Poll: What Operating System do you use and why?

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Salizer

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Windows 7 64-bit and a Linux Distro 64-bit(Not one kind, switches between them).

I use Windows 7 because it works pretty well and a lot of applications works on Windows plus it came with my laptop.

I also use Linux(Dual boot) because I think it´s a very good OS. The only problem is that some applications is a bit unreliable and you sometime have to tweak around to get things work but that can also be a lot of fun.
 

Bobzer77

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Project_Omega said:
yanipheonu said:
Mac OS X. Because whenever I am forced to use a PC, I am reminded how much I hated Windows. I mean it's ok, but Mac OS is just so much easier to use.
n00b
Might want to get into your fireproof bunker......
 

Aeshi

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OSX.Unlike some I can name Apple can make a decent OS (and THEY don't split it into five watered down versions that each cost full price)
 

Bobzer77

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Aeshi said:
OSX.Unlike some I can name Apple can make a decent OS (and THEY don't split it into five watered down versions that each cost full price)
If your wondering why mac users have earned the name macfags it's due to the blatant elitism you have managed to display in you post.

A new OS for macs is released every year, lets just go from xp to vista here:

From when XP was released in 2001 to when Vista was released in 2007 and loyal mac user would have spent $516 on new operating systems at $129 each (as mac's don't get an "upgrade" discount, they have to buy the new software fresh each year)

Over the same period the steadfast Windows user would have spent a paltry $219 - had they waited for the Vista price cut - for an upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate - less than half what Mac users spent.
 

Nibsy

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Windows 7 x64, just 'cause.
Vista came pre-loaded on my laptop, I couldn't stand how sluggish it was so I've been using Windows 7 since RC1. It's fantastic.
Only problem I had was since Dell don't support 64-bit OS's on my laptop it took me longer than usual to find drivers.
But I've had nary a problem with Windows 7, something I can't say about any other Windows OS.
 

chromewarriorXIII

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XP because I don't have a computer good enough to run anything else. I might upgrade to Windows 7 when I get a new laptop but I doubt it. I've used XP for most of my computer life now, It's just what I'm accustomed to.
 

Downfall89

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meticadpa said:
I use Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit because 1.) Windows 7 is awesome and 2.) I want to take advantage of having 6GB of RAM.

Though I do use several 32 bit Operating Systems for benchmarking (like Super Pi in XP 32 bit).
This, for the exact same reasons. Besides I have Windows 7 Ultimate.
 

gl1koz3

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Windows 7 x64. If not for the Office, AD, VS, etc and somewhat more user friendliness, would've been some Linux.

Like a trap, really. Don't have time to dive into specifics of Linux now, since the mentioned things are already there and working.
 

Dexiro

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Windows XP. I just don't feel the need to upgrade. I keep hearing about Vista sucking and my PC probably wouldn't have enough RAM to run any newer OS's anyway.
 

SideburnsPuppy

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XP, because most of my computer-using life was spent on an XP system (I had 98 back in the day, but I didn't know how to, say, run MSConfig, or even open explorer), and I don't want to have to learn an entirely new operating system. Vista and 7 aren't bad, but I heard they did make some arbitrary changes.
 

Phoenixlight

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I use windows XP on my desktop, I've had it for about 4 years now and it seems to be able to run Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising just fine. I guess I'm just a bit lazy and probably won't change to something else anytime soon as this lets me do everything that I want a computer to do.