its needed 4 a school project and i cant find exact details on the net . please help me.
2006-09-01 01:40:17 · 5 answers · asked by aquacool1102 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
my dear sweety
xp and unix is totaly diff. thing. unix is multi tasking multi user oparating system means at same time more then 7 user can login at same place and can perform lots of oparation at same time where xp in not this, xp is made for personal and professional use, its not pure network oparational system where unix is pure network oparationa system, whenever u will find large network u have to put a server and this servers are moslty of unix, if u still have any problem u can contect me any time my princess:)
2006-09-01 01:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by winnner_of_heart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First let's define what they have in common. They are both operating systems and operating systems control everything that your computers do.
They differ greatly. Windows xp is the latest version of the Windows operating system and comes with loads of other priograms to help you out like word processors, email, graphics, sound etc. You must purchase Windows if you want that system.
Unix is free. That is most renditions are free, but not as expensive as Windows. Unix does not come with all the supporting programs as Windows and requires lots of computer knowledge for the user - that's you.
There is more to it than this of course, but the main point is this - if you are not a real experienced computer person you absolutely need Windows xp over Unix.
2006-09-01 08:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by Charles W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a pretty big question... it's like asking what's the difference between a little compact car, and a big rig/18 wheeler...
at the most basic, they are both operating systems for a computer, just like the two vehicles i mentioned can transport you from one place to another...
now onto a couple of differences... Windows is geared much more to the end user, where unix is much more geared to a server (there is some cross over there, and windows servers are increasing every day)...
also, unix is primarily a text based os, there are grafic interfaces for it now, but it's still primarily a text based os, where windows is almost completly a grafix based interface...
that's just a couple of things for you to get started with...
2006-09-01 08:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by Junior1544 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1)Unix is used for MainFrame Computers.
2)Windows is userfriendly,but unix works on commands.
3)Very high security in Linux w.r.t windows
4)Linux is based on Unix and is maestro used in server side.
5)Linux is free to distribute,but windows is not.
2006-09-01 08:50:49 · answer #4 · answered by Elo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flippin "eck.
Thats not a far reaching question is it ?
You'll need to research and write it up as a project to find out !
Bit of work required rather than fire off vague qestions here I'm afraid
2006-09-01 08:47:11 · answer #5 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋