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OPERATING SYSTEM COMPARISON
Name
Creator
Predecessor
Latest
Stable Date
Microsoft
First
Public
Release
1993
Latest
Release
Date
2009
Cost/Availability
Target System
Type
Windows
Server (NT
family)
MS-DOS,
OS/2,
Windows
3.X
Windows
Server
2008 R2 (NT
6.1.7600)
$469 Web Server
Server
Microsoft
Windows
(NT family)
Microsoft
1993
MS-DOS,
OS/2,
Windows
3.X
Windows 7
(NT
6.1.7600)
2009
Home Basic
$99.95, Home
Premium $119.95,
Business $299.95,
Ultimate $300.95
Workstation,
Personal
computer,
Media Center,
Tablet PC,
Embedded
System
Microsoft
Windows
(Classic
family)
Linux
Microsoft
1985
2000
Outdated product. Personal
No longer for sale. computer,
Media center
1992
MS-DOS, then Windows
Windows 1
ME
and later
(WIN
4.90.3000)
Unix
Linux 2.6.33
Linus
2010
Comparison of
Linux distribution
Mac OS
Apple Inc.
1984
None
9.2.2
2002
Bundled with 68K
& Power-PC Macs
Mac OS X
Apple Inc.
2001
Rhapsody,
Mac OS, UNIX
10.6.4
Releases
are named
after big
cats; latest
is Snow
Leopard
2010
Bundled with
hardware;
upgrades sold
separately;
Desktop $169.
Mac OS X
Server
Apple Inc.
2001
Rhapsody,
Mac OS
10.6.3
2010
Bundled with
hardware; sold
separately; $499
(unlimited clients)
Server
IBM
IBM
1988
OS/400
V6R1.1
2009
Server
Open
Solaris
Sun
2008
Solaris
2009.06
2009
Bundled with
hardware
Free
Varies; large
variety of
Linux OS
Workstation,
Personal
computer
Workstation,
Personal
computer,
Embedded
system
Personal
computer,
Workstation,
Server
Operating System Comparison Assignment
BTA- Computer Basics Unit
Answer the following Operating System Comparison questions using the table on the
back. Write on your own paper. Put your name on your paper and turn in.
1. What operating system preceded (came before) Windows 1?
2. What is the newest operating system version of Windows for a personal computer?
3. Which operating system names its version after big cats?
4. List three operating systems specifically for servers.
5. What year was the earliest version of Windows?
6. What year was the earliest version of Mac?