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Windows 8 vs. Chromium vs. OS X Mountain Lion

What Operating System (OS) do you have? Maybe you have Window XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Microsoft’s newly released Windows 8. Or, you may have Google’s Chromium. Another OS you could have is Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion. Out of all of these OS X Mountain Lion is my favorite. My goal is to persuade as many people as I can to switch to OS X Mountain Lion and to Apple products in general.

Some of the top reasons people like Chromium is because of its ten-second start up and it has a web-based OS. Some people like Chromium because as Sherwin from the Samsung Tech Support Group says, “Chromium will be greatly helpful to access the Internet and that will have apps form the Chrome web store that will help us to access the special features.” One of the reasons I don’t like it is because you can’t download any programs you can only use the programs that Google provides in their App Store. Another thing people look for is ways to connect with family or friends not so close. Most people use Skype, but with Chromium you must use Google Hangouts. So your friends or family must also have a Google Account to use Google Hangouts with you. Some other things you can do with Chromium is buy music, rent or purchase movies with Google Play, or create and edit videos with Pixlr, Stupflix, or the YouTube video editor. I personally know many people who like to play games on their computer whether they’re downloaded or online. Well with Chromium you can’t download any games, so you have to either play them online or look for games in the Chrome App Store. Do you use Google Drive to store files on your computer? If not then you’ll have to know how to save, because anything you do on your computer you save on Google Drive instead of a hard drive. If you have Chrome on any other devices you have your bookmarks and other data will be automatically synced onto your Chromium OS. One program many people use is the Open Office or Microsoft Office Suite. Well with Chromium you can’t use those. You must use Google Docs on Google Drive. On several websites the Chromebook (the laptop Chromium comes on) is rated 4 stars out of 5. The reasons I don’t like Chromium is because you can’t download programs and you must use Google for mostly everything.

Windows 8 has a longer start up then Chromium but that’s just because there more things to load instead of just loading a browser like on Chromium. Windows 8 still starts up pretty fast though on a standard computer it takes about fifteen seconds. Vinith Kumar a Dell Customer Support Specialist says, “Windows 8 has touch screen available for it and runs smooth as well.” One thing I don’t like about Windows 8 is that some of the pre-installed apps have ads on them and you can’t turn them off so it just slows down your apps and computer. With Windows 8 you can download games from the Windows 8 Store, and you can connect your Xbox 360 Account to your computer so that you can see your friends, music, videos, avatar, and play games. With SkyDrive you can save and upload files to the web so you can edit and access them anywhere. Do you have more than one computer? If you do and they both have Windows 8 you can sign in with your Windows Live account on both of them and your settings and files will sync back and forth between the two. Windows 8 and Windows 8 laptops are cheaper than Chromium and Chromebooks but also cheaper than Macs or OS X Mountain Lion. Though Windows 8 is still very well made, it does not fit my needs and how I like my OS. It does not have as many features as OS X Mountain Lion either. Depending on what graphics screen you have on your computer, Windows 8 will have great graphics. You can purchase or download many apps to help give your Windows 8 computer just the right feel. If you have Windows 7 all you have to do to upgrade to Windows 8 is download it on windows.com for about $30.00. Many people like Windows 8 because it fits their needs. I do a lot of graphic and image design using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Windows 8 is not as designed for Adobe products as OS X Mountain Lion is. Windows 8 and Chromium don’t fit my needs.

One of the main reasons I like OS X Mountain Lion is because I use Adobe products a lot and OS X Mountain Lion is great for using big Adobe programs. Kevin from Best Buy’s Technical Support says, “Honestly, Apple is a solid company with great support. That is part of the attraction. They’re very user friendly.” Though OS X Mountain Lion does not have as many downloads as Windows has, but it still has a lot and I mean a lot. You can also download things from the iOS App Store. It has 1,000,000 apps so far. Mountain Lion costs more but you get more bang for your buck. And once a newer Apple OS X is released you can upgrade by just buying it in the app store for about $20.00 and you don’t have to backup anything just purchase it, install it and restart your computer. Though touch is not available for the Mac Apple produces a product named the iPad in which many people are familiar with. The iPad has touchscreen and works very easily and smoothly just like the Mac. It can do almost everything the Mac can do, and a bit more. OS X Mountain Lion is capable of many other things as well to see these please visit apple.com/mac. If you are looking for a new computer I would highly advise getting a Mac with OS X Mountain Lion on it.

There are many great Operating Systems. As I said before my personal favorite is OS X Mountain Lion. Whichever OS you have, it is probably great and fits your needs. If it doesn’t though I highly suggest getting a Mac with Mountain Lion on it. It costs more but in the long run will fit all your needs.

JaytelProve123 (talk) 22:59, 25 March 2013 (UTC)