Poll: What is your OS of choice?
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PC is my only gaming platform therefore windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) is a must, i don't even bother trying something else. 7 is the most stable, crash free OS from windows i ever had, it baffles me why some people with good systems prefer to still use XP, that thing seems like a mess compared to this, it locks up a lot and only solution is to hit reset button most of the time, and whener you try to read a scraced CD.. The horror!
I use Vista 64-bit actually. Yeah, I know. Vista. To be fair, I use it because I wanted a 64-bit OS for my hobbyist music making and ran into a bunch of compatibility issues with XP64. At the time there was no other option except Mac really, but since I also game on my PC it made Windows the better option. This was also a year or more after Vista came out. I've actually never had any major issues with it (if anything I think my experience has actually been smoother than with any of my XP machines previously). Yeah it's a bit of a system hog still, but I built my machine to be such a beast that I never notice. When in doubt, just brute force it.
I would love to have a Linux system, but to be honest, I simply do not have the level of knowledge I would require to have the sort of Linux system I would want to run. And to be honest, since most of my PC time is spent either making music or gaming, having a Linux system would actually cause me more hassle for me, not less. I also know far more about Windows machines having used them since Windows 3.1 I think, so I can trouble shoot just about anything that happens myself which is a huge plus.
I would love to have a Linux system, but to be honest, I simply do not have the level of knowledge I would require to have the sort of Linux system I would want to run. And to be honest, since most of my PC time is spent either making music or gaming, having a Linux system would actually cause me more hassle for me, not less. I also know far more about Windows machines having used them since Windows 3.1 I think, so I can trouble shoot just about anything that happens myself which is a huge plus.
I prefer a mac for word processing and video editing. But you just can't beat a windows for gaming. Right now I have Windows 7 - 64bit and I love it.
Gaming and specific software is definitely a big downer in the Linux/OS X scene (Maybe not OSX so much in the software department), Linux is starting to get some more variability but anything serious like Steam runs painfully slow. As people have said, Linux is for people that have time to spend messing around, relearn how to do stuff. Though, Distros like Linux Mint are good at bridging the gap.Vivi22 said:
I had the most success with Windows XP, and to be honest, I think Vista/7 are just kind of ugly GUI's, Lol
Well, right now I use Vista but honestly it's complete shit. I've never been able to tinker with Linux so I prefer the familiarity of Windows. Plus games run easily on it. Although right now I play PS3 more than PC, simply because my computer is old and I'm nerdgasming over the exclusives for it. Plus deep down I love Sony and all their exclusive studios like Santa Monica, Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Sucker Punch, etc.
Windows. Tried Ubuntu and some other linux distro, been a pc user since dos 6.22. Couldnt understand shit of linux and everything was heavy handed and didnt work properly. Gave it up.Lucem712 said:
I'm a gamer, which is a lot of the reason I choose windows. That and the fact that I understand it, and dont need a manual or 30 pages of command line stuff to do something.
Windows XP, simply because I can play all my games in it and I'm way too stupid and lazy to tinker with Linux.
Already tried an Ubuntu distro, but I couldn't do shit in it, gave up on it and returned tomy abusive housband Windows.
I'll change to Win7 until I upgrade my PC and/or Microsoft stops supporting it.
Already tried an Ubuntu distro, but I couldn't do shit in it, gave up on it and returned to
I'll change to Win7 until I upgrade my PC and/or Microsoft stops supporting it.
Pretty much. I used to have stronger overall preferences when I was younger, but now I only really care about what I need for specific purposes. Each box gets whatever it needs for whatever task it's for. My laptop's OS X, my main desktop's Win7, servers are mostly Ubuntu LTS (with a few still on Debian), etc. I fire up VMs with whatever if I happen to need something else for some reason. They all have their uses, and at the same time they all suck in their own special ways. As long as they let me get things done, I tolerate them. Heh.viranimus said:
I run windows 7 for gaming i find my games run faster with windows 7 than what they did with xp, i used to dual boot with xp but then i switched fully to 7. My machines does everything coding, gaming forensics and so far i have yet to find any issues running windows 7 with all my programs. As much as i loved XP i love windows 7 as for the one in the middle, never.....ever...again i hate vista.
Oh i also run a live disc of Helix 2008 R2 when i have to (i hate it but sometimes needs must) and i also have a VM for windows server 2008 R2 ready to be transferred onto this machine once my new machine is built.
Oh i also run a live disc of Helix 2008 R2 when i have to (i hate it but sometimes needs must) and i also have a VM for windows server 2008 R2 ready to be transferred onto this machine once my new machine is built.
I have this customized Linux thing that fits on a 2GB key that I can take anywhere, it's neat and fast.
I kept XP for a while to play some strategy game but when I would use it, the boot time made me so mad I just had to delete it.
I understand that you might want Faildows for games or specialty programs, but otherwise, erggh.
I kept XP for a while to play some strategy game but when I would use it, the boot time made me so mad I just had to delete it.
I understand that you might want Faildows for games or specialty programs, but otherwise, erggh.
I use mac, always had a mac. Even from the earliest computers, I had macintosh so I grew with it. This also means that I sucked hard at computer classes (well, not that much, but at first I was pretty baffled )
)I definitely agree with you, though if you really know what you're doing, even stuff like Steam can run pretty well on Linux. I have a friend who runs Gentoo on his laptop and managed to get Counter Strike Source running better under Gentoo than it did under XP on the same laptop. Mind you, it took a hell of a lot of fiddling and pretty much every time he updated his system or the game was updated he had to fiddle some more. And of course there are still some games that will work better than others, or not work at all no matter what you do. He didn't mind it too much, and I think it helped that he quite literally knew his OS inside and out, but even if I knew enough to do what he did I'm not sure I'd want the hassle. It's tempting since it can be so customizable to the users needs, but there's so much effort involved in maintaining it all.Lucem712 said:
