 2008 were released as enterprise operating systems.

Market Share

The percentage of the market held by either OS is always going to be a murky, unclear answer. According to one source, Windows has a market share of 91.8% compared to OS X with 7.3% [1]. While other sources may claim only 5%, or 3% for OS X depending on how they look at the data. Although the iPhone does run Mac OS X, some do not count it as such in their market share research. Also, sales numbers do not necessarily reflect the true popularity of Windows as most new PCs come with Windows pre-installed, but some users may opt to install a different OS after purchase.
Software
Bundled Software
Software Type Mac OSX Windows
Web Browser Safari Internet Explorer
Media Player iTunes / QuickTime Windows Media Player
Photo Management iPhoto Windows Photo Gallery
Movie Production iMovie Windows Movie Maker
Development Tools XCode None
PDF Viewer Preview None
Calendar iCal Windows Calendar
DVD Authoring iDVD Windows DVD Maker
WYSIWYG Website Authoring iWeb None
Chat iChat Windows Messenger
Available Software
Software


Mac OSX Windows
OpenOffice


yes yes
Adobe CS3


yes yes
Microsoft Office


yes yes
Firefox


yes yes
3ds Max


no yes
AutoCAD


no yes
Maya


yes yes
Houdini


yes yes
Logic


yes no
Final Cut


yes no
SoftImage XSI

• Malware

Apple touts this feature as an advantage over (pre-Vista) Windows: "On a Windows PC, software (both good and evil) can change the system without your even knowing about it."

Windows Vista recently started to focus more on security by implementing a stricter user-permission policy, but many users feel that the strict policy is more annoying than useful.

Hence, there is no architectural advantage in security between Mac OSX and Vista concerning this point.

• Viruses
  

Developers often capitalize on Windows' large market share and significant vulnerabilities when creating viruses and other malicious software. Some counts place the number of Windows/MS-DOS viruses at over 50,000. In the past, Microsoft's solution to this problem was insufficient.

Infection of Macs running OS X is extremely rare, and there has never been a large-scale infection of computers running OS X. The latest version of Mac OS X added sandboxing to improve protection against malware and trojans, but it cannot protect against all possible applications users can install.

• Patches

Both Macs and Windows have patches and/or updates provided online by Apple and Microsoft, respectively. Through one simple button-click change in the System Preferences this can be on or off, to differing degrees. Ever since the release of Mac OSX 10.1 on September 25, 2001 as a 'free update' to version 10.0, Macs can download these automatically or the [owner or administrator] user has the option of accepting these downloads or not: "New software is available for your computer. If you're not ready to install now, you can use the Software Update preference to check for updates later." In Windows XP and Vista, the user has the option of turning automatic updates on or off as well.

EG Portal

MyEG Services Berhad is a concessionaire for the Malaysian E-Government MSC Flagship Application. MyEG role as a Service Provider for the E-Services component essentially provides the electronic link between the Government and citizens/businesses.

Through MyEG portal, MyEG offer the Malaysian public a single point of contact between the Government and the people it serves. MyEG portal enables Malaysians to dynamically interact with numerous agencies within the Federal, State and the Local Government machinery providing services ranging from information searches to licence applications.

~ MyEG Services Berhad is a concessionaire for the Malaysian E-Government MSC Flagship application. MyEG offers the public a single point of contact between the government and the public through their portal. The services they provide including renewing road tax, car insurance, paying summonses, Kuala Lumpur City hall assessment and even some utility bill payments. This portal enables Malaysians to dynamically interact with numerous agencies within the Federal, State and the Local Government machinery providing services ranging from information searches to licence applications.
MyEG was officially launched on April 17 2008.

Rilek Portal

eServices with RILEKeServices is one of the six Malaysia’s Electronic Government Flagship Applications. In conjunction with the said initiative, KOMMS introduces RILEK to provide innovative online solutions and direct system linkages to JPJ, TNB, Telekom and various financial institutions. These provide us an edge in online payment authorization and multiple services integration.RILEK provides different options for you, either through our user-friendly kiosks located widely, our website at www.rilek.com.my or RILEK Center, within one host; serving the same purpose. RILEK is the revolutionary way to perform all your Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ), Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TMB) transactions electronically via various delivery channels. RILEK offers JPJ Driving Licensing services, summons payment and inquiries on Kejara Points. Our services include electronic utility bill payment for TNB and Telekom bills. You can complete all your billing payments and inquiries from anywhere.

FUTURE PLANS

Besides existing collaborations with the above agencies, RILEK envisions expanding our services to other government agencies soon. Plans are being developed for immediate implementations to make a difference to your lifestyle. In the near future, you will be able to utilize the Government Multi Purpose Card (GMPC) and ATM cards to complete your payment transactions.

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION

Introducing RILEK as the revolutionary way to perform all your e-government services:

Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ)
Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM)
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TMB)
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)

Rilek e-services provide easy transactions electronically via various delivery channels.

RILEK offers JPJ Driving Licences services, summons payments and inquiries on Kejara points

Rilek e-services include electronic utility bill payment for TNB and Telekom bills.

Go online and experience hands-on the technologically advanced payment method, minus the hassle, queues, and frustrations. You can complete all your billing payments and inquiries in an instant, comfortably from anywhere.

class on 22 July

hi ther?...... back again to Cik. Azura class at night on wednesdat at the same time.
we have learned more about technology and who invented this technology things such as telephone, television, brail, code morse and many more. it was all about history things abaout our technology that now we are using. i love that kind of subject cause i love to know more about the historical things. in the i think all of us learned about the inventors such as alexander graham bell, thomas alva edison, charles babbage and many more. it was an interesting class on the day. then we enjoy in that class. after that we must send our assignment but what to do?
the week after that was a tragedical week. it was necause of H1N1 and it was really dissapoinment for us? and this week we need to pass it