Desktop Operating Systems
The control program in a user's machine (desktop or laptop). Also called a "client operating system,"Windows is the overwhelming majority while theMacintosh comes second. There are also severalversions of Linux for the desktop. Contrast with network operating system.
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, printing, and other resources.
For hardware functions such as input and output and memory allocation, the operating system acts as an intermediary between programs and the computer hardware, although the application code is usually executed directly by the hardware and frequently makes system calls to an OS function or is interrupted by it. Operating systems are found on many devices that contain a computer – from cellular phones and video game consolesto web servers and supercomputers.
The dominant desktop operating system is Microsoft Windows with a market share of around 82.74%. macOS by Apple Inc. is in second place (13.23%), and the varieties of Linux are collectively in third place (1.57%). In the mobile (smartphone and tablet combined) sector, use in 2017 is up to 70% of Google's Android and according to third quarter 2016 data, Android on smartphones is dominant with 87.5 percent and a growth rate 10.3 percent per year, followed by Apple's iOS with 12.1 percent and a per year decrease in market share of 5.2 percent, while other operating systems amount to just 0.3 percent.Linux distributions are dominant in the server and supercomputing sectors. Other specialized classes of operating systems, such as embedded and real-time systems, exist for many applications.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10 PRO (32 & 64-BIT) - RETAIL PACK
FEATURED - Software
Filter By
Categories
Manufacturers
Daily Deals
400-BCNP Dell 960GB 3.5 Inch LFF 12Gbps 512e Mixed Use SSD
40K1051 IBM 36.4GB xSeries 29-Pin SAS Hard Drive
400-BDQG Dell 1.92TB 2.5In SFF 6Gbps Read-Intensive HS TLC SSD
400-ASID Dell 8TB 12G 7.2K 3.5 SED NL SAS in G14 Tray