Chapter 2 – Introducing Operating Systems

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Guide to Managing Maintaining Your PC (GMM) Chapter 2 Power Point

Chrome OS Video

Windows 8 Video

Software Smackdown:

In this assignment you will read three articles and determine the pros and cons of Windows Vista, Windows XP, MAC OS X, and Linux.  Please include all the information in the assignment from this rubric.

Step 1

Open this template and rename it “OS Smackdown – Your Name”

Step 2

Open the following articles in a new browser window.  Each of them make a case for the use of a particular operating system.  Review each article and find points for pros and cons of each OS.

Articles

• Overview
  • James Turner for Linux
  • Michael DeAgonia for Mac OS X
  • Preston Gralla for Windows Vista
  • David Ramel for Windows XP

Lunch

Lab – Install Ubuntu

Assignments-

• Read Chapter 3
• Research for Daily Tech