Mac OS X Benefits
Listing all of Mac OS X's advantages and benefits could consume this entire chapter; however, following are some of the highlights as to why Mac OS X is a very good thing:
Stability and reliability Because the operating system has been designed using modern architectural principles, it is very stable. When an application does crash or hang, only that application is affected. The system manages its resources much more effectively than previous versions of the OS did. The result is that Mac OS X keeps on working without those annoying crashes that are far too common with previous versions.
Speed The OS is optimized for maximum performance on Mac hardware, such as the PowerPC processor. It also takes advantage of other modern Mac ...
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