Apple: The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Computers

Compared to computers that run windows 10 for example computers that run Mac OS X are very expensive. The company being a small to medium business (SMB) with 100 users might not have the budget to invest the kind of money that would be required for good quality Mac computers for that many users. Looking at the Macbook for example which is the mid level laptop that comes with Mac OS costs $1,499 ("Macbook"), and if the company needs to purchase 100 computers that run Mac OS like the Macbook it will be very expensive.
A company uses a variety of application from the very common ones such as Microsoft office package to other not as common applications used for specific usage. One disadvantage with using OS X is that not every application is compatible with Mac OS and sometimes not even compatible. Although the Microsoft office package is available on Mac OS it’s an inferior version to the one available on windows. This would create issues if users need to use an application and it does not work or if it works but lacks some of the important features. Furthermore the company needs to have their

Although Linux is a highly secure system with it initially being designed to be a multi-user platform, there are a number of benefits to using it as a daily driver for the systems administrator. Unlike in windows it is not possible for the user to hide files from the administrator it is also difficult for programmes to interact with the kernel, or other programmes. The open-source community also patches exploits quickly, although there can often be exploits which have not been found for long periods of time. As recent zero-day exploits have shown. Although it was patched quickly[2r] it could have been disastrous if a malicious party had found the exploit first as root access could have been gained due to the problem. As such it is in reality equally secure as Windows or osX when fully patched. It does however have the advantage of being a smaller target for