Labels:bulletin board | crt screen | laptop | monitor | person | plant | railroad | road | sky | stairs | window OCR: 194 CHAPTE SECTION Today Operating Systems CONSUMERS CAN SELECT from several oper ating systems for their personal computers and handheld devices What makes these operat- ing systems different? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Section B offers an operating system overview designed to give you basic famil- iarity with their features MICROSOFT WINDOWS What's the best-selling operating system? Microsoft Windows installed on more than 80% of the world's personal computers The Windows operating system gets its name from the rectangular work areas that appear on the screen-based desktop. Each work area window can dis- play different document or program, providing visual model of the operating system's multitasking capabilities (Figure FIGURE 4.14 Iuntitled Paint Microsoft Windows XP (top ...
