Yes, they can be compared. They are both very large companies. They are both involved in computer technology and have a major impact on it. They have a lot in common and have always been competitors. There are lots of differences too, like Apple creating a lot of devices, while Microsoft concentrates mostly on software.
Windows is a popular operating system, but it is made by Microsoft, not Apple.
Microsoft Windows is used to operate a non Apple or non Linux computer, it is an operating system. It is the world's most used Software surpassing Apple.
Apple never owned Microsoft. When Microsoft was starting out they did do some work for Apple and they licensed some aspects of Apple's Macintosh system so they could create their own Windows system.
Windows is an operating system produced by the Microsoft company. Windows is not a computer or a company. The first Apple computer was sold in July 1976. The first version of Microsoft's Windows operating system was sold in 1985.
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No, it's Microsoft and Apple, actually.
Apple, they got caught by them
The Apple symbol is a Registered trademark of Apple; therefore, it will not be in Microsoft's Windows character map. Unless, you download the character from the Internet and install it on your "Fonts" Folder.
Microsoft does not currently own any Apple stock. In 1997 Microsoft purchased $150 million of non-voting Apple stock as part of the settlement of a legal dispute, dating back to 1988, where Apple wanted to prevent Microsoft from using Apple's ideas in the Windows operating system. Microsoft sold their Apple holdings shortly afterwards.
To find information about Safari for Windows, one should visit the official Apple store. Alternatively, one should try the official Microsoft webpage, or seek advice from a computing expert.
They are both operating systems.
One of them is that Mac OS X is made by Apple and Windows is made by Microsoft.