
And if you like it, you can upgrade it to a licensed copy later on. Moreover, we can also download Windows 10 for free without a product key. Windows 10 Pro costs $139, enabling you to run business-related tasks or enterprises. At around $113, you can surf the web, start your business, learn interesting stuff and do chores in your virtual office. It can get most of your work done at a cheap cost. It has various areas where it outshines its competitors in a simple yet effective manner. Most users commonly use Windows and are, therefore, the most accepted operating system dominating 88% of the consumer market. Let us now compare the specifications of these systems so you can find the one that works best for you. These are the most powerful systems commonly available and are a constituent of 99% of computing devices. The three operating systems we will be discussing are: So without further ado, let’s jump into it! We will delve into their strengths and weaknesses to find you the optimal system for your work and lifestyle. Today we will look into the three major operating systems and discuss which one to consider. However, data transmission and distribution vary on factors like speed, bandwidth, processors, etc. Industries, big businesses, academic institutions, and corporations rely on a speedy system that gives immediate and efficient output. The same system was used throughout testing - the CPU frequency and memory differences reported in the automated system table just amount to how each OS exposes different details, etc.The immense advancements in the last century have made our lives pretty much effortless and straightforward compared to our ancestors. All tests were done on the same 2018 Mac Mini with Intel Core i7 8700B "Coffee Lake" processor with UHD Graphics 630, 8GB of RAM, and 250GB SSD. So for this comparison was the latest Windows 10 up against Ubuntu 21.10 and Intel's own Clear Linux against Apple macOS 12.1. It seems the only path forward for Windows 11 on the Macs is via virtualization unless the Windows 11 requirements are revised.

Due to TPM / Secure Boot requirements in place with Windows 11, the newer Microsoft OS release is not compatible with the Macs bare metal.

Windows 10 21H2 was used with all available system updates as, unfortunately, Windows 11 is not supported on the Intel Macs. This comparison features Windows 10 on the 2018 Mac Mini as used in the other recent Linux/macOS benchmarking.

Stemming from reader requests and curiosity how Windows would perform in the mix, here are such benchmark results with macOS 12.1, Windows 10, Clear Linux, and Ubuntu 21.10. Recently I looked at the macOS 12 performance against Linux when it comes to the Intel-based Macs.
