What are the different operating systems?

Answer by  wwwilly (128)

Windows is the most popular. The current varieties are XP, Vista, and 7. Next is MacOS, which only runs easily on Apple hardware. It is easier to use than windows, but less configurable. Last is Linux/Unix. These are more difficult to use, but the user may reprogram the entire system.

Answer by  magicmanjl (47)

I'll group them by company. First is Windows. This is the most popular, with around 85% of the market share. It's operating systems include XP, Vista, and Win7. Second place is Mac. Last is Linux - the only free operating system. Linux's operating systems include Ubuntu and OpenSuse.

Answer by  Doug910 (32)

For PC there are the Microsoft range from windows XP, Vista and now windows 7, from the open source community there are various Linux variants with Red Hat and Ubunto being the most popular. The Apple Mac has its own OS, the latest is called Snow Leopard.

Answer by  DtheM1 (1150)

Windows makes a few operating systems, including Windows 7, Vista and XP. Apple uses OS X and you can even get several Linux based OSs such as Redhat and Ubuntu.

Answer by  Thantan (32)

You have two main types of operating systems for personal computers - Windows based and Linux/Unix based. Windows based are those created by Microsoft. Linux is open source, it is open for anyone to use and change, there are too many flavors to mention.