Desktop Operating System 1 A desktop operating system

Desktop Operating System 1. A desktop operating system is one that is intended for a desktop computer 2. OSes usually come with things that one would probably use at a desk 3. Example, Windows sometimes comes with Microsoft Office pre-installed 4. An operating system resides on your local computer and it's function is to allow the software to work with the hardware on that machine

• A network operating system allows multiple computers to connect to each other – controlling the sharing of devices – files or programs. • This resides on a shared computer called a server

• The most commonly-used contemporary desktop OS is – – Microsoft Windows Mac OSX Linux BSD

• Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of software operating systems by Microsoft. • Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs) • Microsoft Windows eventually came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously

• The current client version of Windows is Windows Vista. • The current server version of Windows is Windows Server 2003 • The successor to Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 is currently being beta tested

• Mac OS X is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. , the latest of which is preloaded on all currently shipping Macintosh computers • Mac OS X is the successor to the original Mac OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984 • Mac OS X is a Unix-based operating system

• The first version released was Mac OS X Server 1. 0 in 1999, and a desktop-oriented version, Mac OS X v 10. 0 followed in March 2001 • Apple also produces customized versions of OS X for use on three of its consumer devices, the i. Phone and the i. Pod touch • The modified OS only contains what is needed for that particular device (unneeded drivers and components are removed),

• Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system • Linux is coupled to a text-based command line interface (CLI), though this is usually hidden on desktop computers by a graphical user interface (GUI) • A growing amount of proprietary desktop software is also supported under Linux, examples being Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat Reader, Nero Burning ROM, Real. Player etc. ,