Operating Systems

TW Tech Glossary - Misplaced your bible? Well here it is! This truly took a while to complete and should be used by all from beginners to advance techies. Look into it, you won't be sorry. (Very Resourceful)

Linux or Mac, Which One Is More Premiere? - Since the introduction of the power PC processor, developers have been actively striving to create a flavor of Linux that runs efficiently on Apple Hardware while retaining the Mac's trademark ease of use.

Types of Servers - Ever wonder what types of things servers take part in? Ever wonder the possibilities? Well read all about it here in this weeks article. A good 10 minutes reading for all you future potential system admins.

Most Common TCP Ports - TCP ports will popup almost with any application you use wether it is ICQ or FTP. It will soon be realized how good its knowledge is once you yourself will start applying it in day to day tech use.

Discover Computer History - Article discusses computer history as far back as 5,000 years! Amazing story on the history of the computer.

Crash Proofing Your Computer - This is a list of nine very useful tips to Crash Proof your computer.

What is Mac?

Mac OS X is a super-modern operating system that combines the power and stability of UNIX with the simplicity and elegance of the Macintosh.

Built using many of the same technologies that power the Internet itself, Mac OS X gives you the power to get online faster and easier?and do more when you get there?with best-of-class Internet applications such as Mail, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1, QuickTime Player and iTools.

Mac OS X provide a foundation for great new applications that are ?Built for Mac OS X.? So whether at the office, at home, in the studio, or in the classroom, Mac OS X will make your computer run faster and more reliably, while bringing the simplicity and familiarity of today?s Macintosh to a whole new level.

Tips

Mail Activity

The Mail that comes with Leopard has a feature called "Mail Activity". What is displayed in this is mail that is being sent or received. It is very useful to see when a large email with attachments is finally sent. You can also see mail arriving before it is even displayed in your inbox. To see the "Mail Activity" window, just click on the arrow in the lower left corner (2nd button from the left).

Color of Highlighted Text

It is possible to customize the color of highlighted text. It is in "System Preferences", under "Appearance". The setting is "Highlight Color". The change won't just happen with highlighted text, but also when you select files and you take screenshots.

Did You Know?

  • Apple, the maker of Macintosh or 'Mac' would quite possibly have made Microsoft non-existent. Quick thinking and sleazy business practice on Bill Gates part didn't let that happen. TechiWarehouse recommended movie: "Pirates of Silicon Valley"

  • In a nationwide survey of 22,000 creative firms, 77% of them planned to purchase Macintosh computers in 1999, outselling both Windows and Windows NT by an astounding margin of over 3 to 1. The research company stated, "Apple continues to dominate the creative markets."

  • Apple in May of 2001 closed the single largest educational sale ever: 23,000 iBooks.

  • The Apple iMac is the best-selling computer in CompUSA's 13-year history.

  • Apple is the #1 computer vendor in Japan.

  • Apple is the #1 computer company in Australia.

  • A business Mac user gets $24,000 more work done per year, his or her computer is down 14% less, and it costs less to support than any other platform.

  • A single NT server service call to Microsoft costs $195. A year of Apple support costs $70.

  • When NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston switched from Mac to Windows, help desk calls grew consistently from 68,000 calls to 142,000 in two years. Ultimately, Congress decided the switchover violated the government's "open procurement" law, but it was too late to switch back.

  • Other than Word macro viruses, there are over 20,000 PC viruses, yet only 40-80 Mac ones. Also, there is no Mac virus that can destroy your hardware. Some PC viruses can zero out the flash BIOS and render the computer totally inoperable.

  • Microsoft admitted on their own website that Windows NT 4.0 has more than 10,000 bugs. (The page has since been removed.) If you don't believe me, take a look at the copy on the box of Cybermedia's First Aid 98. It says "Fixes tens of thousands of Windows problems."

  • Bill Gates' $50 million residence (drafted by Seattle architectural firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson) was designed on Macintosh computers.

  • On the other hand, the high-tech electronics inside Gates' mansion are Windows-based. The first evening at home, his drop-from-the-ceiling bigscreen TV would not shut off -- Gates had to throw a blanket over it to get to sleep.

  • Microsoft doesn't even use (Windows) NT on their own Web site. They use Unix.

  • Bill Gates did not "invent" DOS, the operating system that begat Windows. His company bought code called QDOS ("Quick and Dirty Operating System") and polished it. NOTE: Let me just say now that this fact comes from the best anti-Microsoft website in the world. You should bookmark Boycott Microsoft, and check it out -- it'll amaze and scare you, and embolden you to fight for the Mac.

  • The "Shut Down" command in Windows is located in the "Start" menu. (Then again, we drag our disks to the Trash to eject, what's up with that?)


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