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    Difference between Mac and Pc The world we live in today is getting very radical changes since the invention of computer. And from time to time lots of changes have come in this field. Mac and Pc is the most popular computer. They both have some different feature from each other in contrast software and hardware. Let’s start with knowing what exactly these two computers are. Mac Macintosh or mostly known as Mac was invented by Apple Company in January 24, 1984. Steve jobs invented Mac, and since

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    Abstract Apple is one of the largest and well recognized companies as far as technology is concerned. They built a differentiation strategy that sets them apart from their competitors and allow them to sell their products at a higher price while still appealing to a loyal target audience. They have also strive themselves on building an ecosystems that keeps all of their products intertwined with one another and this has proven to be successful for them because they have branched off into several

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    An operating system is a system software that manages and control all interaction between a computer hardware and software. There are several types of operating systems, for example, multi-user, multitasking, single user and more. The first ever created OS date back in the 50’s. As computer and technology progress over time operating system kept evolving. Among the commonly used operating systems of today is Linux, a Unix-like type of OS. Linux creation begins in 1991 as a software kernel and part

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    In computer science, there is a law named “Moore 's Law” which states that every eighteen to twenty-four months, the number of transistors that can fit on a computer chip will double. This exponential growth of computing power has brought the human race to a point where we can almost no longer be completely human. While these advancements were done with strong and positive intentions, new security dangers have arisen along with them. Though a large chunk of these dangers are studied and well known

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    Operating systems have to provide a level of security to allow a user freedom without someone seeing them making a purchase online. An attacker would find that purchase made very valuable, they can acquire that information. From threats and attacks which could allow sensitive information to be looked at or taken. The idea of an OS having a built in security levels is now a very crucial task. This helps to secure information to not be looked at. Securing information stored and allowing only certain

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    Body Windows 8 “Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.” (“Windows 10”). Windows 8 appearance looks like a bunch of colorful squares, however it can be customized. The operating system can change color schemes and the operator can organize icons to their liking. Windows 8 is managed using utilities such as Microsoft System Center. Remote installation, policy enforcement, application monitoring, and software updating

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    seller of a well-defined good or service with no close substitute” (Miller p. 538). Microsoft’s Windows operating system is a product with very little competition in the desktop, laptop and office server markets. “According to Net Applications, in October 2014 the total market share of Microsoft windows is 91.53%” (MANIKANDAN). Microsoft has competitors such as Google and Apple in the operating and office productivity space but no other company

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    languages. In 1980, the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) asked Microsoft to develop the operating system for their first personal computer. Microsoft then bought another operating system from a company, altered it and named it the MS-DOS. Their operating system was released on the IBM PC in 1981, which lead to most manufacturers using MS-DOS as their devices ' operating system. By the early 1990 's, Microsoft sold well over 100 million copies

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    Inexperienced programmers often prefer to tackle the coding to a solution first, and skip the planning phase. However, it is wise to take the time to plan your project before you begin programming. An effective feasibility study looks at the entire project and tries to determine if what you want to undertake is possible to do, valid, and worthwhile. There are four main steps in a feasibility study: Step One – Problem Definition This is a short description (one paragraph) of the application that

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    Introduction Apple Inc was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak with another 20 employees, the company started in Steve’s garage. Apple inc and its subsidiaries or collectively Apple is a manufactures, design and owner of variety of high technology included media player, portable music player, personal computer, smart phone, tablet as well as selling the related digital products like software, network services, third party digital content and application for Apple’s products. Apple first

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