Mac OS X

MAC OS X is an Unix-based operating system developed and sold by Apple Inc. that runs exclusively on Mac Computers. The latest version of MAC OS X was released on Oct. 16, 2014.

Advantages

High security due to Unix core
Stability and reliability
Ease of use

Disadvantages

Not designed for gamers
Hardware compatibility limited
Not as user friendly as Windows

Components

Unix base operating system
XNU Kernel
Cocoa
Java / JRE / JVM

Development tools

XCode
Apple LLVM Compiler
iOS Simulator
iOS Sdk

Versions

Cheetah
Puma
Jaguar
Panther
Tiger
Leopard
Snow Leopard
Lion
Mountain Lion
Mavericks
Yosemite

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