What Operating System are you using? Is it Windows xp, Windows server 2008 or Windows 7? What is an operating system? In this post I will look at these answers and how an operating System used in a small business can affect the choice of additional hardware and software needed to create and improve a computer network or a server.
Computer systems are dynamic, ultimately, as a small business entrepreneur you can not afford to spend your hard earned cash on any of the different hardware and software products which you can not easily integrate with a set of devices and application while your business is growing.
An operating system is the software that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software. In short if you went to a computer shop and bought a computer without the operating system, the computer will not function it will be useless until you install an operating system on the computer.
The most popular operating system is Microsoft windows the list includes among others windows xp operating system, windows vista and the latest or newest version of windows operating system being windows 7.
All Operating systems are classified as either single user, single user multitasking or multi-user operating system.
If you install your accounting software on a single user operating system, then only one user has to access the system at a given time. If many of your accounting staff need to access your accounting records at the same time from different networked locations and computers then another operating system such as server 2003 or the most recent version of windows server 2008 should be installed to create your small business server.
It is always important to consult an expert for advice on which operating system is suitable for your business before buying any of your computer hardware and software to determine if it is compatible with your existing system to avoid wasting our resources.
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