#Windows vs mac os comparison 2017 windows

Better search functionality, easier backups, smoother updates, etc. I would expect the noticeable difference lies in extra functionality offered by the OS. I would expect the real day to day differences lie in the added functionality that the OS provides. While layers of patches may be less efficient, that difference in performance may be small enough that it isn't noticeable by the typical user. For instance Apple's Fusion Drive can intelligently organize a mixed SSD/HD environment to improve overall performance.

I would suspect that only a few of these 'under the hood' issues make a noticeable difference in the day to day operations of the average user.

#Windows vs mac os comparison 2017 windows

So, the big issue with Windows is how much of the available performance are you throwing away due to the inefficiency of the OS. We could have much better OS than either, but the world is as it is. The Unix family of OS, of which MacOS (as we are now supposed to call it) is a member, are not really state of the art, but have at least evolved from something that was in its day the best thought out OS and the evolution has been done almost by a process of open competition, where many developers have put forward changes and the fittest have survived. Because it's badly structured right at its heart, and because MS has never been willing to deal with those core issues, as they've become part of the culture, it has layer after layer of workarounds, patches and complexity, a great deal of duplication and elaboration of function which is frankly unnecessary. The real problem is that Windows has become an appallingly inefficient OS. In coarse terms, they offer much the same functionality - since most of the function of an application depends on what the hardware will do, and not what the OS can do, in the end, the apps are going to run the same, if you can get them.

What are the actual functional differences (if any) between OS-X and Windows? Let's try to stay away from value judgements of 'better' and 'worse', and stick to comparing and contrasting functionality.