nickb12345 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 So come on then people, some one suggested it in the "IT and your Job" poll, what OS do you use and Why. Do you like the look on the Mac OS, or is it the compatability of Windows XP Home, or the IIS facilities of Windows XP Pro, or the stability of Linux. Whatever it is that turns you on - post it here (in a computer sense - no dirty posts plz) Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam.henderson Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I use Microsoft XP Professional, and sewar by it. Easy to use interface some good features and never crashes (for me anyway) However word of advice- I would never load XP onto a machine which hasnt allready got it on at manufactiure (i.e. dont load XP onto a system built for 98) Did this on a PB when XP first dame out and my packard Bell went mad. Lost all the drivers and it never functioned again properly!! Now I have a top spec Dell! Dell make the best computers, most reliable brand even if they are a bit on the expensive side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 On my iBook, I'm on Mac OSX.2.8. Mostly because I'm too tight to pay for an upgrade to 10.3. And that's not for the look - its super stable and just soooo easy to use. Example: to make the PC talk to my bluetooth dongle took several days and searching german websites, rudimentally translating them and finally it ran one time out of five. On the Mac, it worked first time, in about 20 seconds. My PC runs Windows 98se, which is the biggest pile of **** I've seen for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Win2k, very stable, not a single crash in the last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 As I said in the earlier post. I use. Win 98 SE Win 2K ProWin 2K ServerWin XP HomeWin XP Pro Linux RH 8Linux Suse 7 Irix 6.5.22 James I Agree with running a suitable OS for the age of the machine - for example I have a 166 P1 laptop with 98SE and it runs as fast as my 1.7G Celeron 2K machine. The one thing I don't like is ME - I've never liked that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb12345 Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Windows ME... Dont even get me started on that one - its about as usefull as Windows 3.1 on a AMD Athalon XP 3000+ PC and as stable as Windows Server 2003 on a 386dx 33MHz Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I run on XP but I'm more of a Mac fan to be perfectly honest. Just can't really afford a iMac or G4/5... Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. Funk Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 XP home - its simple and does what I want it to. also have dual boot of 95 to play worms :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 dos 6 :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefy Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I have mostly been using Win XP pro for my lap top - very stable and easy to use, Win 2000 pro for my workstation - not too fussed on this one, and OS for my G4 at home - fantastic for graphics and design packages.... and they all talk to each another!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Lawrance Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 I use Windows ME (yes, I said ME) I have been using it for about 2 years now. NEVER EVER HAD A PROBLEM THAT WAS WINDOWS RELATED. I love it. It runs everything I need. Cool edit, Goldwave, LCedit+, Photoshop, Nero, the lot. Like water off a ducks back. I have given it a bit of a spruce up though. I have blended the XP look into it. All the icons, and sounds are for XP. Quite cool. Don't knock it. RgdsBen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny baby Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 XP pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmatthew Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 XP home and SuSe Linux. I also cant stand Why ME (Win ME) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewGrant Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 I use both XP and OS Panther. On my G4 I have virtual pc running win 98. I tried XP but it was too slow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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