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It depends on what is the purpose of the operating system.
Microsoft Windows: The most common OS.
Advantages
The largest library of programs and applications.
Most commercial games only work with Windows
Largest variety of hardware and peripherals (flash drives, music players, etc) to chose from
Disadvantages
Prone to viruses, spyware, and adware if proper steps not taken (anti-virus)
Prone to crashes if proper steps not taken.
Windows Vista not compatible with old hardware’s/software’s
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Apple Macintosh:
Advantages
Relatively simple interface
high-quality Mac Hardware
Low number of viruses and spyware
Many high-quality Mac-only programs exist (iLife)
Disadvantages
Relatively small amount of third-party commercial programs
Small game selection Limited to Apple-manufactured hardware.
Expinceve Products
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Ubuntu - Linux/Unix/FreeBSD:
Advantages
Low number of virsues and spyware Free
Has alot of free programs
Customizable
Ubuntu now have very simple interface
Disadvantages
Many commercial programs do not support Linux
Small commercial game library
Popular operating systems

According to Market Share data, in October 2007 most popular operating system was by far Windows XP followed by Mac computers and Windows Vista with smaller percents
Windows XP 79.07%
Windows Vista 7.91%
MacIntel 3.41%
Windows 2000 3.16%
Mac OS 3.14%
Windows 98 0.82%
Linux 0.81%
Windows NT 0.61%
Windows ME 0.46%
Pike v7.6 release 92 0.15%
Nintendo Wii 0.11%
Unknown 0.10%
iPhone 0.07%
Windows CE 0.06
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