What's your OS, or what are your OSs *plurals FTL*?

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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

linux is freedom shame on you win osx fans

dontshackzmii

I don't understand what you mean by that...

I have freedom with Windows.

Linux is just another alternative. OSX is the only closed-platform you mentioned.

Linux can run on anything you can even make your own hardware for it . windows is more locked down and makes you pay for software that should be free . you can do far more with the os on linux .

linux is freedom shame on you win osx fans

dontshackzmii

Convince me to switch.

windows is more locked down and makes you pay for software that should be free dontshackzmii

I use Windows 7.

Right now I'm still learning the ins-and-outs of Windows 7 on this laptop, but it didn't take long at all for me to like it better than Vista... not that that's saying much. 8) Shiny and transparent stuff aside, I like what they've done with taskbar and how they organize things, plus if the drivers worked on Vista, they're working on here. My desktop is still running XP though, which I don't see changing anytime soon unless if I decide to install something on the other partition.

That said I'd really like a computer with OS X.6. :(

Right now I'm still learning the ins-and-outs of Windows 7 on this laptop, but it didn't take long at all for me to like it better than Vista... not that that's saying much. 8) Shiny and transparent stuff aside, I like what they've done with taskbar and how they organize things, plus if the drivers worked on Vista, they're working on here. My desktop is still running XP though, which I don't see changing anytime soon unless if I decide to install something on the other partition.

That said I'd really like a computer with OS X.6. :(

MAILER_DAEMON

I'm running Win 7 64-bit with 8 GB RAM. Works a far sight better than Vista-64.

I wish I still had a PC with XP. Microsoft will support it until 2014.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. Got it today, seems to be working fine

My laptop is currently running Vista, and I'm considering starting to use Ubuntu in the next few months.

Windows 7

Windows 7!

It's actually pretty good...

I never had Vista, so i have no idea how terrible it actually was.

I actually like Vista, I have copies to put 7 on our CPU's but haven't yet.btaylor2404

I consider 7 to be more of an upgrade to Vista than an entire new OS. I think this is precisely the case aesthetically.

Win7 on main hdd, a back up of XP on the backup drive

My Desktop is running Windows 7 and it's fantastic, far better performance, under the hood tools are great, memory management is fantastic. Simple Backup tools. Great all the round.

My Laptop runs Windows XP and no complaints there, it will never be upgraded due to it's age, but no problems:)

soon as i get a copy of Windows 7, i plan on dual booting vista/Win7 on my home desktopstarwarsjunky

I dont' see the point of that. They're essentially the same OS, but 7 is cleaner.

[QUOTE="starwarsjunky"]soon as i get a copy of Windows 7, i plan on dual booting vista/Win7 on my home desktopGuppy507

I dont' see the point of that. They're essentially the same OS, but 7 is cleaner.

Windows 7 is everything Vista should have been...

[QUOTE="savebattery"][QUOTE="Rikusaki"] I don't understand what's so great about Linux. I've had Ubuntu and Yellow Dog on my system before. It's just so poorly optimized! It's so slow. I had to install all the drivers manually....Guppy507

1. Which distribution did you try? You'll find different results with something like PCLinuxOS than you would with Ubuntu.

2. When was this? Linux hardware support has been growing exponentially, year by year.

3. You should have done some research before you installed.

4. I've NEVER had Ubuntu not recognize my sound or LAN cards. Never. And I've installed literally dozens of times.

[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

[QUOTE="starwarsjunky"]soon as i get a copy of Windows 7, i plan on dual booting vista/Win7 on my home desktopsolidruss

I dont' see the point of that. They're essentially the same OS, but 7 is cleaner.

Windows 7 is everything Vista should have been...

[QUOTE="solidruss"]

[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

I dont' see the point of that. They're essentially the same OS, but 7 is cleaner.

MAILER_DAEMON

Windows 7 is everything Vista should have been...

It should, at least I think it should... If it doesn't I would look to the Diablo boards for some advice

Right now it's windows vista 64 bit. In a week it's going to be Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit dual booted with Windows 95.

[QUOTE="Rikusaki"][QUOTE="BonsaiMet"]Currently using Ubuntu 9.10. Will upgrade to 10.4 tomorrow. :) Used to use Windows up until about 3 years ago but then I discovered Linux. Never looked back.savebattery

What's the point if it doesn't even have the software I need?

[QUOTE="savebattery"][QUOTE="Rikusaki"] I don't understand what's so great about Linux. I've had Ubuntu and Yellow Dog on my system before. It's just so poorly optimized! It's so slow. I had to install all the drivers manually....Rikusaki

What's the point if it doesn't even have the software I need?

Right now it's windows vista 64 bit. In a week it's going to be Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit dual booted with Windows 95.

gameguy6700

Windows 95? Any OS prior to XP SP3 would be potentially dangerous to connect to the Internet with, as Microsoft support no longer exists. Security exploits galore that you pray your anti-virus software will stop.:)

osx snow leopard

Dual booting W7 and Debian. Once I get a netbook I'll probably put Arch and/or Backtrack on there and W7 (though hopefully I don't lose too much battery life on the Linux distros).

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]

Right now it's windows vista 64 bit. In a week it's going to be Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit dual booted with Windows 95.

topsemag55

Windows 95? Any OS prior to XP SP3 would be potentially dangerous to connect to the Internet with, as Microsoft support no longer exists. Security exploits galore that you pray your anti-virus software will stop.:)

Yeeeah...for some reason I really don't see many hackers bothering to create viruses for Windows 95 these days. Nor do I see many sites trying to take advantage of Windows 95 security exploits. Furthermore, any sites with malicious scripts designed to attack Windows 95 probably went offline when geocities did.

Not that it matters, I'd be using it for playing old games, not browsing the internet with.