View Poll Results: Favorite OS......
Win XP Pro
67
50.38%
Win XP Home
14
10.53%
Win2k Pro
9
6.77%
Win 9x
2
1.50%
Linux
11
8.27%
Mac
18
13.53%
Other....
12
9.02%
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Favorite OS...lets hear it!!!
Jun 15, 2004 | 05:32 PM
#2
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As much as I don't want to say it...XP Pro all the way. I'd be all over FreeBSD but it's hard to use something that 1% of software is written for.
Give Linux 10 more years to catch up in popularity...then it'll be my number 1, but it'll stay a distant #2 for now.
Give Linux 10 more years to catch up in popularity...then it'll be my number 1, but it'll stay a distant #2 for now.
Jun 15, 2004 | 08:25 PM
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From: Mission, British Columbia
os/2 Warp, unfortunately poor marketing by IBM and dirty business by Microsoft pretty much killed that operating system. It is apparently still used in the backing industry. It is a very stable operating system which was ahead of windows 95 at the time.
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Jun 16, 2004 | 12:03 AM
#8
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From: Tustin, Ca.
Mac?
Err, I might prefer the choice of OSX, Apple's actual current OS.
Works for me.
Super stable, super elegant.
I grudgingly try to use my parent's Gateway with Win98, and it seems like I can only last for a few minutes before something performs an illegal action or I get the blue screen of death.
But, to each his own.
Err, I might prefer the choice of OSX, Apple's actual current OS.
Works for me.
Super stable, super elegant.
I grudgingly try to use my parent's Gateway with Win98, and it seems like I can only last for a few minutes before something performs an illegal action or I get the blue screen of death.
But, to each his own.
Jun 16, 2004 | 04:33 AM
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From: Puyallup, WA.
I switched to Win XP Pro a few months ago after using 2000 Pro for a long time. I'd heard horror stories about upgrading, but I didn't have any problems so it's all good.
Now if I had my choice of starting all over again with no software and new to computing? I'd go with the Mac OSX. That is a sweet operating system.
Now if I had my choice of starting all over again with no software and new to computing? I'd go with the Mac OSX. That is a sweet operating system.
Jun 16, 2004 | 06:22 AM
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From: Seattle
Originally Posted by superjoe83
i believe win ME is based on win 98, just to let you know 
I used to have ME and I had to reload it a few times, deal with the blue screen of death every couple of days, have illegal operations that shut down what I was working on and many other enjoyable features.
Jun 16, 2004 | 06:46 AM
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From: Binghamton, NY
If all I cared about was my cube, definitely BSD. But there's sooo little software written for it, it's not really a viable OS for the real world. For real world stuff, probably W2K, though I have no experience with Mac OSs.
Jun 16, 2004 | 07:01 AM
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From: Houston, TX
Originally Posted by ilion
I grudgingly try to use my parent's Gateway with Win98, and it seems like I can only last for a few minutes before something performs an illegal action or I get the blue screen of death.
Jun 16, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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From: Phoenix, AZ
Originally Posted by MTL_4runner
Just got MS Small Business Server 2003.....can't wait to fire that puppy up and see what it can do. Otherwise all our desktop machines run Win XP Pro.
Hey, let me know how you like it and if its worth the change from win2k server...
Jun 16, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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From: Montreal, QC Canada
Originally Posted by PoBoy
Hey, let me know how you like it and if its worth the change from win2k server...
Jun 17, 2004 | 05:28 PM
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Mac OSX 10.3 Panther!!! On a brand new 15" Powerbook G4 1.5GHZ, 1GB Ram, 64mb video, 80GB HD. Airport, bluetooth..yep, I got it.
Super stable, never lets me down..NEVER. Fast, efficient, stable, and even looks good.
Though not supported very well in the game department, I still love it. I use my Mac for productivity, and don't even own a single game.
Super stable, never lets me down..NEVER. Fast, efficient, stable, and even looks good.
Though not supported very well in the game department, I still love it. I use my Mac for productivity, and don't even own a single game.
Jun 18, 2004 | 01:19 AM
#19
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From: Norman, OK
windows 2000 pro
i used xp from beta and after release and even sp1 a few times...and i still crash the ˟˟˟˟ out of it...but windows 2000 never seems to crash on me for software reasons like xp did....hell the beta versions seemed to crash less than the acutal thing for me.
freebsd is nice as far as command lines go. i used to run it but ran into a bunch of problems with screwing it up trying to learn on it (and i got mad after gaim deleted my aim buddy lists off aol's servers a few times).
i used xp from beta and after release and even sp1 a few times...and i still crash the ˟˟˟˟ out of it...but windows 2000 never seems to crash on me for software reasons like xp did....hell the beta versions seemed to crash less than the acutal thing for me.
freebsd is nice as far as command lines go. i used to run it but ran into a bunch of problems with screwing it up trying to learn on it (and i got mad after gaim deleted my aim buddy lists off aol's servers a few times).
