User:Bonnieblond

20/11/09 HW: HW: 1.Difference of operating systems Operating systems each have their own merits, and all have different good and bad points. The following is a list of operating systems available for the PC*: LINUX - It's UNIX on the PC and other computers. This makes any computer VERY MUCH more powerful. It's the opposite of the "dumbed-down" computing which is a current fad (2001/01). Linux gives YOU the power to do what you want, rather than just assuming you conform to some ordinary notion of a user. Linux makes your PC like a mainframe, and is especially good for programming. In my opinion this is very good. If you want to be in control, this is for you. Microsoft Windows - This is what many salesmen will assume you want, but it's not the only choice. My personal opinion is that it is NOT the best. However, it has the merit of being usable by those who don't really understand computers. My advice is that there are a lot of better options, and you should decide for yourself. But if you really must have it, don't get the latest edition. If you don't like programming and you do like point-and-click systems and moving things about with a mouse, this is for you. BeOS - I have heard this is very good for real-time video and multimedia applications. It's now been bought out by Palm Computing. It lives on in a version called OpenBe. http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/news.php ... was http://www.be.com (domain lost) QNX - Complete real-time operating system available with an Internet exploration browser included. This is the operating system which British Telecom are using (2001/06) in their Multiphones Atheos - A relatively new GUI multi-tasking operating system available on the PC. Pervasive multi-threading. See www.atheos.cx. AtheOS is a free desktop operating system under the GPL license. AtheOS currently (2002) runs on Intel, AMD and other compatible processors and supports the Intel Multi Processor architecture. Gnu Hurd - The long-awaited GNU kernel for Unix. Linspire - Lindows - runs Linux and Windows programs, but time will tell what becomes of it. ReactOS - It's almost exactly like Microsoft Windows, except it's free. (open source). VisOpSys - VISual OPerating SYStem: small, fast, home-brewed, open source OS kernel for x86 Amoeba Operating System - Amoeba - worth a closer look. Plan9 - was http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/ - - another interesting item. HyperOs - allows multiple Windows operating systems on a computer AND allows Linux on multi-boot Symphony OS (was http://www.symphonyos.com/) - "Unity, Beauty, Simplicity" MSDOS - This has the advantage of the command line interpreter, but it's never been as clever as Unix. As regards versions, 5 was better than 4, 6 was better than 5, etc, but the best version was 6.22, and they got worse after that, 7 being not as good as 6.22

2.What operating systems should install on your netbook? Linux is more flexible and configurable than Windows. the Linux netbook operating systems will continue to improve at a much faster rate than the Windows operating systems for netbooks.

16/10/09 HW: 1. How is Facebook and Twitter the same? - They are the websites that people can interact with others and find new friends easily, there are many similarities of facebook and twitter which are comments, share link, status updates, tags pictures, upload photo and video; these websites are more private than some of the website eg. hi5.com

2. Why do you think Facebook is worried about competition from Twitter? - Twitter is allowed people to sign up easier than facebook which means more people will sign up for twitter

HW : The fastest pc is YoYotech Fi7epower MLK1610

PC CASE HAF 932 ATX CASE POWER SUPPLY 700W SILENT ATX MOTHERBOARD X58 ATX MOTHERBOARD PROCESSOR INTEL i7-960 QUAD CORE - O/C @ 3.73Ghz CPU COOLER THERMALRIGHT 120 + FAN MEMORY 9GB DDR3 - 1800Mhz PERFORMANCE MEMORY SOLID STATE DRIVE 80GB SATAII SSD HARD DRIVE 1TB SATAII OPTICAL DRIVER BLU-RAY WRITER GRAPHICS CARD ONE RADEON 4870x2 - 2GB DDR5 GRAPHICS MODE SINGLE CARD SOUND 5.1 CHANNEL OPERATING SYSTEM VISTA HOME PREMINUM 64 BIT - PRE LOADED