Understanding Your Operating System

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Its really not difficult to understand the concept of your operating system. When you consider that it is an integral part of your computer that makes it easier for you to use your system, understanding an operating system can be a simple thing. Basically, your operating system is the main program on your computer. It [...]

Microsoft Windows XP

Friday, March 12th, 2010

On October 25, 2001, Microsoft Corporation released its latest update of its Windows operating system. They called it Windows XP as a way to distance themselves from the previous versions of Windows that were named after the years they were released. The letters XP stand for experience and this operating system was designed for both [...]

Macintosh Operating System

Friday, March 12th, 2010

When Apple Computer developed the Macintosh computer system, they also strove to develop an operating system for this new machine. They didnt want to rely on the competitors MS-DOS system which was developed by Microsoft Corporation. So programmers at Apple set out to make an operating system exclusively for the Macintosh computer. What they came [...]

Definition of Operating System

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

While an operating system is a central part of your computer system, knowing the definition of an operating system is not integral to knowing how to use one. However, when you do know the definition of an operating system, you can better understand what it is doing inside your computer to make it run and [...]