If Operating Systems Were Cars
Comparing cars to computer operating systems.
Windows= Hummer H3
- The car comes in many different versions with different prices and features. Extra features such as brakes, steering, and seats will require a more expensive version of the car.
- With each upgrade, the car will become slower, bulkier, and less efficient.
- The car must be registered with the Department of Motor Cars the first time its engine is started. If for any reason this registration does not take place, a thirty day grace period (exactly 720 hours) will begin, immediately after which the car will cease to function.
- When the car is purchased, it is registered to a single driver. Only this driver will be able to operate the car.
- 80% of parts and accessories are designed solely for this car. However, parts older than five years are not supported.
- During high-performance driving, the car may stop moving or stall. The only way to recover from this condition is to shift into neutral, roll up all of the windows, and stop the engine. If this is not possible, the engine may be stopped manually by holding the key in the “START” position for three seconds.
- All repair and maintenance is handled by a third party in a foreign country. This party will not repair the car, but tell the user how to do it himself.
Linux = Volkswagen Microbus
- People who drive this vehicle are commonly referred to as “power users”, “cheap”, or “stupid hippies”.
- The vehicle is not sold for money, but given away by farmer in Seattle.
- Driving the vehicle will generally void the owner’s car insurance.
- The vehicle must be custom-assembled by the driver. It’s exact configuration is extremely trivial and dependent on the user’s intentions.
- The vehicle uses homemade gasoline.
- The only parts and accessories that are fully compatible with the vehicle are either obsolete or made by a thirty-year-old man living in his mother’s basement.
- If the driver requires assistance, he must get it from a random stranger with the exact same car.
Mac OS X = Toyota Prius
- This vehicle is very small and efficient. It is faster than the H3, but it costs about twice as much.
- There are no optional features. There is one version of the car.
- Most of the accessories for the vehicle are expensive and propriety, but some are redesigned versions of accessories from the H3.
- The car is well-manufactured and has a large staff of fair, experienced mechanics.
- The Prius does not use gas – it produces its own power from garbage it finds in the road.
- The car is used mostly by rich professionals who want work to be more fun.
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are you a friggin idiot? Mac OS X cost less then half the price of windows, last time i cheched. have you ever bought a windows licence? no? i thought so.
and your vision of linux its from 10 years ago, or more. now it’s usually the opposite. with windows u have to go get the drivers, with linux they come included. and linux was the first os supporting itanium and usb 3.