Macintosh vs Windows Part One
Macintosh vs Windows Part One
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by Laura Sultan

Within a world of various computer operating systems, it is amazing that a country like South Korea has not caught on the growing Macintosh operating system (OS) frenzy.

This computer operating system has remained immune to viruses for the last ten years as well as gained popularity in many countries. It has become so popular that Microsoft created their new operating system, Vista, to imitate the structure and format of Macintosh OS. However, there is a lack of Macintosh friendliness to be found within South Korea. South Korea should adapt to the OS for a variety of reasons.

The system's immunity to computer viruses and worms is the first.

South Korea is a Windows, PC-driven country. Having worked in South Korea for about a year, I have encountered numerous instances where my US-based Macintosh OS will not collaborate with South Korean Windows XP driven society. This incapability has made it so that I have not been able to complete my work properly or with the expected efficiency in any workplace.

These issues do not arise from not fully understanding Hangeul or having trouble using web programs. These issues arise from South Korea not having kept their computer operating system technology updated in their country. While the rest of the world knows two or more operating systems, South Korea continues to program its electronic devices and create software for only one: Windows-based Personal Computers (PCs). In a nation that is as computer savvy and technologically advanced as South Korea, the technological culture has yet to realize that not everyone in the world uses Windows.

When I first arrived to South Korea, I immediately set out to find the Apple store where I could adapt my computer for a Windows-run world. I discovered that the sole Macintosh store in the entire country was located in COEX Mall in Seoul. This store does posses regular items and programs for Macintosh that is found in any Apple store across the world. Since then, another Macintosh compatible store has opened in Yongsan. But this store is not a certified Apple store, and as a consequence does not possess either the software or knowledge that the other one does, which is imperative in a country that possess programs that do not work with a Macintosh system.

The question The question remains - why adapt an entire country, especially one as advanced as South Korea, to an OS system There are three reasons. First, Macintosh has proven through the years to not be as susceptible to computer viruses and worms as PCs. Second, the OS is better suited to multitasking than a PC operating system.

Third, the graphics within the OS system were created to give an edge for graphic artists and photographers. Perhaps the most pressing reason for South Korea to start developing their programming sector to work with Macintosh's OS is the operating system's immunity to viruses and worms.

The creation of Apple's opponent From the late 1980's onward, Bill Gates and Windows PCs were entering and quickly picking up popularity in the world computer market. In early 1983, Bill Gates showed the leaders of Microsoft the Graphic User Interface (GUI) that would eventually be used in Microsoft's operating system, MS-DOS. The GUI was modeled after the Macintosh prototype shown him earlier by Jobs. Apple and Macintosh entered into a short collaboration that lasted from 1981 to 1985.

Released in 1985, Windows 1.0 did not gain much popularity in the market due to its still heavy reliance on the original MSDOS and therefore unsightly and difficultto- use computer operating system. It was not until the early 1990's, when Microsoft added a virtual memory component and downloadable virtual device drivers, that the design improved to an enjoyable levelfor home computer users to use. The improvement of the design and usability occurred simultaneously with the increase in the international business and technological market, creating the popularity Windows experiences today.

Not been infected Steve Jobs, current CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc., believes that "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." From this methodology, he created the NeXT computer software and operating system from 1986-1998.

This object-oriented operating system was incorporated into older Microsoft model operating systems in 1998. This merger created Mac OS X, the object-oriented computer system design format that makes it easier for computer users to find and utilize programs. This desire was specifically directed towards people who did not like remembering where Windows PCs stored their information and for people who worked more with artistic programs such as Photoshop, a photo editing and merging program; Sibelius, a music composition program; and various other computer graphics programs. By creating this new operating system, the creators and owners of Macintosh also created a system that computer viruses and worms did not infect.

It was an immune and untouched area. In December 2005, Macintosh released its G4 operating system. This system was the first ever to be created to possess both normal object-oriented design and a special Stand-Guard Antivirus system that was codeveloped with IBM's McAfee anti-virus specialists. The Stand-Guard system was added to prevent the Macintosh computers from being susceptible to the next wave of computer diseases and eventual crashes: programs being implanted into the computer's file system. These programs may eventual carry programs to infect OS computers.

Therefore, even though there are no current viruses or worms directed towards the OS, the Macintosh creators and programmers have thought towards the future and what may come as OS is gaining popularity.

Why Korea should adapt South Korea prides itself in living on the world's technological frontier. Yet, within the savvy intellect found within Korea's technological sector, the technicians have missed an obvious adaptation for efficiency: either creating another operating system immune to viruses and worms or integrating an already present and increasingly more popular operating system into their daily lives. Once the OS has been adapted into the country's computer society, South Koreans will find their offices running a lot more smoothly and with less computer dilemmas. Once these difficulties have ended, South Korea will find itself exactly where it wants to be: fighting in the number one position with the world's top computerdeveloping countries.


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