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I have a two part question if I may.
I am new to Mac having been a Windows user for 20 years.
1. I just want to understand the Mac operating system. By that I just mean is it Unix or some variation of Unix or some other language? (Pretty simple question I think I'm just curious.
2. My second question is probably a little more subjective. I believe our computer system at work is Unix. It serves 150 users in 4 states and it is rarely down. I mean if it fails to the point where users can't work once or twice a year it is rare and when that happens many times it is a hardware failure not a Unix failure. Sorry for the long intro, my Mac set up is pretty simple. I have Quicken, YNAB, MSFT Office, Picasa and E Wallet. Plus what comes with the Mac OS. Parallels and only access to the company system via the Windows partition. I try not to add things that I don't need and If I do I GET it real quick and typically uninstall it. I don't do much experimentation if you will. If I keep my nose clean and don't do something stupid is it possible to get the type of performance from this Mac as our company system produces year in and year out? (In 20 years of Windows computing I have never been infected with Spyware, a virus etc. I try to be very very careful.)
Is it a possible to do that? And as a side note are there any users out there that have experienced this type of performance with a Mac Operating system?
Pardon me for the long winded discourse.
Regards,
Pat
I am new to Mac having been a Windows user for 20 years.
1. I just want to understand the Mac operating system. By that I just mean is it Unix or some variation of Unix or some other language? (Pretty simple question I think I'm just curious.
2. My second question is probably a little more subjective. I believe our computer system at work is Unix. It serves 150 users in 4 states and it is rarely down. I mean if it fails to the point where users can't work once or twice a year it is rare and when that happens many times it is a hardware failure not a Unix failure. Sorry for the long intro, my Mac set up is pretty simple. I have Quicken, YNAB, MSFT Office, Picasa and E Wallet. Plus what comes with the Mac OS. Parallels and only access to the company system via the Windows partition. I try not to add things that I don't need and If I do I GET it real quick and typically uninstall it. I don't do much experimentation if you will. If I keep my nose clean and don't do something stupid is it possible to get the type of performance from this Mac as our company system produces year in and year out? (In 20 years of Windows computing I have never been infected with Spyware, a virus etc. I try to be very very careful.)
Is it a possible to do that? And as a side note are there any users out there that have experienced this type of performance with a Mac Operating system?
Pardon me for the long winded discourse.
Regards,
Pat