Q1.)
     SCENARIO:

bright marketing company is new and they need to buy scanners,
printers and software to meet the marketing needs. they will be
scanning lots of images;
processing them by using different photo editors. you as an expert
have been invited to decide which operating system is going to be
appropriate to help their marketing bussiness needs.

select and write a report on an appropriate operating system to meet
the marketing needs of the company.

this report should contain :

a.)operating system (e.g UNIX)
b.)its features (e.g speed specification)
c.)its main utilities, which will assist marketing department (e.g
accessibility options).
d.)cost implications in comparisons to other systems (e.g comparing
prices of different operating systems)
e.)the benefits of the selected operating system.

       note

(can i have this completed by 4/03/03 please)
 thanks

First I will need more information (e.g. how many computers in the
Marketing Dept., what is the budget etc.) but I will try and answer
under your terms:
a.  Windows 2000 Professional
b.  Very good capabilities for high-end workstations (because of the
heavy graphic environment you can take advantage of the SMP (symetric
multi processing) by installing/buying dual-processor computers (Adobe
Photoshop is optimized for SMP for example);support for up to 2GB of
RAM; very stable and fast in a controled environment (you have good IT
Dept.).
c.  It comes with support for scanners and digital cameras; any major
hardware or software manufacturers have drivers and support for Win
2000 Pro.
d.  In my opinion Unix is way to expensive. The battle: Windows vs
Linux. The operating systems by themselves costs: Windows &319 USD
(aprox) - Linux:$149.95 (RedHat). The fun part starts: with Microsoft
you will get serious support included in the price with Linux the
cheapest type of support, a ONE installing incident by phone is
$39.95. Of course you will have to pay some more for licensing to
Microsoft but overall the Windows path is cheaper by 10-20%.
e.  Just two examples: first Windows specialists are a lot cheaper and
easy to find than Linux specialists (it may change in a few years) and
second a huge difference in software available.
P.S.  If you need more just let me know.

YES IAM VERY HAPPY WITH UR RESPONSE BUT I NEED YOU TO MAKE THE ANSWERS
A BIT LONGER CAUSE U SEE ITS MEANT TO BE A REPORT AND FORGET ABOUT THE
BUDGET AND  HOW MANY COMPUTERS THERE ARE 'OK'. IF YOU ARE THE SAME
PERSON WHO IS ALSO ANSWERING MY OTHER questions ID:169684 PLEASE SEND
ME A STATUS OF IT SOON AS POSSIBLE THANX.VERGITA

Hey, jjmatrix-ga...if they are doing mostly imaging stuff, shouldn't
they be on a Mac-oriented system. Just my opinion...