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COMPUTER

Through the history, there always has been a known piece of

technology called” Computer”, as we people imagine that

this life without computers is sort of impossible as where we

have we arrived in the technology world. 1

THE BEGINNING OF COMPUTERS.

when computers were first visible in our society there was

the two most famous companies in which attracted people's

attention to their products while others were still preparing

their products to be recognized in the market.

WINDOWS COMPUTERS

In 1981, Windows computers have had the first operating

system which was called “MS-DOS”, it was effective but also

there was some difficulties that people had to confront.

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WINDOWS 1.0

• Consequently, they had to think about a new and effective

way to build new system that can run PC and easier for

many people to understand.

• Four years later, they came up with a new system called

“Windows 1.0” which was the newest version of windows

systems.

• Windows made it easier for computer users to understand

and deal with the system without facing any complicated

obstacles.

APPLE COMPUTERS

Apple corporation had accomplished a successful business

that attracted the people to buy Macintosh computers.

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MACINTOSH SYSTEM

• Macintosh systems, which most of the time, use Snow Leopard, is

usually intended for professional use.

• These instances include, but are not limited to, music production

(i.e. garageband) and photography (i.e. I-Photo).

• Not only does this system attract professional attention via its

programs, its hardware is much more expensive (on average), than

most PC systems, making them inadvisable for the everyday

computer user.

COMPETITION

Though Apple's system (Macbook Air, Pro, and Mac) may

seem more advanced due to its innovative inventions

(touchpad) and other things of the like, it is not as

compatible as a PC ,due to its source code restriction

policies, widely known as a “closed system”. That being

said, a PC, which usually runs a Windows operating system

is much more accommodating to third party hardware,

making it an excellent choice for users who want to gain

maximum productivity out of their systems.

SAFETY FIRST

Due to the fact that Apple's system does have restriction

that can make the “code” of the computer unreachable is

because they want to make their inventions only on their

devices, unlike the Windows computer which can run many

various programs and apps. In this case, Apple products will

have the availability to be more secured at all times.

PRICES

Apple's devices and computer are expensive comparing to

other notebooks corporations, it is because they use

different parts. For example, they use a piece of aluminum

and laser cut it to fit the size of the notebook, then attach

all the parts inside that single block. Consequently, this is

an expensive process in all aspects, but results in higher

build quality that satisfy Apple's customers when buying a

$1200-1700 computer.

HOW DID WINDOWS BECOME HUGE COMPANY?

Through the years we can hand it to Microsoft teaching the

public the computer language due to the monopoly that

Microsoft had on personal computers, so they were the only

personal computer dealers on market, and that what gave

them the advantage to be that huge company bake in the

19s.

CONCLUSION

People nowadays think about all these kind of things as

marketing and it involves comparison and competition as

well. In other words, because Apple has put more efforts to

build the computer, many people will stand by the idea that

since it's “new” and “fresh” it should be better. Thus,

windows computer can be bought by the average person

and also with more than ten options since the windows can

run on device except the Macintosh.

References

1 http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/gold-computer-7863428.jpg2 http://www.vintagecomputer.net/commodore/CBM_256-80BX/thm_cbm-256_msdos-125.jpg3 http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2009/01/25/macintosh_wideweb__470x289,0.jpghttp://www.webcitation.org/ ( THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA)Http://www.microsoftstore.com