Operating system poll

**Bren** · 4th February 2009, 13:26

Well, vista has been around for a while now so I am interested in seeing who is using it, and who uses other operating systems.

I currently use Ubuntu 8.10 running the LXDE desktop (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment)

**Nasty** · 4th February 2009, 13:29

XP pro - main machines

Ubuntu for eeepc

Thats it for now.

**Finn** · 4th February 2009, 13:34

Call MS an OS is an oxymoron.

**Indiana_Jones** · 4th February 2009, 13:38

XP SP2.

Works for my games. Only know one person who brought Vista.

-Indy

**Hitcher** · 4th February 2009, 13:40

Use XP at work and on desktop at home. Have Vista on laptop at home.

I find Vista ponderously slow to use. It's also really hard to find system settings and such things that you need, as Microsoft seems to to have completely resorted the table of contents.

The worst thing about Vista is the version of MS Office that comes with it. I mean, what were they thinking? The functionality and look and feel has completely changed. These are, or should be, standard desktop tools. Unless you're offering your users something more or better (which the Vista version isn't), then why fuck with it? I now use OpenOffice on the laptop. Suck on that Microsoft!

**PirateJafa** · 4th February 2009, 13:40

Where is Windows 3.0 and 95?

Fucking biased poll IMO, obviously run by some elitist.

**Mr Merde** · 4th February 2009, 13:41

About to load "Windows 7" onto a PC.

Nothing in poll for this OS

**Indiana_Jones** · 4th February 2009, 13:44

Originally Posted by Mr Merde

About to load "Windows 7" onto a PC.

Nothing in poll for this OS

Be sure to tell us how she goes

-Indy

**Bren** · 4th February 2009, 13:45

Originally Posted by Mr Merde

About to load "Windows 7" onto a PC.

Nothing in poll for this OS

I did not think that was out yet...

**ManDownUnder** · 4th February 2009, 13:48

XP - for a number of reasons
1) What I need to do on a daily basis is "fluffy". Word processing, powerpoint, and email. If it was serious (back office processing) or critical I would not use MS
2) It's a desktop and what I do needs to easily interface with a global team
3) It's a corporate standard for ourt desktops because
4) Vista is crap so we didn't "upgrade" (or in non MS parlace, expose ourselves to a bunch of risks associated with new, yet to be patched, market tested code).

I'd prefer to be playing with a UNIX and a real database

I like MS - really I do *cough* b'shit *cough*

**Mr Merde** · 4th February 2009, 13:51

Originally Posted by Bren

I did not think that was out yet...

You can download a time restricted copy (Tui Ad) from their technet site.

Windows 7 RC1

Two fellow workers have already done so and found it the easiest MS OS to install so far.

2nd person to do so installed it on an older laptop with out a hitch. Once installed he put it online and it went an completed getting all the drivers it needed.

I have been told by both of them that it runs very sweetly.

I have a PC at home lacking an OS.

3mhz processor, 2 gb ram, creative graphics card etc. Just been too lazy to install an OS

This weekend I remedy this

**PirateJafa** · 4th February 2009, 13:56

Originally Posted by Mr Merde

3mhz processor

Been a long time since I saw one of those.

**imdying** · 4th February 2009, 13:59

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

If it was serious (back office processing) or critical I would not use MS

Interesting... anything critical, I wouldn't use anything else. People who actually know alternate operating systems inside out at an enterprise level are still pretty thin on the ground (no, not those morons who've done a few linux installs and think they can make it as a system manager)... if the alternate OS guy dissappears for whatever reason, those critical systems need to remain readily maintainable without me having to spend 6 weeks looking for another admin who's worth a knob of goat shit.

**Mikkel** · 4th February 2009, 13:59

Windows XP Professional 64-bit.

Tried Vista 64-bit and it was shit. Just installed XP 64-bit last week and it's heaps faster. Plus, it also allows me to run flashplayer in Iexplorer - how I missed YouTube.

I have to run 64-bit otherwise I can not properly utilise the machine's capabilities - Quadcore Intel and 8 Gb RAM - and that's imperative when doing simulation work.

I run MS apps for most easy things - when writing large or important documents I use LaTeX.

**Tank** · 4th February 2009, 14:01

My main home machine OSX

Work runs primarly Vista on PC's / Laptops - Server 2008 on well, servers, and a few big HPUX boxes.

Windows 7 - meh - Its the Vista that Vista was supposed to be. Looks sharp - but I dont expect our clients to roll it out anytime soon. Had call with one client in London last night - they are just starting to roll out XP to 10,000 desktops.

We have been testing our s/w with it (and other bits) at Redmond over the last few weeks. MS labs are nerd heaven