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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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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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Linux and BSD (Open/Free/Net).
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by gapguy
Mac OSX 10.3 Panther!!!

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.
Panther is awesome. I'm running Photoshop/illustrator/painter/final cut pro/etc and it's a good system.

I'm going to upgrade to G5 soon but waiting to see what the new iMac will be like.
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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I prefer ZVM to all others. Far superior for mutli-tasking envronments, then comes LINUX to do bad things!!!


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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:10 PM
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None of the above.

However, since an OS is a necessary evil, Win XP Pro has been real good to me, or at least less painfull than the others.
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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 09:48 AM
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Other: Solaris.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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Anything by Microsoft. It puts food on my table and roof over my head....LOL
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 11:53 PM
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Right now,

I like "Windows Media Center 2004", its not your normal way of doing things, and that fits me.

Pause, record live TV (like tivo) as well as shows 3 weeks away. Backup DVD's to one of two 200gig drives

play games like "Call of Duty", "UT2004 demo"

Burn rented DVD's "DVD SHRINK"...Media Center lets me do a lot

My computer monitor is the Sony WEGA HDTV 36" flatscreen that connects via DVI cable (ATI-AIW vid card). I feel with this setup I get best of both worlds.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 12:54 AM
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xp pro and home are the same O/S pro simple adds server capablities. something not many people use. either way XP dude

Originally Posted by data
So whats your favorite OS to use?

Personally I like WinXP Pro for personal use, gaming, ect......


Whats yours?
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 07:59 AM
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here is a pic of my setup


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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 10:38 AM
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I'm going to upgrade to G5 soon but waiting to see what the new iMac will be like.
Get the G5, you will not regret it. It is a work of art that also contains a very powerful computer. You cannot do the same things with an iMac you could with the G5.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 10:40 AM
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Here is some interesting information from Google that ties in with this poll:

http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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I've been using win xp home for years now i guess, since it came out....and i'm really amazed how stable it is compared to Win ME, matter of fact it has never completely crashed on me yet
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 05:52 AM
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same here. I've had my XP PRo box for a while now. I'm suprised it hasn't crapped out on me yet. I've rarely have any troubles with it.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 05:59 AM
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DOS... Never got a blue screen of death in DOS, than again I think when I was running DOS it was a monochrome monitor. ??

Still FAST. No Crashes. No Bull˟˟˟˟˟.

What about the C64 ? <<< Load bla bla bla...
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 05:59 AM
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yep the only differance is the usb ports work without going though a load sequence every time you plug somethin in. Unstable as hell though.



Originally Posted by superjoe83
i believe win ME is based on win 98, just to let you know
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 06:05 AM
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wow. acually I had to relearn DOS since when I build my system the BIOS wouldn't allow me to Load WIndows XP would statr and crash on install. I had to load DOS to do what the BIOS updater had to do and then Load XP. Also I found out my EOS Digital REbel camera uses DOS. I guess I just won't die. XP does have DOS still. call command Prompt. The ping command is fun to screw with pop up compnies.

Originally Posted by 4Hummer
DOS... Never got a blue screen of death in DOS, than again I think when I was running DOS it was a monochrome monitor. ??

Still FAST. No Crashes. No Bull˟˟˟˟˟.

What about the C64 ? <<< Load bla bla bla...
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 02:12 PM
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Sinclair ZX81

Anyone remembers that? He he
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 02:36 PM
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I run a mix:
Win. 2000 Adv. Server - Web/Mail Server
Win. 2000 Pro - Laptop
Win. XP Pro - Desktop
Slackware Linux - Another Desktop

XP Pro is by far my favorite Microsoft OS. Like someone said, it's hard to run linux as your main desktop with 1% of software written for it.

Last edited by JoKEpLaYeR; Aug 5, 2004 at 02:39 PM.
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Old Aug 6, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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did forget to mention lindos. It work really good. no software writes to get the OS going though



Originally Posted by JoKEpLaYeR
I run a mix:
Win. 2000 Adv. Server - Web/Mail Server
Win. 2000 Pro - Laptop
Win. XP Pro - Desktop
Slackware Linux - Another Desktop

XP Pro is by far my favorite Microsoft OS. Like someone said, it's hard to run linux as your main desktop with 1% of software written for it.
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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Can you have two favorites? I use OS X 10.3 Panther and Vitual PC with XP Pro on my laptop. I also use XP Pro and PearPC with OS X on one of my home pc's ( the emulation is a bit sluggish at times but works quite well. Both systems work really well although XP has gaming cornered.
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