mac os and macosx86???? please help?

Question

whats mac os and macosx86 ?? are they all for fee? few months back i found that there is some hacked version of it which is free ? any idea about it?

i like to have alternatives for windows and linux. whats the best free alternative to windows and linux.??

please help

Answer 1

Mac OS is an operating system. There are several versions, just like there's several versions of Windows (3.1, 95, 98, ME, XP, to name a few). Mac OS X is the newest revolution in the Mac OS versions, but the X in this case is Roman for 10. Previous versions have been 7, 8, 9, and now we have 10. There have been several different releases of Mac OS X, denoted by a decimal after the number 10 (10.1, 10,2, 10.3, and the current 10.4) Within these major releases, which cost money (for the legal copies approx. $130), there have been several updates, noted by a decimal and another number. 10.3.9 is the latest version of 10.3 and 10.4.7 is the latest version of 10.4.

The x86 that you speak of is an old term carried out from the beginning processors to denote the IBM compatibility. Until January of this year, Apple has used processors that were made differently and did not conform to the x86 specifications. The "architecture", or how the programs (including the operating system) had to be built differently than x86. But times have changed, and now Apple has begun using Intel's processors, which are called x86. They are now building programs that are "universal bianary", which are compatible with both PPC and the Intel versions, but currently the OS is either one or the other.

Basically, you're looking at two different versions of Mac OS X, the PPC version with the PowerPC architechure, and the Intel version, noted by the x86.

Answer 2

The Mac OS is the name of the operating system of apple http://www.apple.com . Mac OS x86 is version. The last version is Mac OS Tiger. I would recommend to download the last version.