Joshua Galvan

BCIS - 1405
Fall 2011
Case Study 2
Many businesses have already adopted the Ma as a their !o to
o"puter hoie# disoverin! that the hard$are is typially better desi!ned
than %indo$s syste"s &or the sa"e prie# that seurity ris's are lo$er# and
that there are "ore "ana!e"ent tools(
) 'ey tool &or any Ma s$ither is a virtual "ahine to run %indo$s
&or those apps and %eb sites that re*uire it( )lthou!h Mas are o"patible
$ith "ost typial hard$are# suh as "onitors and drives# &ittin! a Ma into
an so"e "ana!e"ent syste"s and appliations an be di&&iult(
So"e "ay be attrated to +inu,# the "ost popular &or" o& des'top
-ni,( +inu, des'tops are hallen!ed by li"ited hard$are o"patibility#
li"ited appliation options# and user inter&aes that re*uire ative
partiipation to !et $or' done# $hih tends to 'eep +inu, a$ay &ro" the
!eneral user population( )s Ma users need so"e aess to %indo$s# so
do +inu, users( Beause +inu, distributions run on %indo$s o"patible
hard$are(
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http.//$$$(du'e(edu/0a't5/&inalpro1a!ain(ht"l
http.//$$$(the$indo$slub(o"/$indo$s-seurity-vs-"a-seurity-is-"a-
a-"ore-seure-os-than-$indo$s
http.//ne$s(net(o"/2301-1342453-20023422-64/"a-vs-p-via-
"donalds-$i-&i-!uide/
http.//$$$(!ee'(o"/&oru"s/topi/"a-vs-$indo$s-p
http.//allthin!sd(o"/20110512/"a-vs-$indo$s/
http.//$hat1apanthin's(o"/2010/02/26/$indo$s-versus-"a-in-1apan/
http.//$$$(&a"ilyresoure(o"/li&estyles/tehnolo!y/buyin!-a-ho"e-
o"puter-"a-vs-$indo$s