Computer Software in Plain English

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25 Comments so far

  1. TFouster on August 8th, 2009

    Why does one emulating the other have to do with what you call it? If you use a Mac to emulate Windows, it’s still just a Mac with the right software.

  2. KawazoeJapan on August 8th, 2009

    My point is that when you throw virtualization in it, using the name Mac instead of Mac OS to define the operating system just doesn’t make sense. You see? You have a Mac that run Mac that run Windows that could run Mac?! How can you run a Macintosh on windows when it’s not a software? But you could run Mac OS on Windows on Mac OS on a Mac. Now that make sense because we talk about software.

  3. xrabohrok on August 12th, 2009

    What do you think OS stands for?

  4. Captnuendo on August 24th, 2009

    No shit sherlock..

  5. Captnuendo on August 24th, 2009

    Agreed

  6. Captnuendo on August 24th, 2009

    Oh god.. Who cares Mac’s are a combination proprietary software/hardware. to be honest the os mac uses has a Unix kernel (darwin). Stop arguing… its pointless and redundant.

  7. Captnuendo on August 24th, 2009

    Ohhhh Shit!

  8. KawazoeJapan on August 24th, 2009

    This is like saying that Linux is UNIX. Come on! Do you know what Linux mean? Linux Is Not UniX. OS X is based on NEXTSTEP and FreeBSD. It is NOT a UNIX kernel but it is compliant with the UNIX standard thus providing every command line tool and shell that UNIX support, just as Linux do.

  9. Captnuendo on August 25th, 2009

    I said it was unix based…”Darwin Kernel”
    which is unix based

  10. Captnuendo on August 25th, 2009

    I do know Linux it is originated from Minix

  11. jdixo17 on August 31st, 2009

    osoftware(dot)webs(dot)com

    for free software aswell as the whole collection of these videos!!!

  12. AnimalNitrates on September 2nd, 2009

    I’d like to run Mac in my car =P

  13. jdixo17 on September 8th, 2009

    Goto:
    osoftware(dot)webs(dot)com

    For free software and games, register now!

  14. Vakrian on September 8th, 2009

    well technically linux is not a OS

  15. mekapelsin on September 13th, 2009

    “Technically” an OS is the smallest piece of software needed to run any other software, ie a layer that “simplifies” access to hardware.

    During the 80’s some people started diluting the meaning by calling other software bundled with the kernel for “OS”, often user land tools, like a CLI and/or libraries. This has been used by otherwise great men, like RMS, to further their own goals.

    Nowadays people claim anything to be an OS, like a website (ie webos) and/or a complete Linux distribution.

  16. foxygirl276 on September 26th, 2009

    i really want a laptop

  17. TheComputertips on October 14th, 2009

    check my channel out i have a new site and i will be making tutorial

  18. dabusse1 on October 28th, 2009

    I assume you mean that it should say GNU/Linux. Most folks just abbreviate it to Linux and it is most definitely an Operating System (OS). It manages computer resources, provides a user interface, and launches applications.

  19. CandleLight0101 on November 5th, 2009

    Linux is a OS it was created by a group of computer hackers and was used for that purpose untill people adepted it for use on servers

  20. CandleLight0101 on November 5th, 2009

    what timezone are u in? for the past decades i heard no one ever say a website was a OS

  21. TeamdownloadaAJ on November 13th, 2009

    dgdsfgfgdfg

  22. magica2z on December 8th, 2009

    nice and clean,,thanks

  23. MrBattleman23 on December 11th, 2009

    lol i dont understand at all

  24. HipHopIsDeadMohsin on December 11th, 2009

    wow people actually pay for this shit

  25. poormansvideo on December 14th, 2009

    very nice!

    I could use this if my Auntie asked something again.

    I don’t see Computer Virus in Plain English?

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