Apple vs. Microsoft Elvira Scappini Lysette Sola Anjali Illescas November 17, 2006

History of Apple Computers “Hello, I am Macintosh. Never trust a computer you cannot lift…I’m glad to be out of that bag.” – talking Macintosh computer.

Founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs Both built computers as a hobby Both belonged to Homebrew Computer Club April Fool’s Day 1976: They started Apple Computers Released Apple I

Apple I& Apple II Apple I First Single Board Computer Came with 8K of RAM and Keyboard Apple II Color Graphics 48K of RAM Floppy Disk Drive

The Apple Lisa “The Personal Computer that Works the Way You Do.” First to use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) Hierarchal file system Drop down menu bar Windows Ability to copy and paste Mouse Icons Folders

The Lisa 2 and The Macintosh Lisa 2: Half the cost of the Apple Lisa Had a GUI The Macintosh: All in one desktop computer Had a GUI The “Macintosh Office” Laser Writer Apple Talk networking technology

The iMac and Powerbook GB iMac: Released August 1998 Fastest selling PC in history 2001 new iMac reveled with built in CD- RW drive PowerbookGB: Announced in May 1998

The iPod October 23, 2001 Steve Jobs introduces the iPod 5GB capacity 2004 over 100 million songs downloaded from iTunes 2004 the fourth generation iPod is released in 20 and 40GB

Why Apple is Better… Screenshot is flexible unlike windows which is constricted Mouse only has one button Macintosh are able to drag and drop much easier and faster Sharper and more advanced graphics

Lets look at some of Microsoft's history… Microsoft Windows was announced November 10, and sells for $ Microsoft Windows 95 was released August and sells more than 1 Million copies within 4 days Microsoft Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) was released May Microsoft Windows 2000 was released February Microsoft Windows XP is released October Microsoft announces it's next operating system, codenamed "Longhorn" will be named Windows Vista on July 23, 2005.

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Microsoft Apple does not get it yet. Gates leased his OS to others, who made inexpensive machines for the masses. Apple did not. Gates is a business man who likes computers, Jobs is not up to par with Gates. The best mousetrap does not always win in the marketplace. And literacy plays a large part.

Gates at the Bottom?.... When it comes to being a computer whiz, appears Gates ranks at the bottom. When it comes to a business man, One might say Gates ranks at the top. Microsoft has little innovation relative to computer operating systems, but when it comes to business, some say there is no equal.

Time Magazine Bill Gates comes under the Times “Hero and Icons” Time speaks of the words richest man and his many charities, but nothing about innovation? But the Time end the article Quote: “ focused, immensely ambitious, scarily determined, often amazingly prescient”. Sounds like a business man, not a computer geek. What does prescient mean?? “knowing or anticipating the outcome of events before they happen”.

Similarities Between a Mac and Windows Both have the capacity of performing similar tasks. Both systems allow users to drag and drop. It is just rarely used by Window users. Both have the text to audio and command.

Similarities Continued They both have or had the ability to format floppy disks. Windows and Mac are both used for net browsing and searching.

Differences Between a Mac and Windows The Mac is more faster and has a better quality then Windows. Windows is more time consuming and it takes more time for tasks to be done. With Mac there is more freedom in the desktop then there is with Windows, which has a confined desktop.

Differences Continued Macs are able to be forced to quit. If a Macintosh user ever faces a problem it is more likely that their problem will get fixed more quickly then a Windows user. With Windows it is more likely to deteriorate and slow down and eventually crash.

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