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Windows 10 vs macOS

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Overview

macOS
macOS
Stacks926
Followers562
Votes6
Windows 10
Windows 10
Stacks403
Followers379
Votes14

macOS vs Windows 10: What are the differences?

Developers describe macOS as "The primary operating system for Apple's Mac family of computers". Desktop, laptop and home computers, and by web usage, it is the second most widely used desktop OS, after Microsoft Windows. On the other hand, Windows 10 is detailed as "The most secure Windows ever built". It is the latest iteration of the Microsoft operating systems and has been optimized for home PC performance in a wide variety of applications from serious work to after-hours gaming.

macOS and Windows 10 can be primarily classified as "Operating Systems" tools.

PACE Telematics GmbH, Sotong Kitchen, and Fligoo are some of the popular companies that use macOS, whereas Windows 10 is used by Quezx.com, HamiStudios Ltd., and SkyQuest. macOS has a broader approval, being mentioned in 8 company stacks & 24 developers stacks; compared to Windows 10, which is listed in 8 company stacks and 11 developer stacks.

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Advice on macOS, Windows 10

Gopi
Gopi

Jun 21, 2020

Decided

I liked manjaro a lot, the huge support it has and the variety of tools it provides is just awesome. But due to its parent platform being Arch Linux it has bleeding-edge technology and that meaning, we get updated 'daily', and if we keep updating the system daily, due to the bugs in the recent updates the system sometimes used to crash, this made the OS really unstable. However, one can avoid such crashes using periodical and careful system/package updates. I now use LinuxMint which is based on Ubuntu, and this OS is completely stable with reliable(mostly tested) updates. And, since this OS is backed up by UBUNTU the concerns/questions one can encounter while using the OS can be easily rectified using the UBUNTU community, which is pretty good. Though this is backed up on UBUNTU it most certainly does NOT include the proprietary stuff of UBUNTU, which is on the bright side of the OS. That's it! Happy Computing.

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Govind
Govind

Aug 5, 2020

Decided

Ubuntu is much more faster over Windows and helps to get software and other utilities easier and within a short span of time compared to Windows.

Ubuntu helps to get robustness and resiliency over Windows. Ubuntu runs faster than Windows on every computer that I have ever tested. LibreOffice (Ubuntu's default office suite) runs much faster than Microsoft Office on every computer that I have ever tested.

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Justin
Justin

Open Source Program Manager at Reblaze

Aug 15, 2019

Review

If you have a file (demo.txt) that has 3 columns:

Column-1    Column-2    Column-3
Row-1a      Row-2a      Row-3a         
Row-1b      Row-2b      Row-3b
Row-1c      Row-2c      Row-3c
Row-1d      Row-2d      Row-3d
Row-1e      Row-2e      Row-3e

and you want to only view the first column of the file in your CLI, run the following:

awk {'print $1'} demo.txt

Column-1
Row-1a
Row-1b
Row-1c
Row-1d
Row-1e

If you want to print the second column of demo.txt, just replace $1 with $2

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Detailed Comparison

macOS
macOS
Windows 10
Windows 10

Desktop, laptop and home computers, and by web usage, it is the second most widely used desktop OS, after Microsoft Windows.

It is the latest iteration of the Microsoft operating systems and has been optimized for home PC performance in a wide variety of applications from serious work to after-hours gaming.

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Security; Fast; Efficient
Statistics
Stacks
926
Stacks
403
Followers
562
Followers
379
Votes
6
Votes
14
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 4
    Clean Interface
  • 1
    M1
  • 1
    No promoted content
Cons
  • 1
    Outdated window management
Pros
  • 4
    Slow
  • 3
    On 4gb other applications less likely to run smoothly
  • 2
    The best developer tools for all devices
  • 2
    Best for Indonesian PC Users
  • 1
    Editors choice. But not suitable on 4gb ram. Alth
Cons
  • 4
    Slow, slow and slow
  • 3
    Worst OS to run on 2GB of RAM
  • 3
    Lags really much on low end devices
  • 2
    Can't fix bugs yourself
  • 1
    Acts posh
Integrations
Slack
Slack
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Firefox
Firefox
Hyper
Hyper
FUSE for macOS
FUSE for macOS
iTerm2
iTerm2
Sketch
Sketch
Dropbox
Dropbox
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
Slack
Slack
NetBeans IDE
NetBeans IDE
Android Studio
Android Studio
FileZilla
FileZilla
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA
Eclipse
Eclipse
Adobe XD
Adobe XD
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator

What are some alternatives to macOS, Windows 10?

Ubuntu

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.

Debian

Debian

Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.

Arch Linux

Arch Linux

A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.

Linux Mint

Linux Mint

The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.

CentOS

CentOS

The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.

Linux

Linux

A clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

CoreOS

CoreOS

It is designed for security, consistency, and reliability. Instead of installing packages via yum or apt, it uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction. A single service's code and all dependencies are packaged within a container that can be run on one or many machines.

Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux

It is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need.

Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.

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