When choosing an operating system for a computer,the following factors should be considered:
1.Hardware configuration or provision of the computer e.g.memory size,hard disk capacity,type of processor etc.
2.Basic design of the computer e.g.is it an IBM or IBM-Compatible,or an Apple computer.
3.Applications intended for the computer.
4.User friendliness or human computer interface i.e.is it command line based,menu driven or graphical user interface based.
5.Availability in the market e.g.Microsoft Windows based operating systems are very common.
6.Cost-how expensive is the operating system?
7.Reliability i.e.can it run without crashing or hanging i.e.stop responding to commands.