The Mac’s been on a roll, both due to its highly regarded Mac OS X Leopard operating system and to an unhappy reception for Microsoft’s Windows Vista. The result: For the first time in memory, the Mac ...

An operating system, like Windows OS, is a computer program that links a computer user to hardware and handles files, memory, processes, input and output, and peripheral devices like disc drives and ...

OS X, the most important piece of software in Apple history, turns 20 today. Going on sale in its full, public version on March 24, 2001, Mac OS X 10.0 — code-named Cheetah, the first of many ...

Steve Jobs once said that Microsoft stole Windows from Apple, but both sides have snatched plenty of ideas over the years Although Mac fanboys and Windows zealots don’t like to admit it, the fact is ...

“Color us shocked, but our panel of seven judges delivered a solid victory to the revolutionary Mac OS,” wrote CNET. The site recently compared Mac OS X to Microsoft’s Windows 2000 operating system, ...

Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X: The Startup Sound Debate Writing for eWeek, David Morgenstern explores the surprisingly complex thinking that went into Microsoft's new "sound experience" in Windows Vista, ...

Ronald McDonald and the NBC Peacock may get more TV air time, but today’s operating systems have cool logos, too. Google, Apple, Microsoft and the Linux crowd crafted mascots ranging from cute lizards ...

The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS make it feel familiar and accessible to programmers used to working in Unix-like environments. Apple’s Xcode IDE and other development tools are thoughtfully crafted ...