Did You Know...?

• Windows OS holds 87.95% of all Platform OS Usage
• Mac OS only holds 6.98% of all Platform OS Usage
• Linux holds the lowest Platform OS Usage at 4.55%
• The Linux Kernel was just updated to 2.6.34 by Linus Torvalds with Minor universal updates.
• Windows 7 Home Premium: $119.99; Windows 7 Professional: $199.99; Windows 7 Ultimate: $219.99
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard: $29.99 (Upgrade; OS is normally bundled with Mac specific hardware which is, at the cheapest point, $500)
• Ubuntu: Forever Free (even to update)
• Upgrading Windows OS normally requires hardware to updated as well.
• Mac has three different spans of hardware: PowerPC Macs that can run Mac OS (before 10.0);PowerPC Macs that can run Mac OS X up to Leopard (10.5); and Intel Macs that can run Snow Leopard (10.6) and later. Each jump involves/involved buying hardware.
• Ubuntu can run on virtually anything, even 10 year old machines. No upgrade required.
• Windows can use Windows accessories, peripherals, and printers; Mac can use Mac accessories, peripherals, and printers; Linux can normally use all accessories, peripherals and printers.

(Sources: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp;

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/18/linux_kernel_2_6_34/;

http://hellow.posterous.com/saving-money-with-ubuntu;

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/default.aspx;

http://www.apple.com/; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304297;

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314865;

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx;

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/system-requirements.aspx)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements;)