5) Mac OSX (Mountain Lion)
The Good:
- Amazing Graphics, retina displays supported by Mac Book Pro and Air
- Interactive Graphical User Interface
- Better User experience, good quality control
The Bad:
- Low stability
- Large in size (roughly 3GB)
- Highly vulnerable to Computer Virus and exploits
- Pricey upgrades and updates fees
- High restrictions controlled by Apple Inc.
Verdict:
This operating system is still Apple's powerhouse, it integrates all the necessary features for entertainments, enhances user-system interactions. Although the Apple remains high restrictions on the distro, people who likes video editing or graphic designs won't hesitates to take this as their main OS.
4) OpenBSD
The Good:
- Top notch security (best by default)
- Simplicity
- Relatively fast response time
- Stable
The Bad:
- Poor graphical user interface
- Low graphics, pixel
- Upgrades restrictions
- Low stability over web-browsing experience
The Verdict:
While many other OS are pretty and have eye-opening GUI, OpenBSD goes for the steady type of path. It is the 1st non-research OS, and has modify the code-base vulnerabilities such as the C-libraries to prevent Buffer-overflow problems. The security of OpenBSD is surprisingly good (by default), it has random memory section in the code database that prevent Hackers from tracking its location.
3) Windows 7
The Good:
- Elegant GUI
- High stability
- Amazing graphical effects animation
- Widely supports apps, packages & features
- Better protections against viruses (default fire-wall)
The Bad:
- High virus target priority
- Large RAM usage, many native-packages
The Verdict:
While suffering from the bad reputation of its predecessor, Windows Vista (poor in almost everything), Bill Gates still shows us that his company is still the largest technology firm in the World. Windows 7 has the new device management properties, which integrates with few outside packages to deliver one of the best GUI to date. It supports gaming, so if you're a casual gamer or a hardcore one, Windows 7 is more than capable of handling the task. I will definitely recommend it to common household user, as it is easy to configure and does supports your daily task quite wonderfully. Besides, The system has brought the advantage of Windows XP and combined with the new HD graphic view to its interface,. Simple and efficient.
2) Windows 8
The Good:
- Awesome Metro GUI
- Ultra-fast system booting speed (5 seconds claimed)
- Good stability
- Strong system protection (Windows Defender)
- Widely support apps, packages & extra features
- Awesome applications center (Microsoft Web Store)
- Support distribution of Windows devices (eg. Surface)
- The GRUB, graphical boot-able interface
- Support better gaming experience with DirectX 9 graphics card
The Bad:
- High system requirements
- 1 GHz CPU or higher
- 1 GB RAM (34 bit), 2 GB RAM (64 bit)
- 20 GB hardrive space (minimum)
- DirectX 9 graphics card (include WDDM driver)
- F8 safe mode key is disabled
- Inefficient error diagnose tools
- Large system RAM
1) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
The Good:
- Sleek and clean but Elegant GUI
- High stability
- High system boot speed
- Minimum RAM usage
- Strong system protection (default)
- Virtually limitless GUI customizing ability
- Dedicated freewares developed by professionals
- Free Ubuntu One Cloud storage (5GB)
- Free softwares and applications on Software Centre
- Good community support, extensive documentary
- It's Free! and allow constant update!
The Bad:
- Doesn't include audio and video codecs
- Cannot configure ".exe" file (by default)
- Requires better hands on skill and understanding
The Verdict:
This is an Unix-based Operating system, very similar to Mac OSX, it has overall better user experience. It gives you the glimpse of the beauty of the Linux system (thanks to Linus Torvalds). When I dual-booted the OS into my pre-boot Windows 7 system, I run it, the complexity of the system attracted me. It allows user to fully customize their own system, and everyone can download and add in their preferred widgets. Since the OS is an Open-source system, it doesn't have as much restrictions as any Windows and Mac products, therefore, it allows you to tweaks the system into your own virtual PARADISE. And most importantly, it's free! you can download it on Ubuntu's official website, with detailed installation tutorial on its forum. There is just one more thing you need to know, this version is a Long Term Support distro, which means, user can always upgrades their system on official website or in Ubuntu Software Center. You can always upgrade it via system "Terminal".
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