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Title: Whats your OS?
Post by: tbirdscott on October 19, 2004, 07:41:37 PM
Like the title says what OS are you running and whats your opinion of it.

Im running  :macgun:  Windows XP Home and since this is my first and only computer (a commodore 64, or an apple 2e dont count as REAL computers in my books) I dont have anything to compare it to.
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: Ifixyawata on October 19, 2004, 08:08:24 PM
I'm running XP pro.  It has a few extra options.  I've still not had an OS that ran as bulletproof as Win2k did.  I never, ever had it crash on me.
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: SSX on October 19, 2004, 08:39:23 PM
WinXP Pro here too, on all my machines.  Windows 2000 is better though, I agree.  Windows ME is the worst OS ever...
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Post by: Cougars 2 go on October 19, 2004, 08:46:39 PM
My OS is a POS
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Post by: LSX on October 19, 2004, 09:38:10 PM
Desktop: Windows ME
Laptop: Windows 98
Palm: OS5
Custom Computer: Either going to be a Lindows or OS/2 Warp
Work Computer: Windows NT 4 Workstation
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: SSX on October 19, 2004, 10:50:49 PM
Ooo OS/2 Warp.  I've always wanted to mess with that.
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: nirvanagod on October 19, 2004, 11:44:26 PM
Home Desktop: XP Pro W/ SP2
Laptop: Same
Work Comp: Windows 2k

I Prefer Either one but have learned that xp is definately best for individual users and win 2k is best for enterprise enviroment, or in my case labs at schools. A lot less fluff to turn off!
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: Bob on October 20, 2004, 01:16:25 AM
I use xp pro on my computers. My work pc has  :macgun:    98Se
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: Masejoer on October 20, 2004, 02:10:02 AM
XP Pro

Used Gentoo for a bit but I need windows' support for tvout and emulators
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: Haystack on October 20, 2004, 02:37:33 AM
Quote from: Ifixyawata
I'm running XP pro.  It has a few extra options.  I've still not had an OS that ran as bulletproof as Win2k did.  I never, ever had it crash on me.

I had win2000 on a 75mhz server, most stable os i have ever ran,(macs would prolly beat it, but who messes with a mac,aka less then 1% of all computers)

really it depends on which computer
quantity speed        os
2          1800mhz    Windows 98se, Suse Linux, Red Hat
1          1600mhz    Windows XP (Home)
1          350mhz      Windows XP (Corprate edition)
4          333mhz      Windows 98se
1          266mhz      Windows 98se (This one is mine, DVD player with 5.1)
2          233mhz      Windows 98se
1          75mhz        Windows 95
1    (25mhz486?)    Windows 95
1          ?486?        Windows 95
1          386            Windows 95


Wow I didnt think that it was that many....
Up until a month or two ago, All computers were pluged in and operational. They arent now because we moved into a house about half the size, I think that we might have gotten rid of the bottom 4 or 5. We got rid of a couple of old TI computers and at least 5 286 or older
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: Masejoer on October 20, 2004, 03:42:23 AM
Quote from: Haystack
I had win2000 on a 75mhz server, most stable os i have ever ran,(macs would prolly beat it, but who messes with a mac,aka less then 1% of all computers)


heh, in elementary we had some of those really early, new Macs. They recommended we save every 5 minutes and even then we didn't make it to 5 minutes half the time. I have a grudge to get over.
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: Thunder Chicken on October 20, 2004, 09:12:33 AM
Win XP Pro SP2
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Post by: MasterBlaster on October 20, 2004, 09:48:36 AM
My car is 16 years old, my O/S is only 9.
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Post by: EricCoolCats on October 20, 2004, 09:56:37 AM
Quote from: Seek
heh, in elementary we had some of those really early, new Macs. They recommended we save every 5 minutes and even then we didn't make it to 5 minutes half the time. I have a grudge to get over.


Ah, OS 9. Yeah, the old OS was pretty flaky, although it was usually better than a comparable Windoze version at the time. OS X changed all of that...it's extremely stable, no crashes, and a very sophisticated OS now. You'd be surprised at how much it functions like XP.

New Mac sales = 3-5% on average.
Installed base of Macs = 10% or more. There's many more out there than you think.

BTW, OS X 10.3.5 on all 4 of my computers.
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: baxo on October 20, 2004, 10:28:31 AM
Work laptop Win 2000...

Home pc (which i don't really use due to the fact that i'm always on the work laptop now) runs Slackware Linux. It was used as a webserver on which i hosted my website but i temporairly took it down
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Post by: Ether947 on October 20, 2004, 01:56:13 PM
Windows 2000 Pro

it's crashed on me a few times. i blame IE for that. i stopped using it and the crashes went away.
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Post by: Haystack on October 20, 2004, 05:22:20 PM
I have to admit that there really isnt that much setting windows and os apart. Windows was written worse, but it was also based on os 2 i think. Honestally if i could get a mac for cheap I would. they are the ultimate in video editing and sound.
Quote from: EricCoolCats

New Mac sales = 3-5% on average.
Installed base of Macs = 10% or more. There's many more out there than you think.

i knew it was more then that, only statstic( spelling) was from a early 90's mag.
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: Masejoer on October 20, 2004, 07:40:28 PM
Quote from: EricCoolCats
Ah, OS 9. Yeah, the old OS was pretty flaky, although it was usually better than a comparable Windoze version at the time. OS X changed all of that...it's extremely stable, no crashes, and a very sophisticated OS now. You'd be surprised at how much it functions like XP.


It was far before OS9...it was 10+ years ago.

and yeah, OS X is a nice operating system but what do you expect when its based on Unix. Great kernel that is (reason I liked using Gentoo so much when I did).
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: GreyWolf30 on October 20, 2004, 09:10:54 PM
XP Home on 2, 2000 pro on 3.
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Post by: Thunder Chicken on October 20, 2004, 10:10:30 PM
Quote from: darkthunder
i stopped using it and the crashes went away.
Funny thing about that. I stop driving my T-Bird every winter and the fuel economy goes way up, the odometer stops climbing, and the tires stop wearing out :hick:
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: crystal on October 21, 2004, 11:10:47 AM
Main Work Comp - Win XP Pro SP2
Work Laptop - Win XP Tablet Edition
Work Test Server - Server 03 (along with the rest of the servers)
And a mac I haven't had time to play with since I have too many other computers running right now...

Home Desktop - W2k Pro
Home Laptop - Win XP
Computer going in to garage - W2K pro
Title: Re: Whats your OS?
Post by: jkirchman on October 21, 2004, 12:26:52 PM
Home:  Win2K Pro SP4 on main computer.  Also have an old Tandy 1000RL with DOS 3.3 and Deskmate 3.04.

Work: WinXP Pro SP2 and Mac OS 10.1.